Netflix has announced the premiere dates for its upcoming slate of original series, documentaries and stand-up comedy specials. The much-awaited third series of Jenji Kohan’s Orange is the New Black will premier on 12 June, shortly preceded on 5 June by Sense8, a brand new sci-fi drama about … [Read more...]
Timey-Wimey, Filmy-Wilmy – Project Almanac – Dork Review
Like the time travelling cousin to Josh Trank’s Chronicle, out comes director Dean Israelite’s Project Almanac, a solid-but-a-bit-predictable thriller which plays around with the found footage genre (wait, come back!) and presents you with a question that you may have already answered in the … [Read more...]
Here are 10 Things I Hate About the Gilmore Girls
Have the Gilmore Girls put something in your drink? Why are so many of you in love with such a terrible show? Hello my name is Katie Lee and I hate the Gilmore Girls.There, I said it. I finally came out as a nerd who can't stand those two women and their stupidhead show. Here's why. 1. Everything … [Read more...]
Doctor Who LEGO on its way!
It's been an exciting day for LEGO and Doctor Who fans. One of the few Doctor Who sets that had been put forward for the Ideas site, where fans create sets and upload them for review - and potential sale as an official product - has been given the go ahead. This collection was by Andrew Clark. … [Read more...]
Comeback kid – BiRDMAN or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) review
Former Batman star, Michael Keaton, stages a heck of a comeback in the most meta way possible: by playing an actor best known for playing the lead in a superhero franchise staging a comeback. It comes to UK cinemas on the back of critical praise and awards buzz for pretty much everyone involved, so … [Read more...]
The Dork Guide to Christmas TV
Joy to the world, for this week the Christmas TV schedule officially kicks off. For the next two weeks, the schedules will be filled with danger, drama, intrigue, mystery... oh wait, that's just EastEnders. Sorry... But in all seriousness, festive television this year is a goldmine of film … [Read more...]
The End, Part Two – The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies – Dork Review
The closing part of an epic saga, dealing with the lives of hobbits, elves, dwarves and men and a quest to save Middle Earth... okay, we've definitely been here before. Peter Jackson brings his Hobbit trilogy to a close, and with it his adventures in Middle Earth, as The Battle of the Five Armies … [Read more...]
The first teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is here
Unless you've been in another galaxy all week (say, one far far away...) , you will have probably heard the news that the first teaser trailer for one of next year's biggest films (possibly even The Biggest, capital T, capital B) was about to be unleashed upon us. With about a year and three … [Read more...]
Birdman (Or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) – Dork Film Preview
As I've mentioned before (and as you probably would have guessed by now) 2015 is set to be an absolutely stellar year if you're a cinephile. You don't even have to wait long for the year to get going, because January is filled with gems from day one. And one of those gems, actually out on January … [Read more...]
Jurassic World – Dork Film Preview
Stay very, very still. Don't move a muscle and don't say a word. Because after over a decade in that uncertain grey space known as Development Hell, the doors to the world's most dangerous amusement park are opening once more. Yes, next June we return to Isla Nublar and step back into the world of … [Read more...]