Sixteen years after the last Eclipse to reach British shores, the first eclipse of the social media age has impressed many but it’s also interesting to see how technology has progressed since that time. Domestic British access to the internet was still mainly dial-up modem based on August 11 1999 when Cornwall was the only […]
Harrison Ford to star in Blade Runner 2
News of Harrison Ford agreeing to appear in a sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 future noir thriller Blade Runner broke today. The original film was adapted from Philip K Dick’s book “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”. A lot of programmes and books have been produced about the Blade Runner universe over the intervening years including […]
TV money will talk in the drama of sport
Savour the UEFA Champions League on free to air TV in the UK while you can because ITV’s deal to show Champions League and Europa League games is coming to an end in the summer of this year. Tonight’s game between Manchester City and Barcelona was another absorbing and dramatic feast of football for the […]
Man from U.N.C.L.E. trailer shows a classic side of the spy genre
It’s the year of the Spy movie as 2015 emerges with a plethora of thrillers, and perhaps some comedies, each playing with the spy genre. We’ve already had Kingsman: Secret Service this year, and we can expect to see James Bond return in Spectre at the end of the year but in between we can expect […]
Idris Elba responds to James Bond speculation
Who will succeed Daniel Craig as the next James Bond? It’s a question that will come into focus when Craig’s time as Ian Fleming’s spy is up. It’s known that Craig has signed up for two more films after Skyfall (2012), with Spectre due to be the first of the two picture deal due out […]