Maz Kanata herself - as real as her CGI castle! It's fair to say that ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ has inspired quite a few of our holidays since its release in 2015, with my husband and I visiting several of the filming locations in the intervening years. Our first holiday together was to the … Continue reading Searching for Maz Kanata’s castle in the Lake District
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I recently saw the new He-Man film 'Masters of the Universe' based on the toy range and cartoon series from the 1980s. The trailer had promised high camp and a knowing wink to the cheesiness of the concept. I'm the right age to remember watching the cartoon and playing with the figures, so I'm very … Continue reading Masters of the Universe – Wells Cathedral
Liverpool has some great museums, and despite being local I probably don't visit them as often as I should. At the start of this year I heard about a new display at the Museum of Liverpool all about filming in the city and of course I needed to pay it a visit. I was very … Continue reading Museum of Liverpool special exhibition – a celebration of filming in the city
Proof that Liverpool is the most filmed city in the UK after London is the ability to walk through the city on a random Tuesday evening and stumble across a film crew for the new Beatles biopics and see Barry Keoghan as Ringo Star. A set of four individual films, focusing on each of the … Continue reading The Beatles filming – Here, There and Everywhere in Liverpool
