Fight Club film vs book

Movies better than their books

Once a book makes the transition from page to screen, you know lots of people are going to claim that the book was better than the film. But sometimes, just sometimes, the movie adaptation actually surpasses the book. From the casting choices, plot changes, additional or stripped back dialogue, there …

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12/08/2016
Emma Lyskava
Lazer Team

5 reasons you should watch Lazer Team as soon as possible

Lazer Team, released by Manga Entertainment, hits the musicMagpie Store on the 15th August 2016. Here are five reasons to check it out! The plot is amazing Lazer Team is a comedic take on sci-fi and superhero movies, posing the question: what would happen if 4 idiots got their hands …

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09/08/2016
Chris Smith
Blu-Ray

#GetPhysical: Why you should still buy CDs and DVDs

We’re about to drop a huge revelation, so you might want to sit down: we love physical media. We write about the virtues of decluttering on this blog a lot but we also don’t believe in getting rid of everything you own and going completely digital. And neither do the …

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09/08/2016
Chris Smith
Vinyl

Friday Five: Incredible Soundtracks

Soundtracks aren’t most people’s first choice when it comes to everyday listening. The clue is in the title: most are written to match certain scenes and fulfil certain scenes. As great as it is, listening to the Interstellar soundtrack on the bus creates a weird mismatched experience. There are a …

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05/08/2016
Chris Smith
Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Love Stranger Things? Then you’ll love these movies too!

Stranger Things has taken the world by storm, confining millions of people to their couches in a binge of 80s throwbacks, Spielbergian adventures and Stephen King-esque spookiness. A second series is almost certain but until then, here are a few of the movies that inspired the show to fill the …

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03/08/2016
Chris Smith
Star Wars Lightsaber

Friday Five: Sequels that were surprisingly better than the original

In honour of 10 Cloverfield Lane, the surprisingly fantastic basement thriller sequel to monster movie Cloverfield which was released on DVD and Blu-Ray this week, this week’s Friday Five is dedicated to sequels that were surprisingly better than the movies that came before them. Starting with… Toy Story 3 via …

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29/07/2016
Chris Smith