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Back in the Day: The Video Games We Were Playing in April 1990

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Andrew Newton on the video games we were playing back in April 1990… April 1990 was a cold and wet month but the inclement weather provided an excellent excuse for staying indoors and playing on the good old home computers that all good gaming households had.  Whether it was the trusty 8-bit computer (Spectrum 128+2 […]

Lockdown: A Time to Expand Your Cinematic Horizons

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Tom Jolliffe on cinema in lockdown life. The time to catch up on the films you’ve been meaning to see… It’s a world in lock down. For many it has meant having more time. As film fans, you may feel yourself gravitationally pulled toward cinema as an escape. This might be a revisit of old […]

Dear Daisy Ridley: Here’s where the Star Wars love went

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Anghus Houvouras on where the Star Wars love has gone… If you had told me back in 1999 in the months that followed the release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace that one day Star Wars would be in a more perilous place (creatively speaking), I would have chucked. Worse than the […]

A Double Hit of Luc Besson Assassin Films: Nikita and Leon

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Tom Jolliffe double bills Luc Besson’s Nikita and Leon…  Think back to the 90’s. A transitional time for action films. It was also an era that saw a French director hit it big in Hollywood. Then think about the best assassin films of the decade. Chances are when piling up candidates, you’re likely to have […]

Robby Müller: A Genius Among Cinematographers

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look back at the work of cinematographer Robby Müller… The cinematic process involves a mass of people. Whether you’re an indie production shooting for no money, or the biggest film on the planet, it takes a team to make things happen. Actors get on screen and take most of the acclaim […]

Back in the Day: The Video Games We Were Playing in April 1980

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Andrew Newton on the video games we were playing in April 1980… Back in March 1980 home computer enthusiasts in the UK had the chance to part with their hard earned money and purchase the Acorn Atom from Acorn Computers.  This little marvel had 2 KB of ram (upgradable to 12 KB) and could be […]

A Peep Into Peeping Tom: Is it time for a modern reboot?

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As it celebrates its 60th anniversary, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the seminal classic, Peeping Tom and whether the film could be successfully remade… Having recently re-watched the seminal psychological horror/thriller, Peeping Tom (celebrating its 60th anniversary this week), there are several things that stand out. In terms of the setting, mise-en-scene, social attitudes and the […]

Please, can we just scrap Indiana Jones 5?

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Tom Jolliffe on why another delay for Indiana Jones 5 should spell the end of the character… I love Indiana Jones. I love Harrison Ford. Both character and actor are absolutely iconic in cinema. Ford has had the distinct pleasure and star power to be both Jones and Han Solo, as well as star in […]

The Best Horror Moments in Superhero Movies

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Red Stewart on the best horror moments in superhero movies… For all the criticisms of oversaturation, superhero movies have managed to retain their longevity thanks to a clever mix of genre blending. They may have their conventions and tropes and archetypes, but they intermingle so well with many other cinema favorites like comedy, satire, western, […]