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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Titanic and a grave matter
In 1997, the release of Titanic saw a sudden surge in popularity for one particular grave in Titanic burial ground Fairview Cemetary in Halifax, Novia Scotia. The plot getting all the attention was...
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Film review | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – Duck! The Rock is coming at...
An old-fashioned adventure romp that wraps newfangled cinematic trickery around a ramshackle plot, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is a knockabout sequel to 2008’s Journey to the Center of the Earth,...
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Titanic – Prepare to be soaked at this year’s most immersive 3D cinema...
I’ve just heard some veeery exciting news from a reliable source (my friend who works in the press office of a leading cinema chain, and who may never speak to me again after I reveal this – press...
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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…
Titanic 3D Sinking feeling… James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster returns to the big screen – only this time Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet’s fates are sealed in 3D! If you can see this, then you might...
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Thought for the Day from Titanic
“I figure life’s a gift and I don’t intend on wasting it. You don’t know what hand you’re gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you… to make each day count.” Titanic (1997) James...
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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…
Avengers Assemble Team effort… Joss Whedon unites some of Marvel’s most noteworthy superheroes to save Earth from a deadly onslaught launched by Thor’s adoptive brother, Loki. If you can see this,...
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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: Why did it take Cameron 15 years to get Avatar...
James Cameron conceived the idea for Avatar back in 1994. The futuristic tale of a paraplegic ex-marine who gets caught up in the conflict between humans and natives on a distant world, Avatar was a...
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Pete’s Peek | Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan – a fitting tribute to...
The life and career of the influential special-effects guru Ray Harryhausen receives a fitting tribute in a new documentary, which gets a limited UK cinema release this week, kicking off with a...
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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: What happened to ringing phones on the Avatar...
James Cameron, well known for being a really tough director, allegedly kept a nail-gun on the set of Avatar that he would use to nail mobile phones that had the misfortune of ringing, to a wall above...
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Film review | Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away – Acrobatic circus feats hang...
Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away collects jaw-dropping, eye-popping, mind-boggling acrobatic feats from seven of the company’s live shows and strings them together on a very slender narrative thread. The...
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