TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR DOCTOR WHO VORTEX 3 MAY 1ST

THIS SUNDAY SEES VORTEX 3 IN THE EUROPA HOTEL BELFAST, A DOCTOR WHO CONVENTION ORGANISED BY DENIS RUSHE. GUESTS WILL BE TONY CURRAN WHO PLAYED VINCENT VAN GOGH, IAN MCNEICE WHO PLAYED WINSTON CHURCHILL IN VICTORY OF THE DALEKS AND NEVE MCINTOSH SILURIAN GENERAL IN THE HUNGRY EARTH AND WHO IS RETURNING THIS SEASON. THERE ARE A PLETHORA OF MONSTERS INCLUDING DALEKS, CYBERMEN OOD, EMPTY CHILD, CASSANDRA TO MENTION A FEW WHILE THE PANDORICA ITSELF WILL MAKE AN APPEARANCE. 

THERE ARE STILL A FEW TICKETS LEFT BUT COME EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT. IT’S GOING TO BE GREAT.

 

IAN HOLM BACK AS BILBO FOR THE HOBBIT

IAN HOLM IS BACK IN THE NEW PETER JACKSON MOVIE THE HOBBIT REPRISING HIS ROLE AS BILBO BAGGINS THOUGH IT IS NOT CLEAR IF HE WILL FEATURE IN FLASHFORWARD OR CARRY THE FILM AS BILBO AS AN OLDER MAN IN THE STORY. WHATEVER THE SITUATION, IT IS A WELCOME RETURN TO OUR SCREENS.

THE HOBBIT LOSES A CAST MEMBER

DUE TO PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES EX EASTENDER ROB KAZINSKY HAS LEFT HIS ROLE OF DWARF FILI AND RETURNED TO ENGLAND. PETER JACKSON REPORTED ON TWITTER THAT NOT MUCH FILMING HAS BEEN DONE ON THE ROLE AND THEY HAD ENOUGH TIME TO FIND A REPLACEMENT. SPECULATION HAS BEEN RIFE THAT ROB WAS FIRED BUT THIS IS NOT THE CASE AT ALL.

WE WISH ROB GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE AND BELIEVE EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON. AS WE SAY IN IRELAND, WHAT’S FOR YOU WON’T GO PAST YOU.

DOCTOR WHO DVD HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2011

AS THE DOCTOR WHO DVD RELEASE RATTLES TOWARDS THE END WE HAVE SOME CRACKING STORIES BEING RELEASED THIS YEAR, HOT ON LAST MONTH’S PERTWEE FINALE PLANET OF THE SPIDERS, WE HAVE A DOUBLE DOSE OF AUTON WHEN THE BOX SET OF SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE AND TERROR OF THE AUTONS IS RELEASED THIS MONTH. THE FORMER SEES PERTWEE’S DEBUT AND THE CEMENTING OF UNIT INTO THE SERIES FOR THE NEXT 5 ODD YEARS; TERROR IS RENOWNED AND EAGERLY WAITED FOR BY FANS FOR AGES. IT SEES THE INTRODUCTION OF 2 KEY ELEMENTS TO THE DOCTOR WHO HISTORY, THE MASTER PLAYED BY THE PERFECT ROGER DELGADO AND JO GRANT PLAYED BY KATY MANNING, A COMPANION THAT WOULD RETURN IN THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES ALONG WITH SARAH JANE AND THE 11TH DOCTOR.

SPEARHEAD WAS RELEASED DONKEYS AGO BUT THIS IS A WELCOME REIISUE(DVD EXTRAS WERE’NT WHAT THEY ARE NOW IN THOSE DAYS) AND FOR A CHANGE NOT A RIP OFF. BUY IT AND SAVOUR A TRUE PIECE OF CLASSIC WHO.

NEXT UP IS FRONTIOS FROM PETER DAVISON’S FINAL SEASON AND THIS HAS LONG BEEN A PERSONAL FAVOURITE OF MINE. THE TRACTATORS STILL WORK FOR ME AND THE IDEA OF HARVESTING HUMAN FLESH TO POWER THEIR MACHINES IS HORRIFYING.DELETED WAS AN IDEA THAT A VOICEBOX FOR THE GRAVIS WOULD BE A FLOATING HUMAN HEAD BUT THIS WAS DROPPED DUE TO TIME AND LACK OF EFFECTS. THERE IS A REAL SENSE OF FLESHING OUT THE CHARACTERS WITH TURLOUGH RECEIVING SOME BACKSTORY BEFORE PLANET OF FIRE AND THE DOCTOR AND TEGAN JUST BOUNCE OFF EACH OTHER.

FINALLY WATCH OUT FOR TERROR OF THE ZYGONS TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN THE 4TH DOCTOR, SARAH AND HARRY BATTLE THE SHAPE SHIFTING ZYGINS AND THE LOCH NESS MONSTER. A TRUE CLASSIC FROM A GOLDEN ERA AND MORE POIGNANT AS BOTH COMPANIONS AND THE BRIGADIER HAVE NOW SADLY PASSED AWAY.

WITH THESE STORIES LIFE JUST COULDN’T GET ANY BETTER.

THOR RELEASED TODAY

KENNETH BRANAGH’S DIRECTORIAL FEATURE THOR, BASED ON THE MARVEL SUPERHERO COMICS GOES ON GENERAL RELEASE TODAY. REVIEWS HAVE BEEN MIXED BUT THIS IS JUST A STEPPING STONE TO THE AVENGERS MOVIES PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR. CAPTAIN AMERICA FOLLOWS SHORTLY AND SEQUELS HAVE BEEN GREENLIGHTED FOR BOTH SO GO ALONG AND SUPPORT A FELLOW IRISHMAN

FOLLOWINGTHENERD IRELAND

THE PREDATORS ARE COMING TO BELFAST W5