This Week's DCMG Digest


Here's a round up of all the new articles this week on The DreamCage and AlbieMedia websites...

On The DreamCage - https://www.thedreamcage.com/

"I have read a lot recently about how platforms like Netflix and Amazon are destroying our film industry and undermining the importance of cinema screenings."

 Daniel White pays his money and he takes his choice. That choice is streaming platforms ...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/opinion-one-streaming-platform-to-rule.html

Ren Zelen looks back at some of the films that made her fall in love with cinema in the first place with The Films That Made Me. This time she takes flight with Wings of Desire (1987)...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/film-films-that-made-me-wings-of-desire.html

With the Oscars now a mere memory, voting members of The Golden Raspberry Awards have been hard at work making their selections for 2019’s Worst Achievements in film - and there was a LOT to choose from! Susan Omand picks her winners/losers...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/film-40th-annual-razzie-nominations.html


"OK, imagine the Mission Impossible films but Tom Cruise is a blue cat."

 Susan Omand's mission, which she chose to accept, was to watch Spycies...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/film-spycies.html

"a buddy movie with a heart, some of the most compelling acting, a bluegrass style soundtrack, and some highly humorous moments"

 Steve Taylor-Bryant watched The Peanut Butter Falcon...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/film-peanut-butter-falcon.html

Listening to the wise words of her own inner AI, Susan Omand read Blinker Chapter 2, Queens and Bugs, from Rosie Packwood and Madius Comics...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/comic-blinker-chapter-2.html

"Back in 1932, decades before Brendan Fraser's brilliantly anarchic performance, there was Karloff."

 Daniel White looks back at The Mummy...

https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/film-universal-monster-collection-mummy.html



On 26th December 2019, 627 pieces of Classic Doctor Who content were made available to Britbox subscribers. Every Sunday in 2020, our Doctor Who expert, Tony Cross, looks back at some of the classic stories.

Here are Tony's thoughts on...

The Celestial Toymaker... https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/classic-doctor-who-on-britbox-celestial.html
The Gunfighters ... https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/classic-doctor-who-on-britbox.html
The War Machines... https://www.thedreamcage.com/2020/02/classic-doctor-who-on-britbox-war.html




Meanwhile on AlbieMedia - https://www.albiemedia.com/

"It was sarcastic, it was cynical, it was often brutal but it was always melodic and in no way was any of it stupid."

Thirty years after release, Steve Taylor-Bryant looks back at Welcome to the Beautiful South...

 https://www.albiemedia.com/2020/02/turn-that-noise-down-beautiful-south.html

In case you hadn't noticed, it was Valentine's Day this week and everyone is feeling the love. Well, not everyone. Here's a reminder of David Ames soundtrack for you if your day consisted of sobbing into your lonely pillow while attempting not to care...


"If the record sounds familiar then that’s because there are two very famous hands behind the writing and producing: Rod Temperton and Quincy Jones."

For #SotD80 this week, Jimmy Hunter looks back at the Brothers Johnson song Stomp!

https://www.albiemedia.com/2020/02/sotd80-brothers-johnson.html


Find this week's contributors on Twitter

@JimJamGin
@STBwrites
@OmandOriginal
@Lokster71
@TheDavidMAmes
@DanielWBMouth
@RenZelen

and find our Podcasting partners @WasThisAlways