Cinemascape with Marshall Julius 18/10/2012
As All Hallow’s Eve approaches with the relentless speed and purpose of a Zack Snyder zombie, the need for candy, costumes and scary movies increases exponentially. Family-friendly spookiness to share...
View ArticleThis Week @ blockbuster.co.uk 24/09/2012
Monsters rule the roost this week at blockbuster.co.uk, from the magical and the mythical to beasts both scientific and political. All will be revealed in the words just below, as we unveil three new...
View ArticleCinemascape with Marshall Julius 22/06/2012
I was 15 years old when Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom came out. I saw it in town with my mum on the Saturday. It was a great night. Geeks came dressed as Indy. The atmosphere was electric. As I...
View ArticleCinemascape with Marshall Julius 11/05/2011
The world’s a better place for having Tim Burton in it. I’m not saying I love all his films. On the contrary, his Planet of the Apes enraged me and, despite their popularity, I never liked his...
View ArticleCinemascape with Marshall Julius 30/03/2012
There’s something particularly magical about stop-motion animation. Back in the day, before computer effects were even a glimmer in their programmers’ eyes, the patient, refined art of building a...
View ArticleCinemascape with Marshall Julius 12/08/2011
I believe it was noble Cornelius who, reading from the sacred scrolls in 1968’s Planet of the Apes, warned, “Beware the beast man, for he is the Devil’s pawn. Alone among God’s primates, he kills for...
View ArticleCinemascape with Marshall Julius 05/08/2011
First came X-Men: First Class, then Thor and finally Captain America: The First Avenger. It’s been a wonderful summer so far. A triple bill of Marvel-ous superheroics for starters, and lots of other...
View ArticleThat Year In Movies: 1993
Bill Clinton succeeded Bush the First as the 42nd US President. The coolest FPS for many a year, id’s Doom was released. Also, Russia finally withdrew its troops from Lithuania. The year was 1993....
View ArticleThat Year in Movies: 2008
It was, according to the United Nations, The International Year of Planet Earth. Also, The International Year of the Potato. It was a leap year. The year the world plunged into financial crisis. The...
View ArticleThat Year in Movies: 1988
It was the year Celine Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland. The year former popster Sonny Bono was elected mayor of Palm Springs, California. The year with the most Roman numeral...
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