Cineworld Giftcards for Christmas
This year give the gift of Movies this Christmas!
A Cineworld gift card is a great present this Christmas surprise your loved ones with a cinematic experience at any of the 79 nationwide cineworlds. The Cineworld gift card leaves you with the opportunity to give someone an action packed film filled with a world of drama and adventure. With a minimum gift purcahse of only £10, a cineworld gift card will be the perfect stocking filler this Christmas.
Alternatively you can grant someone with a super Cinema Gift Box which contains TWO adult 3D cinema tickets with a voucher for a regular Shared combo and two galaxy gift chocolates. All of this is available for just £20 at your local Cineworld. That is a limited offer so its only available whilst stocks last.
Christmas Delivery Deadlines
20th December for 1st Class/Recorded post.
22nd December for special next day delivery.
Cineworld cannot guarantee that purchases made after the 22nd will arrive before Christmas.
The Hobbit Trailer in HD
It maybe a year away, but Peter Jackson has released the first trailer for The Hobbit!
Dwarfs, hobbits, elves, Gandalf, Gollum, and a certain ring all make an appearance. No sign of the gold hoarding, fire breathing dragon in this one, but i’m sure we’ll get to see a lot more info over the next 12 months.
Roll on December 14th 2012!
Amy & Rory to Leave Doctor Who!
Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill to leave Doctor Who
Shes know the doctor since she was a little girl.
She’s traveled in space and time with him.
Then her boyfriend (now husband) joined her and The Doctor on their adventures…
But life in the Tardis will come to end for Amy Pond and Rory Williams next series, as Steven Moffat confirmed at a press screening Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill will leave the show in a ”heartbreaking end”, halfway through series 7 (or 33 if your old school!).
Fear not though, Matt Smith‘s 11th Doctor will be there for the whole season, and it’s thought has signed on at least until the show’s 50th anniversary in 2013. With Amy and Rory gone, The Doctor will also be looking for a new (as yet, uncast) companion to get into daring adventures with.
Although i’m sad to see Karen & Arthur go, i’m not sure how much more you could get away with putting Amy & Rory through! Plus, changing companions has always been one of the ways Doctor Who reinvents itself and keeps things fresh. Looking forward to see who The Doctor manages to pick up on his travels next!
Doctor Who, series 7 (33), is not back till Autumn 2012, however you can see The Doctor in “The Doctor, The Widow and The Wardrobe” on Christmas Day, BBC ONE at 7pm.
Dave get some new Suits!
Suits on UKTV's Dave
UKTV’s Dave have recently announced their first major US investment for 2012, with the drama series – Suits.
Meet Michael ‘Mike’ Ross (Patrick J. Adams). A lazy but brilliant college dropout with a photographic memory. On the run from a drug deal gone bad, Mike accidentally slips into a job interview with one of New York City’s best lawyers, Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht). Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, suave quick-witted businessman Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot, despite the firm’s policy of hiring only Harvard Law graduates.
Proving to be an irrepressible duo and invaluable to the practice, Mike and Harvey must keep their secret from everyone including managing partner Jessica (Firefly’s Gina Torres) and Harvey’s arch nemesis Louis (Rick Hoffman), who seems intent on making Mike’s life as difficult as possible…
So far, Suits is sound part Franklin & Bash sprinkled with little bit of Chuck, both of which are great shows, so it’s definitely one to watch out for!
Suits will air on UKTV’s Dave 17th of January 2012, or you can get more info at www.facebook.com/suitsondave or www.uktv.co.uk/dave
Showcase Channel go on a Starhyke!
Tired of waiting for the Red Dwarf series X? This might be just the thing to help fill the long wait till Autumn 2012!
Starring Claudia Christian (Babylon 5), Jeremy Bulloch (Star Wars), Starhyke is a sci-fi comedy set in the year 3034, when the human race has suppressed all forms of emotion. So when the Reptids (the only unconquered alien race in our galaxy) threaten to release a weapon to reawaken human emotion, it’s up to Captain Blowhard (Christian) and her increasingly inept crew to travel back in time to stop them from changing the past and altering our future forever. Now plagued by uncontrollable emotions, the crew of the Nemesis find not-so practical ways of coping, whilst Dr Striker (Bulloch) looks for a cure in the most unusual places…
The show is also packed full of familiar sci-fi stars. Claudia Christian, best known as Commander Susan Ivanova in Babylon 5, said “Starhyke was an absolute joy to work on. The combination of a stellar cast, hilarious situations and the ability to play around in a comedy again was a joy for me… I love the combination of sci-fi and comedy and only the Brits can truly pull it off!” Jeremy Bulloch, the notorious bounty hunter Boba Fett in the Star Wars trilogy said of his character, “Doctor Striker is a part I really enjoyed playing because he is completely insane! He a loveable rogue and quite daft, a lot like me!”.
Other stars include Suanne Braun (Stargate SG-1) and Rachel Grant (Die Another Day) and Brad Gorton (London’s Burning). The series also features guest appearances from Danny John-Jules (Cat in the aforementioned Red Dwarf), Mike Edmonds (Time Bandits) and even the legendary Sir Patrick Moore like you’ve never seen him before!
Starhyke has been a huge success on DVD for Bristol based Lightworx Media, and has built a steady fanbase through the sci-fi convention circuit, but this is the first time the anarchic mix of sci-fi, drama and humour has come to UK television. “It’s been difficult at times, but we were always spurred on by the reactions from sci-fi fans and the unwavering support they’ve given toward the series” says producer Jonathan G. Brown.
The series will premiere on Showcase TV on Sky 201 and Freesat 403 at 8pm from the 13th December, with repeats on Fridays at 2pm and Sundays at 4pm from the 1st January 2012.
For more info visit www.starhyke.com
Shows to watch out for on UK tv in January 2012!
Sherlock, Series 2
Taking a break from large hairy feet, pointy ears, and dragons, Benedict Cumberbatch (soon to be the voice of Smaug) and Martin Freeman (Hobbiting it up as Bilbo in New Zealand), make a triumphant return as Sherlock & Watson in the 2nd series of Sherlock.
Season 2 consists of 3 90-minute films inspired by 3 of Conan-Doyle’s original works. Steven Moffat takes the writing helm on ‘A Scandal In Belgravia’, Mark Gatiss takes on the gothic ‘The Hounds Of Baskerville’ and Stephen Thompson penned ‘The Reichenbach Fall’.
Sherlock, Series 2 airs on BBC1 – 1st January 2012 at 8.10pm
Treasure Island
If you’ve been watching Sky 1 at any point over the last few weeks, you’ve probably seen at least one advert for their latest big Christmas mini-series. Taking a break from their usual ‘Pratchett’ outing, this year Sky have opted for a new look on the classic tale of Treasure Island.
Eddie Izzard stars as Long John Silver, along with a star-studded cast of international talent including Elijah Wood, Philip Glenister, Rupert Penry-Jones, Keith Allen & Donald Sutherland.
Treasure Island airs on Sky 1 – 1st January 2012 at 7pm
New Girl, Season 1
New Girl stars The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy & (500) Days of Summer actress Zooey Deschanel (also younger sister to Bones’s Emily Deschanel) as Jess Day, a loveable young woman, whose life takes an unexpected slap in the face when she discovers her supposedly ‘perfect’ boyfriend is cheating on her. Needing a new place to stay, she ends up moving in with 3 guys – Nick (Jake Johnson) a bartender who’s also been through a rough breakup; Schmidt (Max Greenfield), a ‘douche bag’ lawyer; And Winston (Lamorne Morris) a basketball player. The pilot originally has Damon Wayans Jr. as a character called Coach, but due to Damon’s other show ‘Happy Endings’ getting picked up his character is switched for Winston.
New Girl has got great reviews in the US, and Fox extended it’s 1st season to a full 24 episodes, so I’m looking forward to seeing it air over here on Channel 4 – 6th January 2012 at 8.30pm
Grimm, Season 1
It’s just typical… You wait for ages for someone to come up with a show about fairy tales set in the modern-day, and then 2 come along at once!.. Well, they do if you’re in the US, not if you’re in the UK. The other fairytale show ‘Once Upon A Time’ has yet to be picked up by a UK channel, despite getting great reviews… Anyway, onwards to Grimm!..
Set in Portland, Oregon, Grimm follows the story of homicide detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli), who discovers that he is the last descendent of a group of hunters (known as ‘Grimms’), that fight to keep the world safe from supernatural, dark and twisted versions of fairytale creatures.
For me, apart from the concept, the most exciting thing about Grimm is that it’s created by Angel co-creator David Greenwalt and Angel writer Jim Kouf, so you have 2 people who know how to create a wonderfully dark, twisted and highly entertaining supernatural tv show. Definitely one to watch out for when it airs on UKTV’s Watch in January (exact date to be confirmed).
Being Human, Season 4
Damien Molony - the new vamp!
Mitchell maybe gone (once again stolen by Peter Jackson, this time to play Kili in The Hobbit), but Being Human marches on. George (Russell Tovey), Annie (Lenora Crichlow) and Nina (Sinead Keenan) are still on Barry Island, and are about to be joined by Damien Molony as Hal, a new vampire character. Molony describes Hal as “Very, very well dressed. Pressed shirts and cufflinks. Very, very posh. Very upper class. A stiff upper-lipped Brit.” It’s safe to say, he’s most definitely not a direct replacement for Mitchell!
We also know that this will be Russell Tovey’s last series as George the werewolf, so it’s looking like, should we get a series 5, it could well be Hal the vampire, Nina the werewolf, and Annie the ghost.
Being Human will be back on BBC in early January (exact date to be confirmed).
