Category Archives: Kick-ass Action Chicks

Girls Will Be Boys

Posted on 01/04/2013 by

[Contains knee-bending, favour-seeking SPOILERS] The third season of Game of Thrones kicks off this week, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to call out my favourite new character from the previous season: ‘Brienne of Tarth’, played by Gwendoline Christie. … Continue reading →

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Dial “T-800”, Toll Free!

Posted on 27/02/2013 by

[Contains organic SPOILERS layered over a steel endoskeleton] Back in my school days, I was obsessed with Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), and I can remember drawing countless cartoons of “Arnie” strolling around being a bad-ass borg… although these days, … Continue reading →

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“Meanwhile, Back In The Bafta-Cave…”

Posted on 12/02/2013 by

They were partners-in-crime in The Dark Knight Rises, and now Anne Hathaway and Juno Temple are sisters-in-arms! In the sense that they’re hugging. See? Um… I didn’t really have anything to say here, I just wanted to post that picture.

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Home Of The Brave (And Of The Dead)

Posted on 16/01/2013 by

The screenwriting book I’m working through at the moment claims that aspiring writers should focus on knocking out scripts for TV shows rather than films, because there’s more space to be filled in the TV schedules, and therefore more of … Continue reading →

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“What Do We Say To Death?”

Posted on 07/06/2012 by

To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this week, I’ve been working my way through the first season boxset of Game of Thrones… a timely reminder of how exactly royals get to be “royal” in the first place: Arranged marriages, inbreeding,  … Continue reading →

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And The Devil Makes Three

Posted on 05/06/2012 by

Roman Polanski’s The Ninth Gate (1999) was on TV a few days ago, split into two parts with a news bulletin in the break… for some reason my digibox chose to clip off the end of the first part, and … Continue reading →

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Necromantic Comedy

Posted on 02/06/2012 by

[Contains silver-bound SPOILERS!!!] The fifth season of True Blood will be starting in the US next week… and here in the UK, I’ve just finished working my way through the shiny new season four boxset! A number of quality actresses … Continue reading →

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Cannes-Did M-Rod

Posted on 27/05/2012 by

Earlier this week, Michelle Rodriguez was snapped by the paps, while chilling in Cannes, wearing a skimpy bikini that left very little to the imagination… which naturally set me thinking about her naked body her hard-line stance regarding on-screen sexuality. … Continue reading →

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Dead & Buried?

Posted on 15/04/2012 by

[Contains tyre-squealin’, engine-revvin' SPOILERS!!!] I got very excited when I read that the 4th movie in the “solving-crimes-with-street-car-racing” series, Fast & Furious (2009), would see the original cast reuniting… but I was far less thrilled when I learned that the premature … Continue reading →

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Come Back, Rogue 1

Posted on 26/03/2012 by

[Contains sadly two-dimensional SPOILERS!!!] I wasn’t especially keen to see Avatar (2009) at the cinema, because of its epic running time… but, weirdly for such a popular movie, I’ve never seen a copy of the DVD going s-hand in any … Continue reading →

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