Tom Jolliffe looks ahead to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood… There is no doubting that in the last (nearly) three decades, Quentin Tarantino has been one of the best film-makers around. His back catalogue is rich, varied and impressive. If you’re asking me for rankings, then his first two, Reservoir Dogs and […]
Five Essential Football Movies
With the 2018 FIFA World Cup about to kick off this week, Gary Collinson selects his Five Essential Football Movies… It’s fair to say that films centred on football haven’t exactly set the world alight, especially when you consider its place as the world’s most popular sport. In fact, out of the trickle of movies […]
Anna Paquin’s Greatest Performances
Earning an Oscar at the tender age of 11 in your first film role would be considered peaking too soon by some, but Anna Paquin has gained success throughout her impressive career so far – from child actor to blockbuster star, indie darling to TV series frontrunner. To celebrate the 25th anniversary release of The […]
Are Our Star Wars Expectations Too High?
Neil Calloway argues that everyone should relax when it comes to films set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Just as the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the road to something as successful as the MCU is paved with thousands of franchises that crashed and burned before they […]
The 4 Best TV Shows of 2018 So Far
Samuel Brace with the four best TV shows of 2018 so far… 2018 certainly got off to a slow start in the realm of high-quality TV. With years past treating us to some phenomenal offerings early on in proceedings, 2018 has seen a number of these shows pushed further down the line, leaving the opening […]
5 Ant-Man Oddities That Could Pop Up In Ant-Man and the Wasp
George Chrysostomou with five Ant-Man oddities that could pop up in Ant-Man and the Wasp… The Marvel Cinematic Universe is expanding at asurprising pace and 2018 is no different for the comics juggernaut. Whilst TV has already brought us a cast of characters such as the Runaways and Cloak and Dagger, the movie side of […]
Can we all admit the Halloween trailer was kind of terrible?
Anghus Houvouras wasn’t impressed by the Halloween trailer… One could argue that movie marketing has become as formulaic as the movies they are pimping. There isn’t a lot of variety in trailers for high-profile studio movies. They all tend to follow a certain rhythm and cadence with very few offering anything novel. You give a […]
Suspiria: The right way to remake?
Tom Jolliffe looks ahead to the Suspiria remake… Remakes or reboots. The year is 2018 and we’ve firmly established that the movie making engine runs largely off these, as well as sequels and adaptations. If it’s been done once to a degree of success and cult appeal, then why not do it again? It would […]
Why are we so snobby about movies for older women?
Tom Beasley takes a look at the most unfairly maligned movie demographic… How did you react when you saw the first trailer for Book Club? If you’re anything like me, your immediate response was probably a snort of derision, followed by a shaking of the head in disbelief. It seemed baffling that a movie about […]
Why are Star Wars fans acting like Kelly Marie Tran smothered their inner child?
Anghus Houvouras on toxic fandom… Obviously she didn’t. No rational mature adult human-being could validate a statement like this. It’s the kind of hyperbolic verbal spasm that has become a staple of fandom ever since cinematic obsessives made declarations like ‘George Lucas raped my childhood’ because they thought the prequels weren’t that good. I’m always […]