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Techno-Thrillers in Film: From The Satan Bug to The Invisible Man

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Hasitha Fernando on techno-thrillers in film… If you’ve read enough books and watched your fair share of films, chances are you’ve heard the term ‘techno-thriller’ being tossed around from time to time. For the uninitiated this particular genre is a hybridization of many others, drawing inspiration from awe inspiring sci-fi dramas to white-knuckling espionage thrillers. […]

Extreme Cinema – Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, 1986. Directed by John McNaughton. Starring Michael Rooker, Tom Towles and Tracy Arnold. Filmed in a documentary style, Henry : Portrait of Serial Killer (1986) would cause serious problems for the British Board of Film Classification due to its cold attitude towards violence and sexual violence. Originally made in […]

Countdown to No Time To Die: The Top 10 James Bond Allies

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Chris Gelderd on the top ten James Bond allies… You can’t save the world alone. Very true, even when you’re the world’s greatest secret agent. During the 58 years on screen, James Bond has travelled the world and defeated the most dangerous and brilliant criminal minds ever seen. But for all the bullets, bombs and […]

Star Wars: Road to the Siege of Mandalore

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Ricky Church looks at the key stories on the road to the Siege of Mandalore… Back in 2012, just after Disney bought Lucasfilm and began plans on the next trilogy in the Star Wars saga along with spin-offs, television series and comics, an unfortunate casualty of Disney’s purchase was Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The beloved series […]

Back in the Day: The Video Games We Were Playing in April 1990

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Andrew Newton on the video games we were playing back in April 1990… April 1990 was a cold and wet month but the inclement weather provided an excellent excuse for staying indoors and playing on the good old home computers that all good gaming households had.  Whether it was the trusty 8-bit computer (Spectrum 128+2 […]

Dear Daisy Ridley: Here’s where the Star Wars love went

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Anghus Houvouras on where the Star Wars love has gone… If you had told me back in 1999 in the months that followed the release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace that one day Star Wars would be in a more perilous place (creatively speaking), I would have chucked. Worse than the […]

Back in the Day: The Video Games We Were Playing in April 1980

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Andrew Newton on the video games we were playing in April 1980… Back in March 1980 home computer enthusiasts in the UK had the chance to part with their hard earned money and purchase the Acorn Atom from Acorn Computers.  This little marvel had 2 KB of ram (upgradable to 12 KB) and could be […]

Back in the Day: The Video Games We Were Playing in January 1990

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Andrew Newton on the video games we were playing in January 1990… Like this month, January 1990 was the first month of a brand new decade, one filled with the promise of new games, new technology and hours of enjoyment to be had.  This new feature series looks at games we were playing back during […]

Back in the Day: The Video Games We Were Playing in February 1980

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Andrew Newton on the video games we were playing back in February 1980… The 1980s were a wonderful decade that gave us some of the best music ever, some of the best movies and, more importantly, some of the best videogames.  The year 1980 saw the arrival of one of the most important computer brands […]