Film

Venice Film Festival: Which films should you look out for?

On 5th July 2017, the organisers of the Venice International Film Festival (or Venice Biennale if you prefer) announced that actress Annette Bening would be acting as the jury president. Yes folks, it's that time of year again as the summer to early autumn film festivals begin to select their …

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10/07/2017
Jack Monaghan
Eraserhead

An introduction to… the films of David Lynch

It's been over twenty years since it last aired on television, and it has also been over ten years since he last did anything cinematic or TV-based, but both Twin Peaks and its creator David Lynch have returned to our screens at last. Born in 1946 and moving all across …

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20/06/2017
Jack Monaghan
Film

Which actor has starred in the most movies and TV shows?

Actors aren't the most prolific bunch, with most appearing in a couple of movies a year (unless they're Daniel Day Lewis, when it's more like "˜whenever they want'). There are a number of reasons for this: the actor might be picky about what projects they take on, and the rigorous …

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10/05/2017
Chris Smith

5 of the best comic book adaptations

This Friday sees the release of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 from the Marvel Cinematic Universe stable and onto screens. We seem to have come a long way since comic book and superhero adaptations first came into the cinematic conscious, from the 1920s and 30s with the likes of …

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03/05/2017
Jack Monaghan

5 reasons watching movies is actually good for you

Remember when your parents told you you'd go square-eyed if you watched too much TV? Well, they're wrong (kinda). Watching a movie is actually pretty good for you. Here's why! Laughter is the best medicine… and so is crying Photo by Jordan Whitfield on Unsplash The American author Kurt Vonnegut once …

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10/04/2017
Chris Smith
Film

The best independent films released in 2017

In 2016, we were treated to aliens from another world, song-and-dance numbers, a quest in dealing with loss, the lives of the gay black community in the 305, Marvel continuing their winning streak and countless foreign language and documentary features, and 2017 definitely continued with that trend. However, this post …

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08/03/2017
Jack Monaghan