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Star Wars fans have been hoping to see Grand Admiral Thrawn come to the world of live-action for years, and while many have hoped to see Doctor Strange star Benedict Cumberbatchs take on the villain, the actor isnt at all interested in the process of bringing the blue-skinned character to life. [...]

Wednesday, 10th March 2021 at 5:44 pm It’s hard to believe there was once a time when 1977’s Star Wars was considered a risky venture, given that the franchise has since become a phenomenon beloved around the world. Advertisement Since the property and its related studio, Lucasfilm, was acquired by Disney in 2012, fans have seen an influx of new films and television shows that have left some wondering how best to enjoy the epic space opera. There are a few options when looking at which way...

Hello again to my fellow travellers down Memory Lane. I hope you are all holding onto the wreckage as the end of lock down is now hopefully in sight and the pub garden beckons. This week I take you back to Elstree Studios in 1960 as the facility was busy with a number of films and many stars. On the home grown front Tony Hancock was in front of the cameras making The Rebel. During the 1950s he had become a very popular star first on radio and then television so progression to the big screen...

Hello again to my fellow travellers down Memory Lane. I hope you are all holding onto the wreckage as the end of lock down is now hopefully in sight and the pub garden beckons. This week I take you back to Elstree Studios in 1960 as the facility was busy with a number of films and many stars. On the home grown front Tony Hancock was in front of the cameras making The Rebel. During the 1950s he had become a very popular star first on radio and then television so progression to the big screen...

Showtime Tues. 11 a.m. Wreck-It Ralph (2012) ★★★ XXX (2002) ★★ Advertisement THIS WEEK’S MOVIES A-Z An alphabetical listing of movies on TV the week of the week of March 7 - 13, 2021 a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z Advertisement Four Star Films, Box Office Hits, Indies and Imports, Movies A - Z a -- b -- c -- d -- e -- f -- g -- h -- i -- j -- k -- l -- m -- n -- o -- p -- q -- r -- s -- t -- u -- v -- w -- x ...

Wetherspoon will open beer gardens at half its pubs when lockdown lifts on April 12  |  Updated: 15:18, 04 March 2021 Wetherspoon will open beer gardens at half of its pubs when lockdown restrictions lift next month. Pint-starved punters are set to flock back to boozers when landlords are allowed to turn the taps back on on April 12. Ramsgates Royal Victoria Pavilion In Kent 19 of 32 pubs will reopen. They are: Richmal Crompton, Bromley The Newcross Turnpike, Welling Due to not having the fac...

Share with: Peter Cushing and a host of other much-loved British talent star in this Cold War thriller from 1960, here playing researchers who unexpectedly find themselves ‘silenced’ by government officials who conclude that a newly discovered cure for both typhus and the bubonic plague could be used for biological warfare by enemy states. At London’s Haughton Research Laboratory a hard working team of scientists, led by Professor Sewell (the always dependable Peter Cushing), come very c...

Dear White People creator Justin Simien comes up with a different kind of satire in Bad Hair, a period piece set in the world of cable TV in 1989. It’s a pitch-perfect recreation of an “urban” music video network, where the pressure to fit in drives young employee Anna (Elle Lorraine) to get hair extensions. Unfortunately, those hair extensions are demonically possessed and hungry for blood (but they look great). Crawl A hurricane provides the perfect conditions for alligators to swim in...

Hellraiser collaborator Gary John Tunnicliffe, the latest installment in the franchise is Hellraiser: Judgment, which finds two tough detectives, brothers Sean and David Carter, on the hunt for a gruesome serial killer terrorising their city with a series of murders based on the Ten Commandments. Joining forces with detective Christine Egerton, the trio dig deeper into a spiralling maze of horror that draws them into Hell to confront Pinhead and his evil Cenobite sect. Starring Heather Langenk...

This week, fellow travellers, I turn the clock back to 1971. Where have those 50 years gone? There have certainly been some changes. Can you believe it was still legal then for pubs to refuse to serve a woman on her own. A pint of beer cost 15 pence, a pack of 20 cigarettes only 27 pence and the average weekly wage was £28, although I was only earning 15 guineas. The state pension was £6 a week and the average house price only £5,600. Elstree Studios was busy with a number of films in ...