This was the fourth official Star Trek event run by Showmasters/Media10 and the second to be held at the NEC in Birmingham. If you read my blog post on the 2016 event you will recall that I was hugely disappointed with the whole thing. From the lack of things to do to the layout and... Continue Reading →
First Man
I love a good space film- from films based on real-life events like 'The Right Stuff' and 'Apollo 13' to fictional films like 'Space Cowboys'. I just love them! Thanks to my dad I've always had an interest in space, space travel etc. My dad used to write off to NASA in the 60s and... Continue Reading →
Star Trek Short Treks
BLACK ALERT! SPOILERS FOLLOW.... It was announced at San Diego Comic Con that CBS would be releasing a series of 4 "Short Treks"- 15 minute long episodes that would begin airing in October, and take us up to the start of Discovery Season 2. Each episode will be centered around a character. Now I will... Continue Reading →
A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born, co-wrote, directed and starring Bradley Cooper, alongside Lady Gaga is the fourth iteration of this story. The first being in 1937 with Janet Gaynor and Fredrich March, then again as a musical version in 1954 starring Judy Garland and James Mason and then as a rock musical in 1976 with Barbara... Continue Reading →