Con at the Fantastic Beasts – The Secrets of Dumbledore London Screening!!! (Video Review CLICK HERE!!!)
In Cinemas 8/4/22 (12A) 4 Stars
Youth #Gottit View:
If you love the first two Fantastic Beasts movies, then you’re in for all that again with a few more twists and surprises. A must see for Wizarding World fans!!!
Kidzcoolit: Harrison with Eddie Redmayne (Newton Scamander)!!!
Kidzcoolit Wizarding World Harry Potter and Fantastic Beast reviews and features from the past 12 years CLICK HERE!!!
Scream Review
Back in 1996 when Wes Craven released the first of his iconic and highly successful horror franchise, no one thought it would be as influential as it ended up being. Cited as the main film to revitalise the slasher genre. Scream made over $173 million, more than any slasher film until 2018’s Halloween. Pretty good going for a first in its series horror film!
Now after 25 years and with the release of the fifth instalment, much has changed with Scream 5 not just being a one-off popcorn flick slasher like its first incarnation, but instead a further chapter in of one of the most successful and best loved horror film franchises of all time.
Scream itself was loosely based on the real-life murders of the Gainesville Ripper, an idea the franchise leans into heavily with pretty much all of the films. The series and story also links to the world of real life movie producing and with its ‘in movie’ parodic film franchise ‘Stab’, as lead character Sidney Prescot desperately tries to escape the attempts on her life by the mysterious ‘Ghost face’ killer.
Following a ‘Who dun it’ format, each film has the audience questioning who the killer is with even the lead Sidney being a viable suspect at one time or another throughout the films. No one is safe in these movies and Scream loves to show you the killing of old and new characters in very gruesome and creative sequences.
The series also provides a satirical commentary on the formulaic structure and tropes of the genre as each movie tackles its respected place in the franchise, eg; the original discusses the rules of a slasher, the sequel uses the laws of a sequel, the third, the rules of a trilogy, the forth, remakes and so on and so on. This is one of the things that makes these films so good as they do ‘self-aware’ better than almost any horror franchise I have ever seen.
The latest in the series takes on the most recent fad in movie making known as the ‘Requel’. A requel is where a franchise revisits the original subject material with new characters but also continues where the last film left off including the return of key players to the story. Highly successful examples of this type of storytelling have been the latest Star Wars movies, Ghostbusters, Cobra Kai and the Star Trek films. Often these movies will drop the number in the series and return to the original title, hence Scream 5 is called ‘Scream’.
One of the things that brings the fans back to these movies is the characters. The main cast, as vulnerable as they are to a knife in the gut, have been brilliantly developed over the past 25 years. Their likeability and flaws make them so watchable and loved by the fans worldwide and you sit on the edge of your seat hoping you don’t lose another one in each adventure.
If it’s Dewy and Gales ‘Will they? Won’t they?’ relationship or Randy’s ironic commentary criticising characters actions like going down into the abandoned basement alone along with saying “I’ll be right back!”. These characters have allowed the franchise to flourish and always remain fresh for new audiences to enjoy.
Scream has seemingly done the impossible by pretty much following the exact same format with the same characters for five movies, while never getting monotonous or repetitive and the fifth installment continues in that stead.
I can’t wait for the day when I can show my own Teenagers ‘Scream 12’ and the potential “Ghost face” stories, long after the demise of Sidney Prescot.
Does Sidney die in Scream 5? Or is she the killer this time? You’ll have to watch the latest movie to find out – we’re saying nothing.
Anything is possible in the Scream franchise and that’s what makes it the best horror movie series of all time!!!
Available Now to Download and keep and on DVD, Blu-Ray and 4K 11/4/22 (18) 4 Stars
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If you love the Scream movies you are in for a real treat. This is the greatest Horror Franchise of all time with every film worth watching. Highly Recommended!!!
Scream 1-4 available on DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K and Digital Download!!!
Con at the Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Screening Party (Video Review CLICK HERE!!!)
Con, Bex and Aharon with Top Boy Star Ashley Walters!!!
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Gifts for Harrison and Con!!!
LEGO IDEAS – Sonic The Hedgehog!!!
Planet Doughnut – Gold Ring Doughnuts!!!
In Cinemas 1/4/22!!!
Jada –The Batman Diecast Vehicle with Figure review by Con
Available from all good retailers (8 Years +) 5 Stars
Youth #Gottit View:
These cars are just so cool and look lovely displayed on a shelf or a desk. Along with the new vehicle, there’s four classic Batman cars available and they will make the perfect gift for any collector. Highly Recommended!!!
King Richard review by Harrison
Available on DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K and Digital Download 21/2/22 (12) 4.5 Stars
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Naturally we know both Venus and Serena Williams careers really well – but we didn’t know anything about their Mum, Dad and tough struggle to gain success. This is such an inspiring story and a movie everyone should see. Highly Recommended!!!
Urban Species DC Comics The Batman T-Shirts review by Harrison
DC Comics Batman Stencil Official Men’s T-shirt!!!
DC Comics Batman Crusader Official Men’s T-shirt!!!
DC Comics Batman Graff Official Men’s T-shirt!!!
Available from Urban Species (S/M/L) 5 Stars
Youth #Gottit View:
We love Urban Species shirts and they have a huge range of DC Comics products available. The shirts wash really well and make great a great gifting idea. Harrison’s favourite of the three T’s sent to us is the ‘Batman Stencil’ design. Highly Recommended!!!
Death on the Nile review by Con!!!
In Cinemas 11/2/22 (12A) 4 Stars
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We love Agatha Christie and Sir Kenneth Branagh is brilliant as the legendary Hercule Poirot. It’s cheesy, it’s camp, but it’s bloody good fun and wonderful big screen escapism. If you’ve not had a break abroad for a while – you’re in for a treat. Death on the Nile is like going on a Murder Mystery Holiday in Egypt for two hours. You can almost feel the sun on your face as you watch!!!
Jackass Forever review
Fast forward to 2022 and the Jackass troupe are back with some new blood to torture and more chaotic acts of madness – but as funny or as awful (Dependent of on what side of the fence you fall with Jackass fandom) as they’ve ever been.
Over the last twenty-two years much has changed in the world, with YouTubing ridiculous acts of stupidity becoming a part of our daily life. The Jackass TV show was so ahead of its time, it provided short form content of people doing insane things, before much of the internet content we all love today. They genuinely revolutionised entertainment as we watch it in the modern era, way before YouTube was part of the mainstream the Jackass gang were pushing the human body to its absolute limit and laughing through the pain all for our entertainment.
For anyone who’s never seen Jackass before, it’s basically a compilation of stupid stuff and total escapism. Everything about them is so disgusting in what they do and try to achieve. But it’s brilliant ‘shut your brain off’ fun with many a moment watching the depraved acts through your hands, in some form of solidarity with the poor soul suffering before you on screen.
The only shame with this movie is that the BBFC gave it a 18 certificate. Fifteen, Sixteen and Seventeen year old’s watch content like this all the time and most are mature enough to know not to copy what they see on screen. It feels a little like they’re protecting themselves and the certification system rather than young adults (under Eighteen) who fully know all they need to know by now about adult genitalia and its various functions. After the two years youngsters have had to endure, they really could have done with a cinema experience like Jackass Forever in their lives.
If you hate Jackass, your opinion won’t change after seeing Jackass Forever. But if you want to see grown men and women sh@tting themselves and hurting each other for kicks, you’re in for a real treat. This is a great group outing for a bundle of mates.
In Cinemas 4/2/22 (18) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Stars – You choose your own stars. If you love Jackass, You’ll go high with the star rating!!!
Youth #Gottit View:
It’s 98 minutes of grown Men and Woman doing the most ridiculous things and sh@tting themselves on screen for our entertainment. If you hate stuff like this, you’re in for the worst hour and a half of your life. If like us, this is exactly the escapism you needed after the last two years – Jackasss Forever will be your favourite cinema experience of 2022!!!
Old review by Con
Put on DVD, Blu-Ray. 4K and Digital Download 25/10/21 (15) 4 Stars
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We’re huge fans of M Night Shyamalan and this is easily one of his best movies. Highly Recommended!!!
Sandcastle (Inspiration for M. Night Shyamalan’s Old) By Frederik Peeters and Pierre Oscar Lévy review by Harrison CLICK HERE!!!
Dune review by Con
Dune is based in a Science fiction world, dictated by a precious substance known as Spice. Spice is a drug that stimulates creature behavior, as well as being the key to interstellar travel – making it the most valuable substance in the universe.
The movie centers around the main character Paul, as he looks to fine tune his mind control powers and learns of his true destiny and future role surrounded by a backdrop of intergalactic turmoil.
Pauls’s family make a move to take complete control of the Spice mining for the Galaxy, but they are not alone in their want to have total dominance over the Spice production within the Universe!!!
I really liked the special effects, they are absolutely amazing. My favourite thing in the movie is the worms!!!
In Cinemas 21/9/21 (12A) 3.5 Stars
Youth #Gottit View:
Much like The Lord of the Rings/ The Hobbit movies, Dune will be Marmite to many cinema goers. You’ll either love it or hate it – there’s no in-between with this film. We really enjoyed it though!!!
