Category: Films
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Almost Alone – a Newforge Halloween Production
Happy (belated) Halloween! I’ve been a bit busy… The past week was action packed, and included the released of “Almost Alone”, the 2025 Newforge Studios Halloween film. I talked about making the film in my last post. This year was very organised (perhaps not quite as ruthlessly efficient as last year, but close) with only…
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The Curse of Heathers
Heather, Heather, Heather….and some curse This is a bit left field, but one of our latest obsessions is the 1988 black comedy high school crime flick and the subsequent 2010s musical iteration. The musical is by far the superior version with some incredibly catchy songs, but the film throws up an interesting series of occurences.…
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Weird Al (Both Kinds)
I’ve only gone and done it. The thing I was sucessfully avoided so far. Let’s talk about Weird Al. and AI. (This post contains AI-generated images, but trust me, they’re quite funny) Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Tremendously weird and funny, Weird: The Al Yankovic story is a pseudo-biopic loosely inspired by Weird Al’s life…
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Fun with 35mm, and Shedding Light on Exposure
The plucky little West German is at it again. I have un-earthed my compact 35mm camera in recent weeks and been re-learning my way around film. My second outing with my Minox 35 GT was more successful than the first. I thought I’d try out a Kodak colour film this time with 24 exposures instead…
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Ghouls and Games
Last week we were a little busy with Halloween fun, hence the brief post. This week I’m back to share what we’ve been up to. Disco Elysium Isometric hard-boiled detective game, you say? Deeply philosophical internal reflections? That sounds like a perfect way to wind down! Welcome to Disco Elysium, a 2019 role-playing game developed…
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Cupra and Code Veronica (is that anything?)
In response to the title, probably not… A slight aside before getting into the meat of this post. We ran into the first battle for chargers over the weekend. At Gloucester services most of the chargers were occupied which led to a queue forming. There were some spaces on Tesla Superchargers, but not everyone has…
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Jurassic in the Park, and Jury-Rigging Monitors
We had an ambitious plan for the late May bank holiday. To keep a three year old up to midnight watching Jurassic Park in an open air screening at the Eden Project. Madness, you might say. You’d be right…mostly. Jurassic in the Park? The evening started with a two course dinner in the Mediterranean biome.…
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Brussels Bound (and Movie Madness)
Although I’m writing part of this on the way, by the time you read this I will be firmly established in the Belgian capital, enjoying the beer, chocolate, and sprouts. And whatever else Belgium has to offer. Eurostarting to get somewhere This is my first train journey into mainland Europe, and my first time abroad…
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Spooky Times at Newforge High
We were away in South Korea over the Halloween period so I didn’t end up putting together the customary “making of” post. Halloween has been and gone, but that doesn’t mean we still can’t enjoy spooky things. If you haven’t already seen it, check out this year’s Newforge Studios horror flick, Desperation. Having the office…
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Spooky Films, and London Town
Last weekend was a busy one filled with writing, shooting and editing the Newforge Studios 2022 halloween film, Desperation. And now we’re up in London for another exam and a trip to Seoul. We try to put together a film for halloween, we’ve been pretty successful other than the odd year missed. This year Evie…
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