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Exclusive Interview – Richard Armitage on his new film Pilgrimage, connecting with his characters, and more

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Alex Moreland chats with Richard Armitage about his new film Pilgrimage… What drew you to this project initially? I was interested in the period; I’ve always been fascinated with that part of history. I remember in primary school, looking at Richard the Lionheart, and being interested in the Norman Conquest. In this particular version of […]

Class Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Nightvisiting’

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Alex Moreland reviews the third episode of the Doctor Who spinoff Class… “I’m not made of glass.” This week’s episode of Class touches on a theme that was in fact dealt with extensively during Doctor Who’s last season: grief. It’s a common theme in sci-fi, and the aforementioned Doctor Who episode ‘Hell Bent’ was widely […]

Class Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘For Tonight We Might Die’

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Alex Moreland reviews the first episode of the Doctor Who spinoff Class… “You can’t seriously expect these juveniles to deal with whatever’s going to come through these tears in space and time?!” Class starts as any typical Doctor Who episode might: someone’s running from a monster in a darkened corridor. In beginning this way, there’s […]

Class Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did’

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Alex Moreland reviews the seventh episode of the Doctor Who spinoff Class… At some point today, should everything go according to plan, there will come a moment… when you start to believe. This episode is interesting primarily because of how different it is from the average episode of Class. Consider the difference between this episode […]

Exclusive Interview – Oscar nominated screenwriter Taylor Sheridan on Hell or High Water, Sicario and more

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Alex Moreland chats with screenwriter Taylor Sheridan about Hell or High Water and Sicario… Hello Taylor! Hi, how are you doing? I’m doing well, how are you? I’m good, yeah. So, obviously, first of all – massive congratulations on the Oscar nominations for Hell or High Water. Thank you! Have you had a chance to […]

Movie Review – Agatha Christie’s Crooked House (2017)

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Crooked House, 2017. Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. Starring Glenn Close, Terence Stamp, Max Irons, Gillian Anderson, Christina Hendricks, Stefanie Martini, Julian Sands, Honor Kneafsey, Christian McKay, and Amanda Abbington. SYNOPSIS: In Agatha Christie’s most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private-detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather’s murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family […]

Exclusive Interview – Oscar nominated screenwriter Allison Schroeder on Hidden Figures, #OscarsSoWhite, and more

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Alex Moreland chats with screenwriter Allison Schroeder about Hidden Figures, her upcoming projects, and more… Hi Allison! Hi! Congratulations on the various award nominations you’ve received for the film. Thank you, it’s pretty bananas. How does it feel that the film has achieved such high levels of acclaim? It’s incredible, and definitely a little bit […]

Exclusive Interview – Writer Cavan Scott on Pacific Rim: Aftermath, his interest in ordinary people in extraordinary worlds, and more

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Alex Moreland chats with writer Cavan Scott about Pacific Rim: Aftermath, his interest in ordinary people in extraordinary worlds, and more… So, how did you first come to be involved with the Pacific Rim: Aftermath comics? Basically, I was put in touch with Robert Napton at Legendary by a mutual friend, Paul Cornell, and I […]

Exclusive Interview – Sound mixers Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett on Blade Runner 2049, their creative process and more

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Alex Moreland talks to Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett about Blade Runner 2049, sound mixing and more… Now, I know you both worked on the original Blade Runner – how did you come to be involved with this one? Doug H: Well we worked on Ridley’s final version eight years ago – it was called […]