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BBC’s Dracula: The Life-Draining Effect of a Modern Twist

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Kate Harrold on the BBC’s Dracula and the life-draining effect of its modern twist… When it was first announced that Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffatt would be taking on the latest adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, expectations were set high. The duo had already demonstrated their affinity for literary adaptations with the hugely successful Sherlock, […]

Celebrating Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Its Continuing Legacy

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Ricky Church celebrates Star Wars: The Clone Wars… This month marks the 10th anniversary of the premiere of Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. Though a feature film of the same name was released a couple months prior to the premiere and introduced some interesting new elements to the Star Wars canon, it did not really capture […]

Ranking 2019’s 26 Biggest Horror Movies

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EJ Moreno ranks 2019’s big horror releases… On the surface, it would seem that A24 and Blumhouse dominated horror this year with significant releases. But on closer inspection, 2019 has a wide variety of horror movies coming from all over the place. The genre is in such a great spot in 2019 with a little […]

The Ten Best Animated Films of the 2010s

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Kate Harrold shares her picks of the best animated films of the 2010s… The past decade has been a breakthrough for animated film. Toy Story (1995) may have been the first feature-length computer animated film, but animation studios of the 2010s have gone on to break even more unimaginable feats. The genre seems to have […]

Celebrating the Most Memorable On-Screen Friendships in 2019 Movies

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As we each begin to take stock of 2019 and count our blessings over the festive period, George Nash takes time to celebrate the great movie friendships that have graced our cinema screens over the past twelve months… With the festivities sweeping us up on a wave of shameless consumer indulgence, seasonal knitwear and figuring […]

The Green Mile: 20 years on, Frank Darabont’s haunting tale of reflection still hits hard

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With it celebrating a landmark anniversary this month, George Nash takes a look at how The Green Mile’s tale of reflection and guilt still packs a punch, two decades on… The year 1999 marked the end of the world. At least, that’s what people would have you believe as the clocks ticked ominously down towards […]

The Star Wars Holiday Special continues to be a baffling, fascinating cultural relic

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To compliment the release of the “final” entry into the Skywalker Saga, Shaun Munro revisits the most infamous piece of Star Wars media in existence, 1978’s legendarily woeful Star Wars Holiday Special… While Star Wars fans routinely squabble over whether The Phantom Menace or The Last Jedi is the movie which sent the franchise irreversibly hurtling off […]

Why do we repeatedly watch trashy films during the festive season?

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George Chrysostomou on Christmas viewing habits… It feels like finally, the Christmas period has rolled around and the collection of assorted chocolate, wine and badly wrapped presents have begun to collect ready for December 25th. And with this season comes the one thing that most people have in common regardless of your religion, traditions or […]

Star Wars: An Obligation

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Anghus Houvouras on Disney’s Star Wars… Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is finally here and critics have gone ‘knives out’ on the last installment of the most recent Star Wars trilogy (oh sweet irony). The film has officially flopped in China and even the most ardent supporters of the Disney Star Wars saga seem […]