Samuel Brace on the best new TV shows of 2018 so far… It might have been preferable to create a list such as this a little earlier in the year but because of the severe dearth of new TV shows of any sufficient quality, or at least that would merit a write up on the […]
WWE SummerSlam 2018 Predictions
Liam Hoofe with his predictions for WWE SummerSlam… This Sunday night, WWE will present SummerSlam, their second biggest show of the year. The show features a total of 13 matches and will likely run long into the night here in the UK. Despite a fairly underwhelming build, the card still features several intriguing matches and […]
NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV Predictions
Liam Hoofe gives his predictions for this weekend’s NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV… After two months of build, this Saturday night, NXT will present NXT Takeover: Brooklyn IV. The annual event is one of the most anticipated in the NXT calendar and this year’s edition features a stacked card. Tommaso Ciampa will put his NXT title […]
WWE SmackDown Rankings 08/14/18 – Who is on top heading into SummerSlam?
Liam Hoofe with this week’s SmackDown rankings… SummerSlam is just days away and tensions are at a boiling point on SmackDown. On this week’s show, AJ Styles came out to address Samoa Joe’s recent comments, Carmella tried to get one over on Charlotte and Becky Lynch, and Jeff Hardy made his return to in-ring action, […]
The Short Lived Maestro of Second Fiddle: John Cazale
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the career of John Cazale… On the 12th of August, John Cazale would have been 83. Who is John Cazale? Well here’s the thing…A late bloomer in Hollywood, Cazale broke into cinema at the same time as a good friend of his: Al Pacino. Pacino, five years Cazale’s junior, was […]
WWE Raw Rankings 08/13/18 – Brock Lesnar Makes a Statement Before SummerSlam
Liam Hoofe runs down this week’s Raw rankings… This weekend, WWE presents SummerSlam, their second biggest PPV of the year. The event, which already features 12 matches, will see Brock Lesnar defend his Universal title against Roman Reigns, and Ronda Rousey challenges Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women’s championship. This week’s Raw was the red […]
The era of big stars is over, so are we on the cusp of the era of directors?
George Chrysostomou on whether we’re entering the era of the director… For many a year now, movies have been marketed and sold on the big name stars who appear in them. For a very long time, this method of selling a movie worked. There were periods of time that people would see Sylvester Stallone attached […]
The Oscar for Most Baffling New Category goes to… The Oscars!
Tom Jolliffe looks at the recent decision to introduce a new Academy Award category… The Oscars are always contentious. It’s the ‘big’ award ceremony. It’s the one. No one really pays much attention to the Golden Globes, or anything else. The Oscar is the one statue everyone in Hollywood strives for. So now, in their […]
Orange Is the New Black: Ranking Every Season from Worst to Best
Liam Hoofe ranks each season of Orange Is the New Black from worst to best… If you’re anything like me, you will find it difficult to see Netflix’s opening title card without singing ‘the animals, the animals’ to yourself. Orange Is the New Black has become one of the streaming service’s flagship shows since making […]
The Academy’s ‘Achievement in Popular Film’ is a demeaning category
Ricky Church on the new Oscar category ‘Achievement in Popular Film… The Academy Awards is the film industry’s most prestigious event of the year, celebrating outstanding achievements in a wide array of behind the scenes filmmaking from direction, acting to sound design and more. That’s how the ceremony is presented to audiences at least and […]