Retro Review: FAWLTY TOWERS

With the sad passing of Prunella Scales, I had to watch Fawlty Towers again. Scales played Sybil Fawlty, Basil’s long-suffering wife. Fawlty Towers was made the same year I was born. 50 years later, it’s still hilarious. Being British, I was raised on the show and know almost every episode,

THUNDERBOLT & LIGHTFOOT Up For Remake

Fire up the remake-o-tron! Another well-loved classic from just about our time, or possibly our parents’ era, could be about to be fed into the machine. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ryan Reynolds is developing a remake of the 1974 action comedy Thunderbolt & Lightfoot for Amazon MGM Studios. The

Shannon Talks MAN OF STEEL

When you observe the smoking wreckage that is all that is left of what Warner Bros. eventually did with the Snyderverse, it is easy to look favourably at where it all started, Man Of Steel. Perhaps also to overlook that, at the time, there was a lot of noise around

PREDATOR Bests Box Office

Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands is getting largely positive reviews out there among the normos. Wrenage also liked it, with a few reservations. This is translating into a decent box office haul for the time of year, in this weird space between the end of the summer season and the festive