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Hot Days of Horror: The Best Summer Horror Movies

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EJ Moreno gets ready for the summer movie season with some hot horror… The grills are firing up, the swimsuits are coming out, and the hot days are here. While many want to spend their days in the sun, some will cozy up at home in the cool A/C. We’ve cooked up a collection of […]

Hasbro’s G.I. Joe Classified Series: A Real American Hero Reimagined

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Gary Collinson relives his childhood with Hasbro’s G.I. Joe’s Classified Series… In 1964, it introduced young boys everywhere to the concept of the ‘action figure’ with its pioneering 12-inch military-themed dolls; two decades on, the 3.75-inch A Real American Hero relaunch was proving equally as influential, serving as the successor to Kenner’s game-changing Star Wars […]

Essential Forgotten Films Well Worth Seeking Out

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Tom Jolliffe offers up essential films that were overlooked at the time, or have been forgotten in the years since release… Sometimes for whatever reason a film doesn’t strike a wide audience. It may just get released in the wrong era, or take a while to regain a cult following. Some films in retrospect end […]

8 Essential Feel-Good British Underdog Movies

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Classic underdog stories with loveable losers searching for a rare win in life are a staple of British cinema. Here are eight essentials…  British cinema is full of great and inspiring underdog stories, occasionally based on true stories, about loveable good-hearted losers who happen upon one big moment to succeed in life. Even if it’s […]

The Essential Tony Scott Movies

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Hasitha Fernando on the essential Tony Scott movies… Apart from being the younger brother of the legendary Ridley Scott, filmmaker Tony Scott too boasted his fair share of critically acclaimed box office efforts. And so, on what would have been his 80th birthday, we dive in to look back at Scott’s career to pick out […]

Japan Is Winning Cinema Right Now

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Several great Japanese movies have come out in the past year, adding to a recent golden period, so is Japan making the best of the best right now? Cinema around the world is all about cycles. You’ll see peaks and troughs where a nation is producing stellar work followed by a period of creative lull […]

Speed: The Pulse-Pounding Action-Thriller at 30

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As it celebrates its 30th anniversary, Hasitha Fernando looks at the story behind the 90s classic action blockbuster Speed… Often touted as one of the greatest action flicks of the 1990s, Speed was responsible for cementing Keanu Reeves’ reputation as a bona fide action star and launching Sandra Bullock career into the proverbial stratosphere. And […]

MTV Generation-Era Comedies That Need New Sequels

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Happy Gilmore 2 is on the way, but what other MTV generation-era comedies deserve revisiting? Here’s ten… Adam Sandler’s about to take to the fairways again with the triumphant return of Happy Gilmore. The slacker-turned-unorthodox golf pro lit up the screens in the mid-90s and got into a fistfight with Bob Barker. It was a […]

Dead Poets Society at 35 – A Poignant Coming-of-Age Drama That Transcends Life & Time

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Hasitha Fernando delves into the story behind Dead Poets Society as the film celebrates its 35th anniversary… To stand out in a filmography that is as impressive as Robin Williams’ makes it a very special movie, and Dead Poets Society is just that and then some. One of the most memorable coming-of-age dramas to ever […]

The Most Iconic Cult Classics of All Time

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EJ Moreno on the most iconic cult classics… What does it take for a film to be considered a “cult classic?” Many define it as a movie that is popular among a particular group, but for me, that isn’t always the case. Some cult classics can become larger than life presences in the industry, taking […]