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Yub Nub! No Psychotic Cannibal Terriers In Star Wars: The Force Awakens

December 20, 2015

If only Queen Amidala of Naboo had paid her taxes to the Trade Federation, instead of spending her entire planetary budget on insanely elaborate coiffures and costumes, none of these "Star Wars" would have happ... Read More...

How To Discover Your Secret Jedi Name!

C S Hughes

December 5, 2015

Film & TV, Ridiculam Mundi

Follow the instructions in the poster above, and learn your secret Jedi name you will! Beware of the Dark Side, uncouth and barbaric on the tongue it is! Share your name below or on the Nerdalicious Faceboo... Read More...

Take A Ride On The Last Cab To Darwin & Win A Great Australian Movie Prize

C S Hughes

November 30, 2015

Film & TV

Last Cab To Darwin, directed by Jeremy Sims, (Beneath Hill 60) is a great Australian road movie in the great tradition of quirky Australian road movies. When Broken Hill cab driver Rex learns he's running out o... Read More...

A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far Far Away…Google Did Something Slightly Amusing

C S Hughes

November 27, 2015

Film & TV

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away...is of course the iconic opening line from the equally iconic scrolling title sequence from George Lucas's 1977 film, Star Wars. How many times can you say iconic to de... Read More...

There’s One Thing The New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Proves…

C S Hughes

October 20, 2015

Film & TV

To say that most of us have been inured by a film and TV diet of pointless and often glorified violence, and desensitized by news stories that demonstrate little except the corruption of the powerful and the se... Read More...

Humans Robots Weirdness & Kawaii

C S Hughes

September 16, 2015

Film & TV

The 1970 study Bukimi no Tani, by pioneering roboticist Masahiro Mori demonstrated that the aesthetic appeal of a robot increased with an increasing likeness toward the human. Then, at a degree of almost, but n... Read More...

EVEREST – Behind The Scenes

C S Hughes

September 10, 2015

Film & TV

Because it's there. We all know the easy reason why people climb mountains. A challenge not only to physical endurance, skill and determination, but also a challenge to the human spirit. The mountain is not onl... Read More...

All the Disney Classics Getting Live Action Remakes

Olga Hughes

July 27, 2015

Film & TV

Not content with conquering the universe with Star Wars and Marvel, Disney's list of live-action remakes should keep us satisfied for another decade or so. The latest classic animated Disney film to join th... Read More...

Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight Will Be Scored by Ennio Morricone

C S Hughes

July 13, 2015

Film & TV

Ennio Morricone's scores for Sergio Leone's films are as iconic as the films themselves. Many agree that The Good The Bad and The Ugly, A Fistful Of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More, A Fistful Of Dynamite and On... Read More...

Monsters Dark Continent Monster Movie Giveaway!

C S Hughes

July 1, 2015

Film & TV

Monsters was the surprise genre hit of 2010, the first feature directed by special effects wiz Gareth Edwards. On a shoestring budget Edwards told the story of a photographer who has to get his boss's daughter ... Read More...

You Won’t Believe Who Drew This Doodle Of Indiana Jones In May, 1980

C S Hughes

June 27, 2015

Film & TV

He's the sardonic, whip-cracking adventurer who brings together the quest for knowledge, treasure hunting, scientific curiosity with skin-of-your-teeth breakneck adventure. He defeats Nazis, Thuggees and Chines... Read More...

Penny Dreadful And The Mystery Of The Second Class Passenger

C S Hughes

June 20, 2015

Film & TV

The figure of the Witch, as a servant of Satan, ensorcelling men, sacrificing Christian babies and committing all sorts of cruel and lascivious atrocities, often while in the quite ordinary guise of harlot, ste... Read More...

Game Of Boobs – Game Of Thrones Brings On The B Team

C S Hughes

June 18, 2015

Film & TV, Game of Thrones

SPOILERS! ALSO WEIRD CREEPY SEX STUFF!One gets the distinct impression that the Game of Thrones show runners, Dan and Dave, were formula babies, they show an adherence to the most cliched and formulaic of devic... Read More...

Godzilla is Now an Official Citizen of Japan

Olga Hughes

June 5, 2015

Film & TV, News

Godzilla has been granted official residency in Japan following his appointment as a special tourism ambassador last month. 3000 special residency certificates were handed out to fans. The certificate reads:... Read More...

Why We Won’t Be Watching Avatar 2

C S Hughes

June 3, 2015

Film & TV

James Cameron's Avatar was a brilliant piece of epic sci-fi entertainment. A hero overcoming both injury and tragedy, finding a just cause, flight and freedom, a beautifully realized, lush alien world, at once ... Read More...

Eurovision at 60: A Personal History Of The Songs That Made Us Secretly Love the Eurovision Song Contest

Neil Kemp

June 1, 2015

Film & TV, Music

Eurovision; the song contest that we all love to hate. Or do we? Having pretty much literally grown up alongside this European singing extravaganza, I have to admit to being rather surprised at the impact that ... Read More...

Mad Max: Slightly Grumpy Road

C S Hughes

May 28, 2015

Film & TV

Mad Max: Fury Road opens at ballistic, immediately escalates to nuclear, and then ramps up on to whatever the hell is more intense and manic than that. Maybe supernova, but that's a little too clean, all lovely... Read More...