While Doctor Who is one of the most enduring icons in British popular culture, the character’s cinematic record has been patchy. A good case in point is the 1996 film which starred Paul McGann in his short-lived tenure as the Doctor. However, you might not have known that… 10 amazing facts about the 1996 Doctor…
After travelling through the fire and the flames onboard the Wicker Man ride at Alton Towers only a few weeks ago, I had caught the bug. Here is our Icon rollercoaster review. I’ve never been to Blackpool Pleasure Beach so in the rare british sunshine with a buddy of mine we headed off to the…
My second to last pickup from London’s MCM Comic Con was Geek Gear. GeekGear is a UK Subscription box company based in Central Scotland bringing you an amazing monthly shipment of magic! With the variety of subscriptions on offer. Priced at a special comic-con price of £15 we certainly got a good value for money….
Originally titled Ekipazh and renamed The Crew for the English speaking market, The Crew is a Russian action movie directed by Nikolay Lebedev (Legend No.19) and is a remake of the 1979 movie of the same name. The story revolves around a flight crew who risk their lives by their utilizing commercial planes to save those…
So I’m a little late with this review but I promise you it’s for a good reason. When I attended MCM London Comic Con this year I made it my sole mission to get as many subscription boxes as humanly possible. This later turned into an instant regret as I didn’t factor in the editing,…
I can’t quite believe it has been four years since I was over in Los Angeles at Warner Bros Studios for the 75th Anniversary of Batman Exhibition. The time has absolutely flown and after a nostalgic Google search for the past event, I came across an exhibition closer to home and one that was available…
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom finally embodies it’s ‘worldly’ title and has our human-chomping predators on a luxurious cruise as their island becomes a lava-flooded wasteland. It has been three years since the events of the first movie. The dinosaurs were left to their own devices on Isla Nubular and it seems all is well in…
With online streaming services destroying humanity as we know it, owning a real DVD and Blu Ray is slowly becoming a way of the past. For those like myself who are defiant enough to prefer a hard-copy of a film over some online database then DVD Locker is the way to go. For those budding…
I certainly wasn’t lying when I said I went on a subscription box manhunt at MCM Comic Con this year. I picked up ZBOX, Geek Gear, My Geek Box and of course, my new favorite The Amazing Mystery Box. After reviewing the first box I was sent a few weeks ago I was blown away…
It’s that time again when I get to experience a new escape room at Escape Stoke. Every time I go to Escape Stoke I get excited like a kid on Christmas Eve. I always love the theming of each and every room. It’s so incredibly detailed and with me being a huge fan of movies…
As of this year, a century has passed since the end of World War I. Known as ‘the war to end all wars’ the horror of the trenches and the terrible loss of life encountered on the field’s of France have been remembered across the ages and continue to serve as an enduring lesson on…
Freddie Foreman was born 5th of March 1932 in Sheepcote Lane in Battersea, London. Freddie is now 86 years old and he is one of last surviving old-school London gangsters. Freddie has had numerous nicknames, including The Undertaker, Brown Bread Fred and the High Executioner. Brown Bread is cockney rhyming slang for “dead”. Freddie left…
SOLO: A STAR WARS story is a familiar animal; it is the latest in the “standalone” installments from Disney and had its production troubles that were over-reported by any and every online outlet possible. It was a sure foolproof failure they said. Disney was preparing for its first misstep after acquiring the brand. The online…
For the Love of the Boogeyman: 40 Years of Halloween is a documentary that brings together some of the brightest independent filmmakers and horror fans from around the world to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of John Carpenter’s seminal horror classic – Halloween. The documentary truly is a celebration of all things Halloween. From John Carpenter inventing the…
Well, shiver me timbers matey! Welcome to another Escape Stoke review where this weekend I had the pleasure of reviewing the brand new (and most difficult) attraction at the venue. The Escape the Seven Seas room. This pirate themed room opened May 19th and we were one of the lucky few to try it out…
I’ve always been a fan of geek boxes. The thrill of unboxing something that could contain just about anything in the world is a great experience. Every time I walk on by the stalls at comic con it’s so difficult to restrain myself from picking up every mystery box on every stall. A good…
