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Eight Great Cult Films From 1984 You May Have Missed

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It’s time to venture back to 1984 and take a look at some great cult films you may have missed… It’s fair to say that 1984 had a stellar selection of iconic films that became part of pop culture. Films like The Terminator, Ghostbusters and Amadeus are widely considered classics and well-known to general audiences.  […]

The Essential Danny Elfman Film Scores

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With the release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice [read our review here], it’s time to look at the inimitable Danny Elfman’s essential work… Some composers are truly unique, leaving a body of work that listeners can immediately identify as theirs within a few bars. Whether you can spot a Williams, a Zimmer or a Goldsmith, these conjurers […]

Classic Retro Video Games Based on 80s UK TV Game Shows

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Andrew Newton plays a selection of retro video games based on classic 1980s UK TV game shows… Back in the 80s the four television channels (yes, we only had four channels) all loved their light entertainment.  Every night of the week they came up with a variety of comedies, variety shows and game shows in […]

The Essential Cannon Films Scores

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Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the best musical scores from Cannon Films’ oeuvre… A good film score can elevate the picture and manipulate the viewer. It can illicit excitement, fear, intrigue, melancholy and more. It’s not uncommon for a film score to become just as legendary an aspect of a particular film as anything […]

10 Iconic Movie Weapons Every Millennial Kid Wanted

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A cool movie weapon makes all the difference in genre films and we look at ten movie weapons every millennial kid wanted… Action and sci-fi films and their relentless battles between good and evil have one consistent. Weaponry is involved and whether it’s the use of real-life weapons or creations for your film, making it […]

Bad Video Game Movies You’ve Probably Forgotten

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EJ Moreno with a selection of forgotten video game movies… We all remember plenty of bad video game movies: Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros., House of the Dead, and almost every Resident Evil comes to mind. But if you venture back deeper into the catalog of video game movies, you’ll find some of the most […]

Sirens from Space: Species and Under The Skin

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Tom Jolliffe double bills Species and Under The Skin… The sexy siren, luring men to their inevitable doom by taking on the form of a gorgeous woman. Like cats to catnip, the men salivate their way to demise. In one corner we have Species, the tale of a scientific splicing of human and alien DNA […]

Out for Vengeance: Ten Essential Revenge Movies

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Casey Chong with ten essential revenge movies… The long-gestating reboot of The Crow, which famously suffered from development hell as early as 2008 with numerous directors and actors coming and going, has finally flown into cinemas, starring Bill Skarsgård as the titular character with Rupert Sanders of the live-action Hollywood version of Ghost in the […]

Movies That Are An Absolute Masterclass in Acting

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We take a look at eight films featuring incredible acting that any aspiring actors should definitely watch… Great actors are one key piece of a jigsaw and the big picture everyone hopes for is a great movie at the end of it. Some actors can be so great they often elevate everything they’re in, even […]

10 Alien Rip-Offs To Watch After Alien: Romulus

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With Alien: Romulus currently terrorising audiences, here are ten Alien knock-offs to watch if you love the franchise…  The Alien franchise is a pretty eclectic mix, made up of distinct stabs at effectively the same concept repeated. A group of largely disposable humans are hunted and picked off by a fearsome alien creature (or multiple). […]