Rambles about the wonderful world of wrestling.
Captain Phillips is a biopic of merchant mariner Captain Richards Phillips who was kidnapped and held hostage by Somalian pirates back in 2009.  It’s an adaptation of the book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs and Dangerous Days at Sea, which was written by the aforementioned Richard Phillips, and is directed by Paul Greengrass’s who is possibly most famous for his work on the original Bourne films.
James Gandolfini’s sudden death earlier this year was a tragic moment as the man, best known for his portrayal of Tony Soprano, appeared to bow out before ever really getting to make his mark on mainstream Hollywood.  This has obviously led to his final performances receiving a lot more attention than they may have done otherwise and the first of his final two films comes in the shape of Enough Said, a romantic comedy written and directed by Nicole Holofcener.
It says a lot that the latest Alice in Chains release will not be getting compared to their classic material, but instead their latest release Black Gives Way to Blue.  The seemingly impossible task of replacing Layne Staley has been done ably by William DuVall and The Devil Puts Dinosaurs Here has a lot of expectation resting on it’s shoulders.
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So Bound for Glory is over and done with for another year. Â This obviously contains spoilers, so don’t click on it if you don’t want to know. Â Likewise, if you don’t like wrestling I wouldn’t waste your time as this is rather long and will be incredibly boring for you.
Slightly late but all the better for it.
Le Weekend is a romantic comedy directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill) and written by Hanif Kureishi making it the fourth collaboration between the two of them.
So TNA‘s biggest PPV of the year takes place tonight and despite the build up being patchy at best it will hopefully be something that is actually worth tuning in for. Â So in anticipation of this I figured I’d give my predictions for the event. Â Feel free to insult me when they are all wrong.
The world of the Premier League is one of the most bonkers places on the planet. Â With the Sky Sports hype machine behind it, it has managed to convince many that it is genuinely the best thing since sliced bread. Â However, a look between the surface shows just how ridiculous it is.
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White Wizzard burst onto the scene back in 2009 with their debut album Over The Top, which saw them nominated for a Metal Hammer Golden God among other things.  With a very simple goal of bringing heavy metal back to it’s roots and away from the emo and screamo genres that they felt had taken over, they were a straight up metal band in the vein of Iron Maiden and Manowar.  A string of line-up changes that has seen bassist Jon Leon as the only original member led to a loss of this momentum which they will be looking to regain with latest release The Devil’s Cut.
The story of Julian Assange and Wikileaks was one of the biggest events of recent years.  Therefore, it should come as no surprise that The Fifth Estate followed closely behind, with director Bill Condon (who directed the final two Twilight movies) tasked with taking the story to the big screen.
