Film Quiz Friday: Emma and Eminence
by Mark Harrison | Jun 17, 2022 | Feature, News
Ready to take on this week’s film quiz? We’ve got questions about Spaghetti Westerns, sequels galore, and the mighty Dame Emma Thompson....
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The Spy Who Loved Me - celebrating James Bond's workplace romantic comedy
by Mark Harrison | Jun 16, 2022 | Feature, News
There are many reasons to love 1977’s The Spy Who Loved Me, but one of them is that Roger Moore’s third outing as James Bond is really a romcom....
Film Quiz Friday: Welcome To Jurassic Park
by Mark Harrison | Jun 10, 2022 | Feature, News
See those ripples in your glass of water? That’s this week’s film quiz, coming your way with questions on the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World mov...
The Man With The Golden Gun - a James Bond film as good as its villain?
by Mark Harrison | Jun 09, 2022 | Feature, News
Christopher Lee’s Francisco Scaramanga is the saving grace of 1974’s The Man With The Golden Gun, a kitschy, frazzled adventure for Roger Moo...
Live And Let Die and the making of Roger Moore's James Bond
by Mark Harrison | Jun 01, 2022 | Feature, News
Roger Moore is James Bond, but is his portrayal entirely the funny and kid-friendly 007 that his reputation suggests? We revisit 1973's Live And Let...
Film Quiz Friday: Great Scott II! Maverick Edition
by Mark Harrison | May 27, 2022 | Feature, News
As Top Gun: Maverick finally flies into cinemas, this week’s film quiz pays tribute to the late, great Tony Scott, who directed the original and m...
Diamonds Are Forever and the deal that brought Sean Connery back to James Bond
by Mark Harrison | May 26, 2022 | Feature, News
There was a simple creative brief for 1971’s Diamonds Are Forever: more like Goldfinger - but what was the cost and value of Sean Connery’s return as...
Film Quiz Friday: In A Galaxy Far, Far Away....
by Mark Harrison | May 20, 2022 | News
Next week sees the return of Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+, so this week’s film quiz is all about things Star Wars....
On Her Majesty's Secret Service and the curious case of George Lazenby's James Bond
by Mark Harrison | May 19, 2022 | Feature, News
For one night only, George Lazenby is James Bond, but he’s far from the only aspect that makes On Her Majesty’s Secret Service a true one-off....
Film Quiz Friday: Thank Films It’s Friday!
by Mark Harrison | May 13, 2022 | Feature, News
Nobody demanded it, but now we’ve done it – this week’s film-themed Friday quiz is a Friday-themed film quiz, with plenty more movie trivia to spare...
You Only Live Twice and the rise of the James Bond parody
by Mark Harrison | May 12, 2022 | Feature, News
The 1967 spoof Casino Royale was released the same year as Sean Connery’s fifth James Bond film - but there’s a lot to send up in You Only Live Twi...
Film Quiz Friday: Everybody's Talking About Raimi
by Mark Harrison | May 06, 2022 | Feature, News
Apparently, there’s a new Marvel movie out, but in this week’s film quiz, we’re more interested in Sam Raimi’s first directorial outing in nine ye...
Thunderball and the battles behind its film adaptations
by Mark Harrison | May 05, 2022 | Feature, News
Thunderball’s disputed authorship dangled over James Bond for more than 50 years - here’s the story of the 1965 film and the remake attempts that fol...
Film Quiz Friday: No, It's The Other Ones
by Mark Harrison | Apr 29, 2022 | Feature, News
What connects a 2012 Marvel team-up and a 1998 TV-to-film remake? This week’s film quiz assembles more unrelated movies with matching titles....
Goldfinger – how James Bond found his gadgets, girls, and groove
by Mark Harrison | Apr 28, 2022 | Feature, News
1964’s Goldfinger was turned around relatively quickly after the first two James Bond films, but its enormous popularity solidified the 007 formula....
Film Quiz Friday: A Cage Of His Own Making
by Mark Harrison | Apr 22, 2022 | Feature, News
As The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent looms over cinemas nationwide, this week's film quiz tucks into the many movies of Nicolas Cage....
From Russia With Love and its 2005 videogame remake
by Mark Harrison | Apr 21, 2022 | Feature, News
There's about 42 years between Sean Connery's first and last performances as James Bond, and there are versions of From Russia With Love on either...
Dr No, and James Bond’s long road to the big screen
by Mark Harrison | Apr 15, 2022 | Feature, News
As Dr No returns to cinemas nationwide this weekend, Mark looks back at the troubled development of the first 007 film, almost 60 years ago....
Film Quiz Friday: Acceptable In The 80s
by Mark Harrison | Apr 15, 2022 | Feature
How well do you know 1980s movie taglines? This week’s film quiz tests your knowledge of films from that decade and beyond....
Film Quiz Friday: Recasting A Spell
by Mark Harrison | Apr 08, 2022 | Feature, News
This week’s film quiz examines the many faces of certain movie characters, along with various other movie-related trivia....
The story behind The Amazing Spider-Man 2’s unusual X-Men post-credits scene
by Mark Harrison | Apr 06, 2022 | Feature, News
Baffled by the post-credit scenes of Morbius? Well, it could be stranger – here’s why 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 previewed a Fox X-Men movie...
Film Quiz Friday: The Vampires Strike Back
by Mark Harrison | Apr 01, 2022 | Feature, News
For creatures who aren’t supposed to show up on film, there are an awful lot of movies about vampires - here’s this week’s film quiz. O...
The Simpsons movies that never were
by Mark Harrison | Mar 31, 2022 | Feature, News
After almost 15 years in development, The Simpsons Movie hit cinemas in 2007 - but here's a look at the silver-screen Springfield adventures that we...
James Bond at the Oscars, and No Time To Die’s prospects
by Mark Harrison | Mar 25, 2022 | Feature, News
No Time To Die is nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Original Song - here’s a look at the James Bond movies’ history with the Osc...
Film Quiz Friday: And The Oscar Goes To...?
by Mark Harrison | Mar 25, 2022 | Feature, News
There's no little gold blokes to be won in this week's film quiz, but let's see what you know about Oscar-winning movies, stars, and songs....
Film Quiz Friday: Don't Mess With The Bullock
by Mark Harrison | Mar 18, 2022 | Feature, News
Never mind the Sex Pistols, here's this week's film quiz! We've got questions about sports movies, this week's BAFTAs, and the movies of Sandra...
Celebrating SuperBob, a brilliant low-budget British superhero comedy
by Mark Harrison | Mar 17, 2022 | Feature, News
Before Ted Lasso and The Nan Movie, Brett Goldstein co-wrote and starred in Jon Drever’s 2015 indie superhero movie, SuperBob – we revisit a hid...
Film Quiz Friday: Two Of A Kind
by Mark Harrison | Mar 11, 2022 | Feature, News
Mars missions, casual sex comedies, and “Die Hard in the White House” – this week’s film quiz covers the movie ideas so good, they made them twice....
Film Quiz Friday: Who's The Batman?
by Mark Harrison | Mar 04, 2022 | News
Riddle me this – how well do you know the big-screen adventures of Batman? This week’s film quiz covers the Dark Knight’s cinematic outings to date....
Exploring the music of the Batman movies
by Mark Harrison | Mar 03, 2022 | Feature, News
From “dinner dinner dinner dinner” to “DAAH da-daa daa”, the musical identities of Batman are manifold: we explore how different composers have ap...
Film Quiz Friday: Any Last Words?
by Mark Harrison | Feb 25, 2022 | Feature, News
Mother of mercy, is this the end of Film Quiz Friday? Nope, but this week’s film’s quiz does cover some movie characters' famous last words....
The five-year mission to make a sequel to Star Trek Beyond
by Mark Harrison | Feb 24, 2022 | Feature, News
It’s been a while since 2016's Star Trek Beyond, but the Kelvin timeline cast will start shooting a new instalment later this year – so, what’s taken...
