First of all, apologies for the terrible pun. But if you have followed this blog for any length of time, you’ve probably seen a few of them.  This whole week on the blog will be dedicated to one of the most iconic and just all-round awesome actors alive today, the great Michael Caine.

The whole spectrum is going to be covered here – his earlier starring efforts, later supporting work and even a little of his voice work in animation. Also I will be live tweeting Dark Knight Rises on Tuesday arvo/evening my time, so keep an eye out for that.  Luckily for you guys too, I also have three really awesome guest bloggers who will be bringing their thoughts about a few of Caine’s cinematic outings.

If you would ever like to have a guest blog on the site, I would love to have you. Fire me an email to drinkingbeerwatchingmovie@gmail.com if you are keen. I run these theme weeks every month or two and it is great to get as many different voices as possible.

This week there is also a competition running to coincide with House of Caine. Up for grabs is a brand spanking new copy of Len Deighton’s novel The Ipcress File which would be adapted to the screen in 1965 starring Caine himself. You know the drill on how to enter, but just in case, the details are (double entries for the post on The Ipcress File):

• Like’ the post on Facebook for one entry.
• Comment on the post on Facebook for two entries.
• Share the post on Facebook for two entries.
• Retweet the post on Twitter for two entries.
• Like the post on this site for one entry.
• Comment on the post on this site for two entries.

To get things started, share your favourite Caine films or performances in the comments section below.

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