Team Spidey, Girl Ghostbusting & More Force Awakenings! - The Cinema Minute.

It's been a while but The Cinema Minute is finally back with a new look and a new co-host! Join Chris & Grant taking a minute to look at the latest entertainment news from the week including Spider-man crashing the new Captain America: Civil War trailer, the controversial Ghostbusters remake and what deleted scenes we could be seeing for Star Wars: The Force Awakens!

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As always the original title artwork is by the wonderful @bomtron and more of his work can be found at - bomtronart.com

The title music can be found here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rvZk...

Enjoy and get in touch with what you thought!

@chrisjallan & @grantrobson11

Recorded 13/03/16

01/01/16 - Sweet 16.

Hope you all had a safe and happy journey into the new year.

You probably need a diary too though right to keep a track of the year ahead though right? Then you should definitely take a look at Wor Diary 2016! It's a diary with a North East twist, a ton of different artists have contributed pages including me and Cheyenne knocking one up as @metroapologises. Even better is that it's all for a good cause too.

Take a look at @wordiary2016 on Twitter and Instagram for more info and pick up yours ASAP!

Chris.

31/12/15 - So long 2015.

Do you get nostalgic and reflective at New Years? It seems like this post is about to.

Whatever ups and downs you have had in 2015, I hope as it comes to a close you can find someone who you love, if you're with them or if they're at the end of a phone or keyboard and let them know it.

I hope you find every happiness in 2016, I'm off to make a phone call.

Chris.

30/12/15 - 2015 by the Silver Screen.

Today I went into Newcastle for the first time since being back in the North-East and it was a joy to be back. I might be biased but it's still very much my favourite city in the UK, especially when I ran into so many familiar faces whilst I was there. Whilst I was in Newcastle I intended to finally see Carol at the ever wonderful Tyneside Cinema but seemingly a full audiences worth of people had the same idea before me so that will have to wait.

But for the films I have seen? It's been a strong year! However much like my music list yesterday I know that there is a lot that I've missed out on that could and probably should be on this list, but I'm sure i'll get round to them eventually. But in no particular order, here goes:

Inside Out (Dir. Pete Docter & Ronaldo Del Carmen)

 

Mad Max: Fury Road (Dir. George Miller)

 

Ant-Man (Dir. Peyton Reed)

 
The Lobster (Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

 
 What We Do In The Shadows (Dir. Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi)

Diary of a Teenage (Dir. Marielle Heller)

 

The Martian (Dir. Ridley Scott)

 

While We're Young (Dir. Noah Baumbach)

 

Tomorrowland (Dir. Brad Bird)

 

and yes obviously...

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (Dir. J.J. Abrams)

 
But that one isn't a surprise, right?!

Chris

29/12/15 - 2015 Jukebox.

There have been some great new records this year and I've tried to keep up with them as much as my wallet would allow it. You can probably easily draw a line between how much I've listened to BBC 6 Music this year then how much I've spent whilst knocking round some of London's finest record shops. Here are the ones I've enjoyed the most in no particular order, I'm sure there are plenty I'm missing and will catch up on soon.

Anyway, get your ears round these then get to your closest record shop!

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear

Sleater-Kinney - No Cities to Love

Will Butler - Policy


Nadine Shah - Fast Food

Sleaford Mods - Key Markets

Du Blonde - Welcome Back to Milk



Belle and Sebastian - Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

FFS - FSS

 

Public Service Broadcasting - The Race for Space 

Gaz Coombes - Matador 

 

Beach House - Depression Cherry

  

Paul Smith and the Intimations - Contradictions 

Summer Camp - Bad Love



Ryan Adams - 1989

With a new David Bowie and Suede album on the way early in 2016, I'll see you down the record shop.

Chris

28/12/15 - The Instagramable Nine.

I've never been a huge fan of end of the year reflections and resolutions. I try to live in a way where you can always be self reflective and search for personal betterment, no matter the month.

However, the end of the year is handy for saying what some of your favourite films and records have been recently.

Today a lot of people's #2015bestnine have been going around on Instagram and always a sucker for a nice display I've made mine up too!

It sums up a pretty mixed bag of a year and sums up me pretty well too. Star Wars? Check! Records? Check! Hipster juices? Check!

If this in anyway makes you want to check out my Instagram I'd feel awfully flattered!

I'd also totally understand why you'd maybe want to keep clear.

Either way...
Chris.

27/12/15 - Winter Walk.

I just got home from about and hour and a half walk around Boldon, and it was amazing. Why is something worth making a big deal out of? Because the whole time I didn't see another person! Whilst that might sound like an awfully antisocial thing to say, after a year of living in London it's definitely a much needed and relaxing change of pace.

However this walk was also freezing so I'm off to watch more Mad Men, preferably under a duvet.

Chris.

25/12/15 - Christmas 2015.

I've spent the day surrounded by family and food, and I definitely feel grateful and appreciative for it, also quite full and a bit drunk.

I hope wherever you are, you can find some happiness today.

Much love,
Chris.

22/12/15 - Left London.

Waking back up in Boldon was a little bit surreal, but it was a lot cold. The timer on the heating is probably something I need to sort out before considering to the impact of the symbolic meaning of moving back to the North East.

Today has mainly been a day of slowly unpacking whilst being distracted by Shrek the Third on TV (a film which I seem to have totally wiped from my memory), but instead of this it'd likely be more interesting to follow on from yesterday's blog and recall the end of my last week living in London.

Like so many of the times I've spent with Cheyenne this weekend consisted of an excessive amount of food! This time it started with a trip to The Cheshunt Tandoori, somewhere I've passed every week this year but haven't actually set foot in. I'm glad I eventually did!

On Saturday we visited the Elvis at the O2 exhibition. This was a fascinating look into one of music's greatest icons stretching from his humble beginnings to his decent into decadence. I think it's still there for a few weeks and it's well worth a visit for a slice of Graceland on the Thames.

On Saturday night Simply Red were playing at the O2 so following the exhibition we left as quickly and dramatically as possible on the Emirates Sky Line cable car. Doing this at night was a beautiful and oddly surreal experience. Like Disney's Soarin' ride but on your Oyster card. We continued onto My Old Dutch in Holborn and Oh My Dutch God, it was amazing. If you think the prospect of a chilli pancake sounds amazing or horrifying, it's something you need to experience. I would imagine my old waistline would be in a lot worse shape if I'd tried this place sooner.

When we got back to Cheyenne's we had ourselves an early Christmas before I headed back home and it was lovely, presents, wine, pretzels and Christmas Vacation! A pure festive treat. This year with her has really been truly amazing and I wouldn't have traded it for the world.

Anyway, my copy of The Force Awakens soundtrack also arrived in the post today, so I'm off to listen to that on a constant loop.

Talk soon,
Chris.

21/12/15 - Leaving London.

So, I woke up this morning and decided I wanted to start blogging again.

And since today is the day I'm moving back to the North East I suppose it's a good enough reason to as any. It might have made more sense to do it for the last year when I moved down to London but it's a bit late for that now.

The reason I'm moving back to the North is to start a Masters degree in Film Production at Sunderland University, if I actually manage to keep up blogging this time I'm sure I'll get to that...

This last few days in London have been good albeit emotional ones. It started with the emotional payoff of finally seeing Star Wars - The Force Awakens on Thursday then leaving my teaching job on Friday. Anyone who has looked at my online  presence before will no doubt know my passion for the galaxy fardr, far away and anyone who knows me in real life will know I'm more than ready to take a break from teaching. So these two were big ones for me. Neither experience was a let down! This was followed by moving out of the house share I've been living in for the last year and the tension filled build up to finding out if I'd be getting my deposit back; fortunately I did so that's a couple more weeks I'll be able to have food and that.

Then it was on to Saturday and my early Christmas celebrations with Cheyenne. However this was meant to be a short blog entry so I'll write that up tomorrow.

If you've made it this far thanks and feel free to get in touch.

Chris.

Ant-Man Review - The Cinema Minute.

In the latest episode of The Cinema Minute we make ours a Marvel and review the latest entry in the MCU with Ant-Man. Do good things come in small packages?

As always I'd love to know what you make of the latest video so please get in touch.

See you soon true believers!

Chris

The Cinema Minute - So What is The Cinema Minute?

If you follow me on twitter you may have recently seen me going on about The Cinema Minute. But what is it?!

Well, the Cinema Minute is a new vlog on film I am hosting and hopefully this intro video will help to explain that.

Please like and subscribe for future episodes and you can also find us online:

Twitter - @TheCinemaMinute

Facebook - facebook.com/TheCinemaMinute

The original title artwork is by the wonderful @bomtron and more of his work can be found at - bomtronart.com

The title music can be found here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rvZkCRUdvA

Hope you enjoy and can't wait to hear what you all think! 

Chris.