6 of the unlikeliest heroes in film

The leading men and women of film are generally extremely good-looking, with their characters boasting exceptional skills in one or more fields (usually "˜guns', "˜saying cool things under pressure' and "˜driving really fast without crashing'). Some film heroes, however, are almost entirely unsuited to the terrifying tasks set before them. …

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19/10/2016
Chris Smith
Drive

How Drive made movie soundtracks cool again

Since Nicolas Winding Refn's ultra-aesthetic, ultra-violent crime-thriller Drive premiered in 2011, its cinematography and score have been subject to great praise. It was initially reviewed as one of the highest-ranked and most-featured films on critics' top 10 lists- and this hasn't changed. Full of action (and Ryan Gosling), the film …

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10/10/2016
Katie Grimsditch

Magpie DVD Club: Me Before You, Dexter and more!

Our DVD recommendations this week include a weepy romance, a serial killer, several ghosts, punk rock and Idris Elba. What more could you ask for? Me Before You Emilia Clarke of Game of Thrones fame stars in this adaptation of the Jojo Moyes' novel, which has been known to turn …

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30/09/2016
Chris Smith

What is the internet’s favourite 90s movie?

There were so many brilliant movies in the 90s that it's hard to pick a favourite. Luckily, we have websites like Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB to help us. We've taken a load of classic 90s movies, added together their Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB user scores and worked out an overall …

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29/09/2016
Chris Smith
The Terminator

The 10 best 80s movies (according to critics)

The 80s were a golden age for cinema, with the likes of Spielberg and Cameron at the top of their game. But what is the best 80s movie of them all? To answer that question, we turned to those vaunted experts of cinema, the critics. Using Rotten Tomatoes, we compiled …

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20/09/2016
Chris Smith
Sharknado

How Sharknado changed cinema forever

Every now and then, a film will come along that changes cinema as we know it. Goodfellas. The Blair Witch Project. That One With The Blue Aliens That Was Really Pretty in 3D. And now, there's another film we can add to that list: Sharknado. Yes, Sharknado. The one with …

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30/08/2016
Chris Smith