This is The Story of Pop: 2002. Our weekly hop back in time to the sights and sounds of the UK charts as they looked and sounded exactly two decades ago. This week: one of the 21st century's biggest superstars makes her big screen debut... Artist: Britney SpearsSong: I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 14)
It's Thursday, and time as always to revisit the big hits of two decades ago on the UK charts, with The Story of Pop: 2002. This week: the most unlikely film soundtrack success of the year. Booyakasha! Artist: Ali G and ShaggySong: Me JulieReleased: 11/03/2002Writers / Producers: Orville Richard Burrell / Dave Kelly / Sacha … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2002 (Chapter 11)
When pop bands get to a certain level of success - hit singles and albums, stacks of awards and sellout tours, it's safe to say they've reached national ubiquity and adoration. It is therefore not out the question, then, to mark this transition into absolute phenomenon via their first big screen outing. But it's a … Continue reading JLS: Eyes Wide Open – the 10th anniversary of an intimate 21st century pop film
Goodness me that time of the year is upon us once again - so a hearty welcome one and all to this, our annual End of Year Prizes blog post! Regular readers will know what this is, but if you're newly joined, then here's the skinny; every Boxing Day, we round off our blog posting … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2020
It's Thursday, and midday, and thus time to bring you another golden nugget of pop goodness from Y2K with The Story of Pop: 2000. And once again this week, it's another number one from a hit movie soundtrack... 2000 had been a year of mixed blessings for Destiny's Child. On the one hand, there was … Continue reading The Story of Pop: 2000 (Chapter 48)
Hello everyone - hope you've all had a good Christmas. It's time for us to give you our last post on the blog for the year which, as always, is our annual End of Year Prizes for 2019, where we give awards out to the people, music, books, film, TV, podcasts and comedy we've loved … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2019
Hello gorgeous people, it's #12ListsofChristmas and we're now on Day 3, and precisely ten more sleeps until Christmas, so time for us to bring you another list of twelve festive faves. We wanna hear from you of course - what are your favourites, if you agree with our choices, let us know. You can comment … Continue reading #12ListsofChristmas: Day 3
Happy December people! And it's a special blog tonight, as we announce this year's nominations for our sixth annual End of Year Prizes on the blog! As always on Boxing Day, we do a special blog post honouring those from music, film, TV, books and comedy we’ve absolutely loved in the last twelve months with … Continue reading Alex’s End of Year Prizes 2019: The Nominations (plus your chance to vote in Reader’s Choice)
Hellooo...so we are now on Day 5 of #15Daysof30Lists. Which means we're a third of the way to my 30th birthday. Woopah! Five lists of 30 favourites down, ten more to go. Thanks for all your feedback so far - don't forget to leave your comments below or Tweet me your thoughts on my choices. … Continue reading #15Daysof30Lists: Day 5
Running Time: 1hr 56mins Written by: Richard Curtis Directed by: Danny Boyle Starring: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Joel Fry, Kate McKinnon You'd have had to have been living under a rock for the last year to not see one trend that's exploded where films are concerned, namely, the rise of the rock biopic. … Continue reading #CrazyStupidFilm: Yesterday (Universal Pictures, 12A)
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