In a new feature on TMINE, we’re going to be looking at what actors, actresses and other members of TV and movie production crews have been up to during the Covid-19 lockdown – as long as they’ve been making videos of it. Which is what most of them seem to be doing these days.
Over the weekend, a whole bunch of actresses and their stunt doubles were so bored, they decided to make their own video in which they seem to beat each other up. Among the assailants: Lucy Lawless, Drew Barrymore, Juliette Lewis, Rosario Dawson, Cameron Diaz, Florence Pugh, Daryl Hannah, Zoe Saldana, Thandie Newton, Halle Berry, Scarlett Johansson and Margot Robbie.
Two reviews this week, both of which are a moderate disappointment to myself. Last week, I worried that I was only reviewing superhero movies. To be fair, most new movies these days seem to be superhero movies, but I was trying to quit the habit…
…just as the concluding part of the Avengers‘ 11-year-long, 21-part series of movies hit the silver screen in the UK. Doh!
Avengers: Endgame review after the jump. I’ll try not to be too spoilery.
Secondly, last week, as you may recall, I took out a free trial/subscription to the BFI Player to try to ensure I watched something moderately cerebral for a change. Look at all those Kurosawas, I thought to myself. Yet, while I did end up watching a black and white Japanese movie, it wasn’t a Kurosawa.
Hello, everyone. Welcome to the far-flung sci-fi future of 2019.
Blade Runner
Akira
The Island
How are you enjoying it so far? Been cloned and harvested its organs to cure any of your diseases yet? Or maybe you’re being asked to pass the Voight-Kampff by your HR department even as we speak.
Anyway, whatever you’re doing, TMINE’s back, you’ll be excited to hear! As usual, it’s a phased return to work for TMINE. This afternoon will bring some new Airdates, while The Daily News will be back on Monday, although the TMINE Facebook page has been featuring the highlights over the break. I’ll hopefully be revealing the latest BFI and BAFTA events this afternoon, too, although that might be a staggered return.
When it comes to reviews, WHYBW will be back to its usual Wednesday slot next week. There have been a few new shows over the Christmas break, so I’ll hopefully be doing a Boxset Monday featuring either season 2 of Marvel’s Runaways or Stan (Australia)’s Bloom. I’ll also be previewing Syfy (US)’s Deadly Class, but I’ll probably be skipping The Fosters spin-off Good Trouble, on the general grounds I didn’t watch The Fosters – but you never know.
However, after a bit of Christmas soul-searching, I’ve decided to put Weekly Wonder Woman on permanent hiatus until the comics get good again – soz, Diana fans, but it’s a lot of effort for a lot of mediocre stuff at the moment, despite the return of both Aphrodite and Ares in the latest issues. What to do on Thursdays instead, though? Hmm. I’ll have to have a think about that.
That’s it for now and who knows what other goodies I might bring you, too. Everyone get good pressies?
Well, the gang’s all there, aren’t they? And I mean all of them (stick to the end). Nice trolling of Star Wars fans to have it come out on May 4th, too. But Black Widow’s now blonde? That’s going to take some getting used to…
