July 2018 - Screen Idle

Popcorn still tastes bloody awful, finds study

31 July 2018 Neil Tollfree 0

In 100% of cases, respondents had stated that popcorn tasted bloody awful. […]

New podcast to re-examine 1974 case of spangles shoplifted from Chelmsford Woolworths

30 July 2018 Neil Tollfree 0

Over the course of 2694 episodes we’ll be forensically re-examining all aspects of the case, from the uneven mix of flavours in this particular packet of Spangles to Billy Dustbin’s connections to the American military. […]

The time Cary Grant invented the Muller Fruit Corner

29 July 2018 Neil Tollfree 1

Grant is rightly celebrated for roles in classics like An Affair to Remember, His Girl Friday, and To Catch a Thief, but what many people don’t know that he always considered his greatest achievement to be his invention of the Muller Fruit Corner. […]

Review – Mamma Mia 2

28 July 2018 Neil Tollfree 0

Tidy Ken just kept playing Winner Takes it All on the jukebox at the Splintered Foot for about a year and it broke me, man. It just broke me. […]

Weekend Film Guide 27th July

27 July 2018 Neil Tollfree 0

It’s the weekend and, provided we haven’t descended into a terrifying Mad Max-like dystopia in which we are forced to battle in Thunderdomes for the last drops of water, you can enjoy these great films […]

4 Weddings, 3 Billboards, 2 Towers and a funeral in development

26 July 2018 Neil Tollfree 0

An upper-class hobbit who bumps into his exes at the wedding of an elf who’s just erected some billboards […]

Sequel ‘Godzilla: It’s Sexy Time’ to take bold new direction

25 July 2018 Neil Tollfree 0

“You see Godzilla in the opening scene wearing nothing but stockings and suspenders and seducing this army guy.” […]

Game of Thrones to conclude with Starks and Lannisters having a nice party

24 July 2018 Neil Tollfree 0

“Frankly, we got tired of all the endless war and violence,” said showrunner David Benioff. […]

Man unsure if he’s watching Inception or dreaming about watching Inception

23 July 2018 Neil Tollfree 0

“I just didn’t know whether I was really watching Inception or if I was just dreaming about it. I mean, I didn’t remember going to bed, but you don’t, do you?”
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The time Gene Kelly was forced to remove gangster rap sequence from Singin’ in the Rain

22 July 2018 Neil Tollfree 0

The gangster rap sequence was hugely unusual for the time as the genre wouldn’t be invented for anther forty years. […]

Review – Escape Plan 2

21 July 2018 Neil Tollfree 0

You’re all checking it out, and there’s Sylvester Stallone going like ‘yeah, I’m totally breaking out of this other prison that I’m in for some reason,‘ and you’re like ‘cool, when Arnold Schwarzenegger rocks up, they’ll totally get out.’ Then it ends, man, without even a bit of Arnie.
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Month: July 2018