The Borrower series of books by Mary Norton were always a favourite of mine as a child. Recently I’ve had the opportunity to watch two movies based on the books – The Borrowers (1997) staring John Goodman, Jim Broadbent, and Mark Williams which I saw streaming on Picturebox, and also…

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I’m just that little bit too old to be able to benefit from the full force of the Harry Potter phenomenon. I enjoyed the books of course, and to a lesser extent the movies. But the people most profoundly affected by the series are those who grew up alongside Potter….

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Things may have been pretty quiet round here recently, but we’re still going great guns over at the Midnight Movie Podcast if you’ve been pining for your regular dose of Dan. Currently we’re slap bang in the middle of our Indiana Jones festival. So far we’ve geeked out about Raiders…

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It’s true what they say – Transformers 3 isn’t half as bad as Transformers 2. The main reason for this is that the action sequences are handled much better. First of all, you can tell what’s going on rather than Transformers 2′s blur of grey robot limbs flashing across the…

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Recently on the Midmoclub Podcast I mentioned that out of the dozens of superhero movies coming out this year I was looking forward to X-Men First Class the least. I said that the characters didn’t inspire me, I was unhappy with the inconsistancy of the X-Men in Marvels universe, and…

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Recently I was approached by PictureBox, an online service that streams movies to your PC, Mac, iPad (and even a Samsung Internet-connected smart TV, whatever the hell that is). They asked me if I’d like to test out their service for a year and review some of their movies on…

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Like many people I’ve been steadily moving away from consuming broadcast TV and radio. Instead I get my entertainment through dvd box sets and podcasts. I love the fact that I have the opportunity to select my own evenings programming rather than being forced to swallow whatever lowest common denominator…

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I finally found somewhere where Thor was playing in 2D at a reasonable time. This wasn’t my usual cinema – Huddersfield Odeon, who in their wisdom didn’t have a single showing other than overpriced 3D. For shame Huddersfield Odeon, for shame. Anyway, I went to Showcase cinema in Leeds and…

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I went to the cinema to see Fast Five yesterday (or Fast and Furious 5: Rio Heist as I think it’s known in the US). It’s a completely ridiculous movie. It has massive gaping plot holes, completely unnecessary supporting characters, and some action sequences which were so ludicrous that they…

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What is it with Ghostbusters and classic cartoon revivals? First there was Bill Murray in Garfield, and now Dan Aykroyd in Yogi Bear. What’s next? Harold Ramis as Penelope Pitstop? Actually Aykroyd does a damn good Yogi impersonation in this film. And Justin Timberlake does a pretty passable Boo-Boo as…

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