The Office: Middle Earth - SNL take a bow son!

US comedy show Saturday Night Live has come up with an absolute corker with this mash-up of The Hobbit vs The Office! Actor Martin Freeman and the rest of the SNL cast should all take a bow for this piece of genius. That's enough words - all you have to do is just sit back, watch and laugh your little Hobbit feet off...

Best Christmas film to watch this year? Home Alone: The Horror of course! Check out the trailer...

I spotted this little piece of YouTube genius courtesy of the guys over at Unilad. It seems that everyone's favourite Christmas film has undergone a bit of a facelift this year and Kevin McCallister could be facing something a little more sinister that bungling burglars on December 24...

50 Things that happened in the 90s that will make you feel old! Part 2...

25. It's been nearly a quarter of a century since Nigel Benn fought Chris Eubank...

Just as this generation will look back on the Carl Froch and George Groves fights, we can say we were there when the original British grudge match took place... in 1990!

24. If Neil and Tony still lived together it wouldn't be funny anymore...
It would just be weird that two 52-year-old men were still roommates. That's right, Men Behaving Badly first hit our screens in 1992.

23. Even after 25 years we still love this scene...

Funny how? Like I'm a clown? I amuse you? This menacing scene from Goodfellas still has us lads quoting Joe Pesci's famous line.

22. Fanny packs were cool...
Or so we were led to believe. Even Dwayne Johnson struggles to "Rock" this look! See what I did there? Did you see? Oh shut up, you probably owned a fanny pack!

21. We shaved logos and brands into our hair...
I'm not sure how the craze got started, but it wasn't an uncommon sight in the early 90s to see someone with Nike or Adidas shaved into the back of their hair. Personally I went for WWF, although it was in a barbers so it looked pretty shit and the other kids teased me asking why I had World Wildlife Fund shaved onto my bonce. Sigh.

20. We were there when the East Coast - West Coast beef kicked off...
And it is testament to the music that there are kids born in the 90s who are still listening to 2Pac and Notorious B.I.G. songs today even though they were both murdered over 15 years ago and both cases remain unsolved.

19. Your bedroom probably looked like this...
We were all raving in the 90s. Well, that's when we wasn't at school of course. And just because we couldn't go to all night illegal field raves, it didn't stop us sticking flyers all over our bedrooms walls. Everybody had the Dreamscape: Woodstock 2 flyer on their wall. Everybody.

18. And it's likely you owned a Fantazia bomber jacket...
Or something similar. In order to keep in with the cool crowd you convinced your parents that £70 for this item of clothing was essential. Then you'd go home and listen to a pirate radio station like Touchdown FM where they'd play music like...

17. I'm Raving, I'm Raving...
In my bedroom. With my flyers on the wall. And my Fantazia jacket on. Again, I can't stress the importance that you weren't actually at a rave (after all, you were 14), but once that piano rift hit... forget about it!

16. We must just be the only generation to got to drink transparent Coca-Cola...
22 years ago Coca-Cola brought us clear cola when Tab Clear hit our fridges. The fad didn't last long as by 1994 it was no longer being sold, mainly because it tasted pretty rank. But hey, they tried!

15. They are now remaking shows from our era...
You know you're getting old when this happens. The rich kids of Beverly Hills 90210 first hit our screens in 1990! That means most of the cast are now in their 40s, apart from Luke Perry. He was 40 when they made the show.

14. It doesn't matter how old you are this is still one of the best things ever...
It's Wrestlemania VI. It's Hulk Hogan vs The Ultimate Warrior. It's 1990 and you're 12-years-old. And now you're 36 and this still gets your excited!

13. Lads mags slowly descended into porn for cowards...
In the 90s our favourite female celebrities started to get their kit off more often to the point where you no longer had to embarassingly hide a copy of a porno mag inside a newspaper, and instead you proudly bought FHM or Loaded because, you know, you liked the articles. Plus that blonde bird from that soap got her baps out.

12. You had a proper computer...
Believe it or not, but that Amiga 500 that you spent countless hours on playing Sensible Soccer or Championship Manager actually stopped being made in 1991, which means it is older than some of the people you work with in your office!

11. We will Never Forget...
Well I won't anyway. If there is one thing we knew how to do in the 1990s it was boy bands. Whether it was five bad boys with the power to rock you or everybody in the house of love, the 90s had it's fair share of all male pop groups. But there was only one group that really mattered and 19 years ago we were all drunkenly singing along at the end of the night to this:

10. Gazza cried in 1990...
And 24 years later we're all still crying. Forget 1966, we were too young for that. But this is the World Cup we will tell our kids about - the one where we nearly made it. And then we lost on penalty's to the Germans.

9. Okay, we might talk about this one as well...
Hey, when you think about it, England were pretty good in the 90s! We made it to two semi-finals, the second at Euro 96 when we bought into the fact that Football Was Coming Home. And then we lost on penalty's to the Germans.

8. Kevin Arnold would be 58-years-old this year...
Was there a better show on TV in the 90s than The Wonder Years? Fred Savage (who happens to be 38 now) played the part of young Kevin, who would now be pushing towards retirement age if the show was still running today.

7. The last time you ate a Marathon was 23 years ago...
It was 1991 when the chocolate bar changed it's name to Snickers and it is 16 years since you had an Opal Fruit (aka Starburst)!

6. Alcoholic Lemonade was the best thing since sliced bread...
Especially if you happened to just reach the legal age to drink alcohol and therefore hadn't quite required the taste for beer yet but were still adamant on getting pissed every Friday. Hooch first launched 19 years ago in 1995.

5. Geri Halliwell's famous Brit appearance was 17 years ago...
And I'm not talking about the Union Jack dress either! While that might remain the iconic image from the 1997 Brit performance, most lads also got pretty excited when Ginger Spice fell out of her dress.

4. You were massively disappointed with this film...
In 1991 you probably felt the title In Bed With Madonna was really misleading but you didn't really have anyone to complain to without coming across like a pervert.

3. The Fun House twins are now 42...
Yep, Melanie and Martina who helped out the mullet-haired Pat Sharpe on the real crazy show where anything goes and you fancied like mad are now in their 40's. Think that's bad, the Alessi Twins from Neighbours are now 48!

2. You have been telling people 'You can't handle the truth' for 22 years...
A truly great film can stand the test of times based on how long people quote that particular movie, and since 1992 we have been quoting Jack Nicholson from A Few Good Men.

 

1. No one has had a curtains haircut since 1996... 
And looking at this picture, is there any wonder why? What the hell was I thinking?!

50 Things that happened in the 90s that will make you feel old! Part 1...

It pains me that I now work with people who were born in the 1990s. It means that no matter how much I fight it, I am now old. When I was doing my GCSE's, they were pooping in their nappies.It's a sobering thought, but what makes it worse is their blank faces when you mention something that happened in that golden decade. Suddenly you have become your parents and the world as you know it is over.

Why should I be the only one to suffer? If I am going to feel old, then you are going to feel my pain with me. So sit back and enjoy this trip down memory lane and when you're done reach for the zimmer frame and accept that it's all downhill from here...

50. The Box - the music channel we controlled...
Other than MTV The Box was the only other music channel. You'd sit there for ages hoping the three numbers being punched in the bottom of the screen by users around the country was for Slam by Onyx but more often than not it would be that greasy Mexican dude Rico Suave.

49. Back in the day Beyoncé was not the Goddess she is today...
Long before she was Crazy In Love she looked like this. And who bloody remembered that there were four of them in the old days?!

48. Gillian Anderson was the hottest woman in the world...
Twenty-one years ago Dana Scully partnered up with Fox Mulder to solve supernatural crimes in the X Files. Then she got her kit off in FHM in 1996 and we all started looking at her a little differently.

47. Two decades ago PJ was blinded...
Long before Ant and Dec became the multiple Bafta award winning duo they are today, we knew them as PJ & Duncan and it was back in 1992 that this scene shocked a nation in Biker Grove.

46. This is the kid from Jerry Maguire...
Jonathan Lipnicki told us all in 1996 that the human head weighs eight pounds. Now he looks like he could rip your head off.

45. Bill Clinton did not have sexual relations with this woman...
The US President denied having an affair with Monica Lewinsky in 1998 and tabloids went wild over what he did or didn't do with a cigar.

44. It was 22 years ago that we were serious as cancer when we said Rhythm is Dancer...
In 1992 our charts featured music from German dance groups like Snap! who topped the hit parade (that's what we called in then) with this classic tune!

 
43. The Nirvana baby looks like the guy out of Busted...
And this year he turns 23 which means he is another one of those annoying people born in the 90s here to torture us! The album Nevermind was released in 1991.

42. Bevis & Butthead are now pushing 40...
It was back in 1993 that the two teenage delinquents first started watching music videos on MTV which means by now they are both approaching midlife.

41. 15 years ago we were all screaming "Whassup" down the phone...
Budweiser's famous slogan aired in 1999 and had everyone poking their tongues out and greeting people like a demented frog. True.

40. We didn't have a clue when it came to fashion...

Come on, hands up - at the start of the 90s we all owned one of these bad boys. In 2012 the shell suit was voted the worst fashion item of the last 50 years.

39. For 20 years we've been hoping Eva Herzigova would say "Hello boys" to us...
One of the most iconic advertisements ever and still stands the test of time (in more ways than one) caused it's fair share of car crashes when this billboard started to appear in 1994.

38. Matthew Le Tissier scored goals like this but it wasn't enough to play for England...

In the mid 90s we were used to seeing the Southampton legend regularly score goals that Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo would be proud of. Not the England manager though, he preferred Carlton Palmer.

37. Oh, and Le Tiss shagged Marylin from Home & Away...
Long before Emily Symons bounced into Emmerdale, she captured our hearts as ditzy Marylin with the big boobs in the Aussie soap 25 years ago! But what were the writers thinking when they hooked her up with  Donald Fisher aka Flat Head?!

 
36. Our Friends have got a little older...
Friends was a worldwide smash but was it really 20 years ago that they first graced our TV screens? No wonder they look a little older these days!

35. K-Ci denied he was going to marry Mary J. Blige on The Word...
Back in 1995 Jodeci were huge and when this interview went out on Channel 4's The Word, Mary J. Blige was none too happy.

34. And this is what Jodeci look like today...
If ever their was a poster campaign boy for not taking drugs then K-Ci is it. It's fair to say that the years have not been kind to the Jodeci boys.

33. Kids from our favourite TV shows are now making sex tapes...
When Elizabeth Berkley got her kit off in Showgirls we all desperately hoped that Kelly Kapowski from our favourite 90s show Saved By The Bell might follow suit one day. We 100% hoped it would be Screech, who is now 37 by the way!

32. Super Mario World rocked our world 24 years ago...
In a world where gamers play against other players from around the world it is hard to believe that we ever got so excited about graphics like this!

31. Oasis and Blur went head to head in the battle of Britpop two decades ago...
Was it really 19 years ago that two of the UK's finest ever bands released Country House and Roll With It in the same week to fight it out for the number one spot?

30. You probably owned a pair of Reebok Pumps...
And nearly 25 years later you still don't have a clue what the pump is actually for other than it looked cool and cost a fortune. If only we'd just stuck with the Air Jordan's.

29. Kevin the teenager is now probably married...
Harry Enfield's creation had all of our parents giving us knowing looks every time Kevin sulked his way on to TV in the early 90s.

 

28. Google was born in 1998...
Which basically means we actually lived through a period when if we wanted to find something out we had three options: 1) The Yellow Pages 2) Call directory enquiries or 3) Get off our lazy arses!

27. Hollyoaks is 20 years old next year...
And Nick Pritchard who has played Tony Hutchinson since the first episode in 1995 turns 40 next year! He is officially a modern-day Ian Beale.

26. Twenty-four years later and if you still know every word...
Will Smith was 21-years-old when The Fresh Prince of Bel Air first appeared in 1990s and the tune has become as iconic as Cheers was for your parents. That's right, you're now in that place.

The Top 10 'Coming of Age' movies of all time!

The recipe for success for a good coming of age film is quite simple because it represents a time in everyone's life that you can relate to. No matter how good films like Taken are or how awesome Gladiator is, there is little chance that the normal every day man in the street has a particular set of skills like Liam Neeson to brag about and the closest you'll ever come to telling someone that you'll have your vengeance in this life or the next is probably muttered in a drunken rage when you have missed last orders in the pub.

But when you watch someone on the big screen go through that rites of passage, you are rooting for them all the way, because you've been there. You've experienced all of those wonderful mixtures of emotions that the characters go through. Coming of age is sad, and funny, and happy, and awkward, and cringe-worthy, and every other type of feeling that runs through your body as your find yourself in that transition of adolescence.

And when the big screen does coming of age really well, you inevitably end up with a cult classic on your hands because unlike other film genres such as horror or action, everyone can watch these films and have a similar story to tell.

So without further ado, here is the countdown to my Top 10 Coming of Age movies of all time!

10. The Basketball Diaries (1995)
One of the most interesting things I read about this film was that Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg hated each other prior to starring in this dark tale of heroin drug abuse by a bunch of New York delinquents. Based on the memoir of the same name by writer/artist Jim Carroll, this film sees a young DiCaprio prove what a great actor he was on the way to becoming.

Did you know? River Phoenix said in 1988 that he wanted to play the part of Jim Carroll if the book was ever made into a film.

9. Human Traffic (1999)
This is definitely one for the Brits, but the tale of five young friends partying in Cardiff has a worthy place in this list. Director Justin Kerrigan wanted the film to be as realistic as possible and captures the club scene at the end of the 90s perfectly in a wave of "clubs, drugs, pubs and parties". Set over one weekend, a young Danny Dyer and John Simm shine in a fantastic cast.

Did you know? International DJ Carl Cox has a cameo in the film as club owner Pablo Hassan.

8. The Way Way Back (2013)
Sam Rockwell steals the show in this poignant coming-of-age tale about 14-year-old Duncan who is struggling to find where he fits in. To escape the emotional abuse he is suffering from his mother's new boyfriend Trent whilst on summer holiday, Duncan gets himself a job at the local water park run by Owen (Rockwell) who helps him find his way in life.

Did you know? Steve Carell (who plays Trent) shot his part in 10 days.

7. A Bronx Tale (1993)
Robert De Niro's directorial debut is based on a subject the Oscar winning actor knows a thing or two about, namely the mob! Anyone who has seen this film will remember the classic scene when a bunch of Hell's Angels turn up in a bar run by local gangster Sonny. The film focuses on the life of young Calogero who grows up under the wings of his law-abiding bus driver father and Sonny, the man who runs the tough Bronx neighbourhood.

Did you know? The screenplay was written by Chazz Palminteri who insisted he play Sonny when Robert De Niro bought the film rights.

6. This is England (2006)
Shane Meadows powerful 2006 drama This Is England is about a group of young skinheads growing up in the 80s as seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old. Meadows followed up the hugely successful drama with a two TV spin-offs which went on to explain what happened next for the characters. This has got to be one of the best British films ever made and includes a fantastic cast including the brilliant Stephen Graham who portrays the menacing Combo to terrifying perfection.

Did you know? Thomas Turgoose (who plays 12-year-old Shaun) had never acted before appearing in this film.

5. Boyz in the Hood (1991)
Like many spotty-faced white teenagers growing up in the early 90s, I was pretty impressed with the whole Gangsta Rap genre, mainly because it meant I got to swear in song. It also meant I would often refer to a place called Compton which I knew little if nothing about. But that all changed when 23-year-old director John Singleton blew us away with his directorial debut Boyz In The Hood about a group of childhood friends growing up in the LA ghetto.

Did you know? Ice Cube owns the gold Chevrolet Impala that his character drove in the movie.

4. The Breakfast Club (1985)
You can't do a coming of age top 10 without a John Hughes movie being in there! Arguably the king of the genre, Hughes was responsible for other 80s greats Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, Pretty in Pink and Sixteen Candles. But it has to be The Breakfast Club - a film often touted as the greatest high school movie ever made about a group of teenagers who spend a Saturday afternoon together in detention - which still stands the test of time.

Did you know? Judd Nelson's bizarre terms such as 'Neo-Maxi Zoomdweebie' were all completely made up by him on set.

3. The Outsiders (1983)
With a cast that includes C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe. Emilio Estevez, and Tom Cruise it is no wonder this 80s classic from Francis Ford Copolla features so highly. When two local gangs clash and one boy is stabbed, tensions start to bubble over in the classic tale of social diversity. Stay gold Ponyboy, stay gold...

Did you know? Both Nicolas Cage and Mickey Rourke auditioned for roles in the film.

2. Dazed and Confused (1993)
I'm not too sure I've ever quoted a film more often than this one! The film is set on the final day of school in 1976 in a small town in Texas where the most important thing is to get high, drunk or laid. Matthew McConaughey stars in his first ever film and has stated that he line "alright, alright, alright!" was his first line ever spoken on camera, prompting it to become a catchphrase of his which he even used during his Oscar acceptance speech.

Did you know? The word "man" is said a total of 2013 times in the movie.

1. Stand By Me (1986)
Alright, alright, Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog. What's Goofy? One of the best films ever made, let alone best coming of age movie! Rob Reiner's tale of four friends who go in search of a dead body was an instant classic. Anyone who doesn't know what you're talking about when you mention the train track scene should be abandoned as a friend immediately! Oh, God. That's weird. What the hell is Goofy?

Did you know? The film is based on Stephen King's short story The Body from his novella Different Seasons. Another short story from that book which became a classic is The Shawshank Redemption. 

The most awesome superhero gif ever!

There some conversations that men are quite happy to engage in no matter how old they are. Favourite footballing moments is an obvious one as much as debating whether The Godfather 2 is better than the original. But what superhero would you be is and always will remain a classic debate no matter if you're five-years old or 55.

So next time you're down the pub trying to make an informed choice on the hundreds of super powers you could choose from, you might want to pull out this fantastic gif created by Christian Tailor to give you some inspiration...

Top 10 funny football movie poster mash ups!

This week the Liverpool FC marketing team went into overdrive when they posted this rather embarrassing football movie mash-up to promote their upcoming pre season tour to the United States. Even as an Everton fan I feel a little sorry for Steven Gerrard; the scars of England's World Cup group stage exit is still fresh in the memory and they welcome their captain home with a task like this. Unlucky Stevie lad!

But after seeing this I decided to trawl the wonderful world wide web to see what other fantastic football inspired movie posters are doing the rounds and I was pleasantly surprised to find quite a few! A big mention must go to those guys over at talkSPORT who were responsible for a fair share of these hilarious images. So enjoy 10 of the best movie poster memes I found after a quick 30 minute Google search...!

1. Luis Suarez
Where else could we start without the king of internet soocer meme's?! There were simply too many to show on this page but these four were my particular favourites: Biteback Mountain, Luis Suarez Gets The Munchies, A Uruguayan Werewolf in Liverpool and Bite Club.

2. David Moyes

Poor old Davey Moyes got his fair share of flack following his first and only season in charge of Manchester United that the movie 1 Year a Manager probably would have been a box office flop too, and I doubt that the Class of '14 will be remembered with quite the same affection as those lads from 1992.

3. Andre Vilas Boas

Another manager who got the photoshop treatment after things didn't quite go according to plan was AVB after his unsuccessfil stint in charge of Chelsea. Get Chelsea and The Shining had Stamford Bridge shaking in their boots!

4. Jose Mourinho

The Special One is another Chelsea manager with his own movie poster mash-up fame but Jose Mourinho gets a slightly easier ride as both sides of his personality are depicted in The Godfather and The Special One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest.

5. Wayne Rooney

Wazza is no stranger to tabloid teasing and he must have known he was in for a bit of stick when he decided to have hair transplant treatment and alas The Hair Stitch Project was born.

6. Joey Barton

The king of Twitter rants is no stranger to controversy and following his sending off for QPR in that game against Manchester City he became the star of Dude, Where's My Card and Dumb and Dumber.

7. Charlie Adam

There was no love lost when Charlie Adam went up against Gareth Bale as twice the tough tackling Scot inflicted injury on the Welsh Wizard leading to movie classics such as Kill Bale, Kickboxer and Chopper.

 

8. Arsene Wenger

Until last season's FA Cup success Arsenal fans had endured a nine-year trophy drought which would lead to many rival fans taunting them about a trophy hangover or in this case The Wengover.

9. Kenny Dalglish

The Liverpool legends final brush with management was bittersweet as he was criticised for a number of his decisions including agreeing to pay £35m for Andy Carroll. Some might say he was The Delusionist.

10. Ron Atkinson

Last but by no means least we have Ron Atkinson starring in Ron for no other reason than it rhymes with Tron. And that is good enough for me!