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Weekend Round-Up – FRC family’s day out for Big Miracle Press Screening

This is actually from the previous weekend, but we were under embargo until this weekend so the post has been delayed. But here is our thoughts on the new film from Universal, Big Miracle. It is not often that we get invited as a family to come up to the...

Tech Tuesday – Linn DSM Systems make everything sound better

I know it is wednesday, but I had an extra day off this Christmas and missed posting this up yesterday, Linn DSM Systems… OK so this isn’t a bit of tech for the everyman. It may be just for the football players, super rich, or the guys who haven’t got...

FRC News – Empire Presents Big Screen

It’s Official – FRC are going to be attending the EMPIRE’s Big Screen Event at the O2 London. A few of you may have noticed my excitement yesterday on twitter when I got the email through confirming my Press Pass for this years BIG SCREEN at the O2. This is...

Review: Cinema Review – Captain America : The First Avenger

It’s Cinema Review time, this week it is the latest of the Summer Blockbusters – Captain America : The First Avenger. tt0458339 TITLE – YEAR – DIRECTOR – CAST – WRITERS – Are you hero’d out yet? Have you had enough of this Avenger build up? The guys at Marvel Studios...

Review: DVD Review – Limitless (2011)

  I have got my hands on a copy of the 2011 film starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro, Limitless. But was the film really as limitless as the title suggests   tt1219289 TITLE – YEAR – DIRECTOR – CAST – WRITERS – Limitless, directed by Neil Burger (The Illusionist) and adapted...

Midweek Mumbling – Why is loving Film such an expensive hobby?

Midweek Mumbling, this week I want to talk about something that is very close to my heart, money and the cost of watching Film I am not just going to rabbit on about how to make money online, or a get rich quick idea. No, this is more of a...

Weekend Round-up, The Adjustment Bureau and The Shadow Line

A Day late but here is Custards Weekend Roundup, Adjustment Bureau and a great bit of TV, The Shadow Line. I find this highly amusing. After last weeks big show of my weekly schedule, I manage in just 7 days to completely miss a day. OOPS. Yesterday, I got myself very...

FRC Icon – World Tour

Well my bags are packed and I am ready to venture out on my globe-trotting trip. I am in search of great Icons from around the world. Get Set for the FRC Icon World Tour!!       I have been writing this Icon series for a couple of months now and I...

Half Price Red @ HMV

Hey there, I’ve been out of the game for a while but I’m back with a vengeance with a ludicrously cheap Red on Blu-Ray for £7.79 at HMV!!!!! The next cheapest is a whopping £14.84 at Choicesuk. That’s nearly half price in my book so I would suggest filling your...

The Killing, Who killed Rosie Larsen?

It’s not only Film that happens in Custard’s FRC, there is another addiction. American and British TV Shows feature heavy on the weekly schedule.       Firstly, I would like to thank Dirty with Class. Without the heads up about a new show I would have never of had such a great evening...

Review: London Boulevard (2010) Review

A decidedly average attempt at a British gangster caper fails on every level to deliver anything new and enlightening.     I wasn’t going to review this film simply for the reason that it was so mediocre that it ended before I could really get any sort of opinion. All I was...

Custard’s Pick of UK Blu Ray Releases 4th April 2011

It’s that time of the week again to see what films are being released in the UK next week. Anything worth picking up? Custard has a gander. I know I am a day late. Sorry. But here are my pick of the new releases coming on Blu Ray for us...

World Cinema Weekender – Round up

A weekend of World cinema was promised with an ambitious 5 films laid out and ready to go. Did Custard make it through the whole set list? Or did he fail miserably? I am afraid to say it was the latter. Well to quote Robert Burns… the best laid plans ‘Of...

World Cinema Megamix

This weekend I will be having a World Cinema Movie mash-up in my home theatre. I am always trying to broaden my boundaries and expand my very blinkered vision on film. Last weekend we had a brief dip into the water of period drama, thanks to Ruth @ Flixchatter (a...

Remote Control Hell…

As we strive for the perfect Home Cinema we start to build up quite a kit list.  Every time we buy something new we get a new controller. Does your coffee table look like this :-   If so then it is time to think about a universal or all-in-one controller. With...

Virgin Media TiVo enables 3rd Tuner

An update was released last night enabling the TiVo HD powered Virgin media boxes to use their third tuner. Up until then they had only been using two tuners, but with a small software update Virgin has unleashed it massive trump car over its arch rival SKY, which only has 2...

Crazy Prices at ChoicesUK……..

It’s about time I posted some DVD deals, so here goes. First of all ChoicesUK have been selling cheap DVD’s for a while now so I thought I’d post a couple that stood out. They currently have the Jerry Maguire/ Meet Joe Black/ Intolerable Cruelty (3 DVD Boxset) for an...

A classic on Blu-Ray for £6.99……..

Afternoon everyone. Welcome to the Blu-Ray deals section of FRC. First up we have a recently released classic on Blu-Ray. Spartacus is the epic story of a bold gladiator slave who is forced to fight the Roman Empire. Starring Kirk Douglas, Jean Simmons and Laurence Olivier, this is a powerful film from director...

How Do We Make Custard? Part 2 – Teens

Welcome to the second in this look back at my life and the films I remember having a big impact on me and the way they have shaped my love of movies. Last weeks post saw how I became very early on anti all horror movies with my Fathers cruel...

Review: Sky(line) is the Limit for Psychic Rubber Killer!!

Here I go again with my crazy headline to sum up the weekend viewing at FRC. A bit of a mixed bag this one. Not a kids movie in sight and also 2 out of the 3 were not seen at home. Friday night we decided to clear some space...