Lincoln’s Movie Night: The World’s End
The World’s End Directed by Edgar Wright Written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike, Paddy Considine and Eddie Marsan Well it was a day we all knew was coming. Our final bite of Cornetto. But, as the blood and ice cream is cleaned up, we can […]
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Final part of the Cornetto trilogy, The World’s End, to begin filming in September
Well, it’s been a few years but it looks like Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright are getting back together for the final part of their Cornetto (the ice cream briefly featured in both Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) trilogy. According to Deadline, Wright has joined with Working Title for a September […]
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Adam McKay shopping big names for The Boys
If you haven’t read Garth Ennis’ excellent The Boys, you should turn off your computer and go pick up the first volume. You will laugh, be sickened, and have a blast doing so. In an interview with MTV, director Adam McKay (Anchorman, The Other Guys) discussed the actors he hopes will step into the lead […]
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Trailer Watch: Paul
Paul has been a movie that has been discussed fairly constantly in both worried and hopeful tones. Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and featuring Seth Rogen voicing the titular alien, the movie follows Pegg and Frost on a cross-country road trip, running into Paul at Area 51, and attempting to help him back to his […]
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Blightyvision: “Brass Eye”
Directed by Michael Cumming Written by Arthur Mathews and Christopher Morris Starring Christopher Morris and Mark Heap When you specialize in niche entertainment — and in the US, UK television tends (rather unfortunately) to be “niche” — you discover that things tend to only fly under the radar within your own fandom for one of […]
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Trailer Watch Double Feature: Burke & Hare and The Tempest plus bonus trailer!
I’m a big Simon Pegg fan. I’ve enjoyed pretty much everything he’s done, from Spaced to Mission: Impossible 3. So when I heard that he was teaming up with Andy Serkis for period serial killer comedy Burke & Hare, I was pretty excited. But then: nothing. That’s usually a bad sign. Finally, we have our […]
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Kara’s Link of the Day: The Adventures of Jet Bike Steve
Did Simon Pegg know what he was starting when he made this idle tweet in March? I’m gonna write a film about jet bikes. I like them, they go fast on the sea. I play the main character, Jet Bike Steve. That’s all so far. And the story spun out from there. Before long, the […]
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