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A New Golden Age for John le Carré

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Chris Connor on the new golden age of John le Carré adaptations… John le Carré is still among the most revered and influential spy novelists of the 20th and 21st centuries. Works like The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy still loom large over the genre. His works have […]

Returning to The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

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For three consecutive years it was a huge Christmas big screen event, so how does The Lord of the Rings trilogy hold up today? Does it sometimes feel like the Christmas season can lack a really standout, all-consuming big screen event? Over the years, there have been some huge movies drop over the Christmas holidays […]

10 Horror Movies That Subvert Audience Expectations

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Vanessa Maki with ten horror films that subvert audience expectations… Whether you’re a seasoned horror fan or not, sometimes it’s cool to have your expectations shattered, rather than getting exactly what you might be expecting out of a horror movie. Is there something wrong with a films that do the opposite? Nope! However, it’s nice […]

10 Essential Cult Classic 80s Movies You Need To See

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Tom Jolliffe with ten great cult classic 1980s movies you need to see… The cult film. From the obscure gems with an undying loyalty from their small following, to the mass cults who followed Star Wars back in the 80s. Sometimes a film just strikes a chord and has a certain unique charm or imperfect […]

From Banned to Beloved: Video Nasties That Deserve Critical Re-evaluation

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Adam Page delves into the world of the video nasty to see which of the controversial shockers deserve critical re-evaluation… I get it, I really do. Back when Mary Whitehouse and her gang of pearl-clutching warriors put together their list of 72 movies they deemed too dangerous for the British public in 1984, they were […]

The Essential Joel Edgerton Movies

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Joel Edgerton may well be Mr Underrated in Hollywood. Here are his essential movies… Joel Edgerton’s illustrious career has been anything but predictable. The Australian character actor has had a seamless ability to inhabit an eclectic range of characters. Hollywood has increasingly leaned toward pretty boy actors and a focus on aesthetics over personality. Edgerton […]

10 Cult 70s Horror Gems You May Have Missed

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Vanessa Maki presents a selection of 1970s horror gems for your watch list… The ’70s was quite the time for film, especially for the horror genre. Exploitation horror was hitting the scene, many horror classics were born, and it was all pretty groovy for horror fans of the time. And the more we look back […]

The Erotic Horror Renaissance of the 1990s: Where Cinemax Met Creature Features

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Adam Page on the erotic horror renaissance of the 90s… Look, sitting here in front of this keyboard, I can’t pretend it wasn’t a weird time. The decade of the 90s was a lot of things: flannel, teen angst, the inexplicable popularity of acid washed jeans. But somewhere between the Berlin Wall being torn down […]

Noirvember: The Straight-to-Video Essential Selection

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Tom Jolliffe rounds out Noirvember with a selection of straight to video noir films… Dark tales of murder, intrigue, adultery, crime, punishment, femme fatales and lots of ominous dark shadow. Film noir and in more recent cinema history, neo-noir, have offered up an array of moody gems. Noir has infused so much of the action, […]

10 Extreme Horror Films You Won’t Forget

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Vanessa Maki with 10 extreme horror movies you won’t soon forget… Stepping into the world of extreme horror isn’t a wise choice for everyone. It might make you regret it if you’re not someone who can handle much in the way of extreme violence or gore, much less transgression in film, though if you’re someone […]