What’s Next for Marvel? – An Outlook for a Hopeful Future

Back in 2020, amongst all the doom and gloom of the pandemic, we were still reeling from the flashbang that Disney had thrown at us in the form of Avengers: Endgame. It culminated an extremely long saga (for modern standards anyways, it was no Coronation Street… Fun fact, that show has been running for 61 years!), […]

Your Name, The Movie that Everyone Must Watch – Review & Thoughts

Hey there everyone, I wanted to do something different today and talk about a movie that really got to me and that made me feel all the feels. As some of you who follow me on social media might know, I am a huge fan of animated movies and series… especially Japanese ones. I’ve watched […]

The world needs Mr Rogers

I have never met anyone in my entire life who doesn’t like Tom Hanks. We all swoon at the idea of another Hanks film. So naturally, any film he stars in makes the rounds in the headlines and social media. Tom’s newest film is “A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood” where he takes on the […]

Bond. Just not James | a look into the new 007

I assume that everyone noted that the time tested series, James Bond, recently made the rounds in the news headlines with its alleged “popcorn dropping moment”. So first lets get back to basics. The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent as created in 1953 by Ian Fleming. Since Fleming’s death […]

Musicals – what’s so gay about them?

Most people around the world like at least one type of music, yet the weird thing is that then musicals are seen as something you either love or hate. In reality most people fall somewhere in the middle where they like some types of musicals and not others. On the other hand, some hide their […]

Do you ever think about the Stunt Doubles?

Most movies of different fandoms such as the Marvel Universe, Star Trek, Star Wars, the DC Cinematic Universe, etc. are fast paced and filled with action which often makes one wonder what poor sod had to let himself get punched by Captain Marvel, shot by a laser blaster or punched through a wall. Well its […]

Know Your Pride – 50 Years Since Stonewall Riots

Not even halfway into world pride month and there is no avoiding rainbow flags. Make no mistake, it is not to celebrate the Tarxien Rainbows football team. However, Malta is of course a different case since as a country we celebrate pride week between the 6th and 15th of September with the long awaited pride march scheduled for the 14th. […]

A Meh Ending to 7 Great Seasons | Game of Thrones

This year marks the last season of arguably the world’s most currently beloved TV series and with tears in our eyes 1-Up Club would like to say – “Thanks HBO”. It’s hard to believe nowadays but it was a risk to build the series around a mythical world, like a cracked-mirror reflection of medieval Europe, […]

Lightsaber Duelling is Now an OFFICIAL Sport

When combing through the news cycle one generally pays attention to the big news of the day and mainly to their top interests. Nonetheless, I couldn’t believe that I had let this piece of news slip by – LIGHTSABER DUELLING WAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED AS A SPORT! In February the French Fencing Federation (Fédération Française d’Escrime) […]

NEW Pokémon, Call of Duty and Star Wars Games In The Works

Recently, it feels as if the cinema industry and movies have been getting all the spotlight, mostly thanks to Avengers: Endgame. So we thought we’d take a bit of an aside and take a little twirl in the world of Gaming and find out what’s on the news menu. We start with EA, a company that seems […]