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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 the Disney spinoff which tells the story of Han Solo. The film was estimated to reach between $130-$150m but has only reached $114.2m according to Deadline. So you may be thinking $114.2m is still a great total and by all accounts, it’s not embarrassingly bad but it is the…
Throughout the first three Avengers movies, the Infinity Stones have played a central part in the plot. But what exactly are they? We take a look and give you the lowdown before you head into the cinema to see Avengers: Infinity War. Each Infinity Stone makes up a particular power and those are as follows:…
Considering teaching as a career? Take inspirational from the 10 best to grace our screens and no, Cameron Diaz from Bad Teacher isn’t in this particular list! Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter) Arguably the greatest wizard who ever lived, Professor Dumbledore is eccentric in nature with prodigious magical talents and superior intellect. But instead of that going…
Chucky is back and he’s going to be your friend till the end with this incredible Chucky Doll replica from Trick or Treat Studios. Thanks to a brand new Kickstarter campaign you can own your own officially licensed 1:1 scale Child’s Play 2 Chucky Doll. But this isn’t just some cheap replica, oh no. This…
It’s been four years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was destroyed by dinosaurs out of containment. Isla Nublar now sits abandoned by humans while the surviving dinosaurs fend for themselves in the jungles. When the island’s dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen (Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) mount a…
It’s not everyday that Steven Spielberg comes to Birmingham but Warner Bros seems to really love the city as in the summer of 2016, Ready Player One came to town. The set was spread over areas of Digbeth and the Jewellery Quarter. Both locations transformed into an apocalyptic world as part of the main storyline. I…
As children, we were all afraid of monsters. We’re sure you’ll all remember asking to keep the lights on when you went to sleep, or have someone check the dark corners of your bedroom to make sure no creatures were lurking behind the curtains, in the cupboard or under the bed. But as we grew…
Coming to cinemas this November Illumination and Universal Pictures presents The Grinch. Based on the Dr.Seuss’ The Grinch tells the story of a cynical grump who goes on a mission to steal Christmas, only to have his heart changed by a young girl’s generous holiday spirit. Funny, heart warming and visually stunning, it’s a universal story…
Netflix gives us the freedom to scroll through an endless number of titles and watch just whatever piques our mood that particular day. From action to comedy, from horror to TV Shows it just about has it all. But with freedom of choice comes indecisiveness. There really is just too much choice when it comes…
A time of year to celebrate with a loved one and what better way to celebrate than to sit down with a nice cosy blanket, a warm drink and some nibbles and watch a romantic flick with the one you love. We take a look at a selection of 10 romantic movies you can watch…
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) My favourite movie as a kid was Raiders of the Lost Ark. In fact, it’s been my favourite movie my whole life. The sense of adventure and fun that it has is something I wanted to bring to my movie. I wanted to take the audience on a journey…
Award-winning cinematographer Paul Cameron, ASC has shot some of the most stylish action-thrillers in recent years, with credits including Collateral, Man on Fire, Swordfish, Déjà vu, Total Recall, Dead Man Down, Gone in 60 Seconds, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and the pilot to the HBO series Westworld. His newest feature…
A certain British secret agent made his big screen debut 55 years ago, when the first James Bond film, “Dr No”, premiered on October, 1962. Based on the 1958 novel of the same name by Ian Fleming, it would set in motion a multi-billion-dollar film franchise that is still going strong today and is arguably…
Thanks to the wonderfully delicious people over at Butterkist I was sent a few bags of popcorn and a NowTV pass to enjoy a Butterkist night in on them! Not one to argue at getting freebies (especially popcorn) I sat down, filled up a bowl with some delicious Sweet and Salted Butterkist popcorn and browsed…
‘50 Shades of Grey’ (2015), ‘The Blair Witch Project’ (1999) and ‘Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace’ (1999) have been named as three of the most snooze-inducing films of all time, according to a new study. Although this particular study is one that is raising a few eyebrows with me personally. 50 Shades of…
