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Why Are Audiences Gravitating Towards Genre Subversions?

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George Chrysostomou on audiences gravitating towards genre subversions… This month marks the release of Kingsman: The Golden Circle, the sequel to the surprise hit Kingsman: The Secret Service and it is of course just as genre bending as its predecessor. The franchise clearly plays off of some of the silliness of the Bond movies, with their own versions of […]

4 Great British Political Dramas (To Keep You Entertained on Election Night)

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Graeme Robertson with 4 great British political dramas to keep you entertained on election night… Election fever has gripped the British people once more, with the country going to the polls to decide who will walk into Number 10. Will it be “strong and stable” leadership of the incumbent Conservative leader and u-turn master Theresa […]

2017 Has Been A Bad Year For Blockbusters, And That’s No Surprise

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If Hollywood had stopped making bad films, they would have made more money… 2017 probably isn’t the year to say that the HL Mencken line about nobody losing money underestimating the public isn’t true, but it certainly looks like it no longer holds for the film industry. Amidst the wailing and gnashing of teeth from […]

On Movie Piracy

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Henry Bevan investigates movie piracy… “DOWNLOADING PIRATED FILMS IS STEALING” screams the infamous anti-piracy advert that was seemingly attached to every single DVD released in the mid-noughties. Showing various scenes of thievery accompanied with some grungy font, the advert sledgehammers its point into your brain. If you illegally stream or download media content, you are […]

Bond 25: Seven Actors Who Could Be The Seventh 007

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Liam Hoofe takes a look at seven actors who could take over the role of 007 from Daniel Craig… The recent announcement that the currently untitled 25th James Bond will hit cinemas in 2019 has once again raised the question as to whether or not Daniel Craig will be making his fifth appearance as 007, […]

The LEGO Movie Franchise: The Marriage of Movies and Merchandising

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Sarah Myles on The LEGO Movie franchise and the marriage of movie merchandising…  Forty years ago, there was a seismic shift in the film industry, when Bernard Loomis of Kenner Toys decided that Star Wars was ‘toyetic.’ That shift, all those years ago, has led us on a journey of courtship between movies and merchandising, […]

Are we suffering from Dwayne Johnson franchise fatigue?

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Anghus Houvouras is suffering from Dwayne Johnson franchise fatigue… We spend so much time analyzing franchises. That’s mainly because they make up such a high percentage of blockbuster cinema. If you look at the top 10 films of 2017 globally, only two films don’t fall under the franchise tag: The Boss Baby, an animated family film […]

5 Characters Who Could Feature in Disney’s Streaming Marvel Series

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George Chrysostomou with five possible characters for Disney’s new Marvel streaming show… In addition to a live-action Star Wars TV show, Disney’s new streaming service is set to launch a brand new Marvel series. As yet, there’s no details as to what the show might entail, but there are of course a wealth of Marvel properties […]

Twin Peaks season 3 is exquisite, but why am I so unenthused by it?

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Samuel Brace on Twin Peaks season 3… Twin Peaks season 3 (The Return) had been something fans of the show, and of David Lynch, were dreaming of for years, and its revival has provided television viewers with some truly incredible moments, and some seriously beautiful filmmaking. But there is something about the resurrected series that […]