lockdown

Paul McCartney Turns Lockdown into Rockdown With McCartney III

The last time Paul McCartney was stuck alone in his house, his band of many years had broken up. It was the greatest show on the earth, for what that was worth, and fans and press camped out in front of each member’s places to catch any clues to what was going on. McCartney sequestered himself after the Beatles breakup but didn’t fall into any kind of creative abyss. Instead he immersed himself in the studio. He’s done it again. McCartney is his own Wingman and when the pandemic forced him into seclusion he called up the friends who don’t…
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Den Of Geek Presents Horror In Lockdown Panel at FrightFest

FrightFest 2020 is upon us, and this year, of course, it’s all digital. So while it’s a shame not to be crowding into a sweaty cinema for four days of intensive horror, there are silver linings! Namely that the FrightFest experience can be streamed into your living room…. Part of that experience is the live events and this year Den Of Geek is hosting a very special panel. The panel is LIVE and FREE and available to ANYONE – you don’t need a FrightFest ticket to attend. The panel is called Horror In Lockdown and takes place on Sunday 30…
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The mad ambition of the fans who made a Jaws remake during lockdown

As many people have discovered during the Covid-19 crisis, it’s not much fun spending your birthday in lockdown. But for a certain 25-foot eating machine, its 45th will be one to remember. Rather than hinder celebrations, lockdown has actually brought together a community of Jaws fans – albeit remotely – to celebrate the anniversary of director Steven Spielberg’s seminal shark movie in a number of resourceful and creative ways. There have been Twitter watch-alongs, including one hosted by celebrity superfan Kevin Smith, online Jaws-themed pub quizzes and now, launching on Saturday 20th June – 45 years to the day since…
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James Cameron Reveals ‘Guilty Pleasure’ Lockdown Movie

Some vindication has arrived for fans of Paul W. S. Anderson’s Capcom video game adaptation, Resident Evil. Terminator and Aliens director James Cameron has picked it as one of his surprising lockdown movies of choice, though he does describe it as a “guilty pleasure”, a phrase we don’t put a lot of stock in here at Den of Geek – you shouldn’t really feel guilty about liking the things you like, even if they’re objectively bobbins. One person’s ‘trash’ can be another person’s treasure, after all. Cameron revealed 2002’s Resident Evil, which ended up kick-starting a ludicrous but pretty damn…
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