Former teacher, lecturer, homelessness administrator, pharmacy dispenser now happily retired, happily married, and a very happy granddad. I live next to the Mersey but on the side Daniel Craig and Taron Egerton come from rather than the side the Beatles came from!
Ah, yes…Captain America. I don’t pretend to know all the mythology as laid down in the comic books due to never having read them! All… Read More »Captain America: Brave New World – What You Need To Know
I said elsewhere how much I enjoyed the Jack Reacher series whether it was on the page, the cinema screen, or on the TV. So… Read More »Reacher: Season 2 – What You Need To Know
In 2006 the Loch Ness monster, Robert Burns, Sean Connery, Robert the Bruce, and William Wallace were placed as the top five in a poll… Read More »Best Of British Biographies – Robbie Coltrane
Last night I heard the sad news of the passing of Angela Lansbury. As is my habit, I posted something along the lines of “Aww…Angela… Read More »Best Of British Biographies – Angela Lansbury
I do like a short! I think we’ve all sat through a full length feature film and thought “well, that’s two hours I’ll never get… Read More »Indie Short Review – Yard Kings
Let’s face it, the man’s an icon. Since the mid-fifties, when the original novel was written, James Bond has been the epitome of cool, class,… Read More »RunPee James Bond Hub
Deadpool is one of those areas of the greater Marvel Universe which is a blank to me. I’ve said elsewhere that I preferred Marvel comics… Read More »Deadpool 3 – What You Need To Know
Two films forty years apart but based on the same source novel. It’s not Sherlock Holmes, A Christmas Carol, or even La Planète Des Singes… Read More »Casino Royale – 1967 vs 2006
Ah, Bill Nighy. I’ve used phrases like chameleonic before but Bill Nighy is not quite that sort of actor. That doesn’t mean he isn’t versatile… Read More »Best Of British Biographies – Bill Nighy
Slow Horses debuted in April 2022 and I thought it was fantastic! Masses of talent, gripping story, suspense, humour…for me, it had it all. I… Read More »Slow Horses: Season 2 – What You Need To Know
