Category: Studios and Franchises
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Casino Royale – 1967 vs 2006
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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 but this story has a few twists in the story of getting it from paper to celluloid. It is Casino Royale: the first Bond novel written and, subject to debate,…
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Is there anything extra during the end credits of Avatar?
Yes, there are extra scenes during, or after, the end credits of Avatar. View details and movie information…
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Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 – What You Need To Know
I’ll admit that my first watch of Guardians Of The Galaxy left me quite cold. However, I had another look and got hooked! One theme running through the first two films was that Peter Quill/Star-Lord had a couple of cassettes left to him by his Earthling mother. This meant that there was a brilliant 60s/70s…
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RunPee What You Need To Know Hub
We all like a bit of news, gossip, rumor, and speculation about movies! Now that it seems like the world is returning to normal after a terrible pandemic, there is a new fervor surrounding film and TV releases. Sometimes there just isn’t time to read long, flowing articles that speculate on what’s coming over the…
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Wakanda Forever – What You Need To Know About Black Panther 2
Of all the films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever may well be one of the most anticipated…possibly even more than the Infinity War/Endgame coupling. This is the first MCU film to be released following the real-world demise of a leading actor. The studio decided not to recast the role; personally, I…
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MCU Eternals Actor Harry Styles – What You Need To Know
The news broke over the weekend that Harry Styles has landed a “$100m five film deal” as part of the MCU. Now I’m taking this news with a humongous pinch of salt because it was announced in two papers; one was the Daily Mail, which is famously untruthful, and the other was Metro, a free…
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Ms Marvel on Disney+ — What You Need To Know
Marvel are opening more doors! They’ve taken another comic book character and created a new series around them. This time, though, the character is a teenaged Muslim girl, played by a first-time actor. Who Is Ms Marvel? Ms Marvel is the alter ego of Kamala Khan who worships Captain Marvel to the point of playing…
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Black Adam – What You Need To Know
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Finally, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is a superhero! It was just a matter of time before he suited up for either the MCU or DCEU. Personally, I’m an MCU fan, but I’m glad he’s joining the DCEU because no one could do Black Adam justice besides The Rock. Who is Black Adam? Black Adam ranks…
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Best of British Biographies – Tom Hiddleston
There’s an astronomical term known as the standard candle. This is an astronomical object that has a known absolute magnitude. By knowing this you can use it to compare with other objects and, therefore, work out how big and bright they are. For me, Tom Hiddleston is something of a standard candle in that we’re…
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RunPee Weekly Newsletter #122 (July 13th, 2022)
The app that tells you the best time to run and pee during a movie without missing the best scenes. Thor: Love And Thunder Let’s be honest, the first two Thor films were among the dullest in the MCU. Then along came Taika Waititi and Thor: Ragnarok and it hit both the funny bone and…
