Uggie the dog has created such a following that his fans are campaigning for him to be eligible for an Oscar nomination. Uggie is the star of the new film The Artist and has recently appeared on the Graham Norton Show and a special West End screening in aid of the Dogs Trust charity. His…
Category: films
Making a Movie for £45
This is interesting its a new zombie movie called Colin which cost just £45 to make. The film was created by Marc Price who works for a courier company. He used an old camcorder to shoot it and used family, friends and people off the street as cast members. The crew used golden syrup and…
Travel Tips From Horror Movies
This is quite funny, its a list of travel tips according to horror movies. It includes advice such as making sure you choose a desolate location with plenty of abandoned caves or mine shafts to visit. Other advice includes making sure you take at least one black friend because he will always be the first…
Fraggles Return
People who remember Fraggle Rock will be pleased to hear that the Fraggles are back. They will star in a new musical film where they leave Fraggle Rock and head for the real world. The film is expected to be released next year.
Fake Babies
I watched a documentary last night about a new type of doll called a Reborn. The dolls are highly customised to make them look as close to a real baby as possible even down to features such as veins and scratches. They weigh about the same as a real baby and have rooted hair and…
Arranged Marriages
I read this article about a new show called Arrange Me A Marriage which will be screened on BBC2 later on in November. The show will be hosted by Aneela Rahman who will match couples based on class, education, family background, life goals and earnings. Once the couples have been selected they will then have…
Wallace and Gromit Return
A new Wallace and Gromit short film is coming to TV next year. It is called Trouble At’ Mill and is about Wallace and Gromit’s attempts to run a bakery. The half hour long film will be screened BBC One late next year. I’m looking forward to it.
HD for BBC?
The BBC Trust has given its backing to a BBC high definition channel. It is expected that the channel will include programmes from across the BBC’s current channels and not just from BBC1. They are considering launching a four hour HD service on Freeview initially before rolling out the new channel later. It will be…
Owl Shaped Maze
An owl shaped maze has been created into a farmer’s field to mark the lance of the latest Harry Potter book. The maze is 600ft/ 193m long. Amazing.
101 Great Simpsons Quotes
I came across these great Simpsons quotes. Among some of the good ones are “Your questions have become more redundant and annoying than the last three “Highlander movies” from Comic Book Guy and “I’m normally not a praying man, but if you’re up there, please save me, Superman” from Homer.