Clickbait, endings explained, SEO, ChatGPT: a call for better
by Simon Brew | Feb 09, 2024 | Feature
A welcome act of rebellion from IGN points the way to a better way forward for movie journalism: a few thoughts....
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Film Quiz Friday: No Holds Barred
by Mark Harrison | Feb 09, 2024 | Feature
As The Iron Claw gives a wrestling dynasty the cinematic treatment, this week’s film quiz covers wrestling and wrestlers in movies....
Gladiators and Mr Bates: Why linear television is going nowhere
by A J Black | Feb 09, 2024 | Feature, TV
Flying in the face of the on-demand streaming zeitgeist, TV's Gladiators and Mr Bates prove that linear television is here to stay....
Joe Weiland interview | The youngest director in the BAFTA short category
by James Harvey | Feb 08, 2024 | Feature
Inspired by a hilariously bleak true story, Joe Weiland's debut film, Gorka, is a warmly funny ode to British awkwardness....
American Fiction, Argylle, and cinema’s love of writers and novelists
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 08, 2024 | Feature
With two rather different films out on the same day - American Fiction, Argylle - we ponder cinema's fascination with writers, novelists and...
Mental Health & Wellbeing Matters: a quiet week
by Simon Brew | Feb 07, 2024 | Feature
Nothing special in this week's Mental Health column, but it's here anyway. Sometimes, that's the point, right?...
Seven | The Gwyneth Paltrow and Morgan Freeman diner scene may be its most pivotal moment
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 06, 2024 | Feature
Two characters, four minutes, a brief exchange: Seven’s diner scene may be the most pivotal in the whole movie. Here’s why....
Dance, Girl, Dance | Another film classic from director Dorothy Arzner
by Sarah Cook | Feb 06, 2024 | Feature
In 1940, Dorothy Arzner directed Lucille Ball and Maureen O'Hara in the classic Dance, Girl, Dance. Sarah Cook looks back....
2014 | An unusually good year for sci-fi films
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 05, 2024 | Feature
A decade on, we take a look back at the year 2014, which saw the release of some truly great sci-fi films of all kinds…...
Film Quiz Friday: Birdwatching
by Mark Harrison | Feb 02, 2024 | Feature
This week’s film quiz is for the birds – 30 movie-related questions, including taglines from bird-named features......
Argylle | A hat-tip to its indescribably vast marketing campaign
by Ryan Lambie | Feb 02, 2024 | Feature, News
With Matthew Vaughn’s comedy spy thriller finally out, we pay our respects to one of the most enthusiastic, ubiquitous marketing campaigns we’ve eve...
The low-budget 2000s horror marketed with zombies - despite the film's lack of zombies
by Tim Murray | Feb 01, 2024 | Feature
Zombie Virus On Mulberry Street was a nifty low-budget horror that did well on DVD in the UK - even though it had no zombies in it....
Suddenly | The Jake Gyllenhaal movie that fell apart in four days
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 31, 2024 | Feature, News
An in-depth report paints a portrait of star power run amok on the set of Suddenly - a Jake Gyllenhaal drama that fell apart days before filming....
Embracer Group | The giant that has changed the videogame industry, for better or worse
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 31, 2024 | Feature, Gaming, News
Did Embracer Group get too big, too soon? We chart the rise and financial turmoil of one of the videogames industry’s giants....
Mental Health & Wellbeing Matters | Sometimes, it's okay to stop
by Simon Brew | Jan 31, 2024 | Feature
Life brings with it the expectation that we sometimes have to continually be moving forward: but is that really the case?...
10 of 2023's notable films still don't have UK DVD releases scheduled
by James Harvey | Jan 30, 2024 | Feature, News
From American high school comedies to Oscar winners, plenty of 2023’s biggest and brightest films have skipped the DVD market in the UK....
A League Of Her Own | A closer look at the films of Dorothy Arzner
by Sarah Cook | Jan 30, 2024 | Feature
This week, Sarah Cook takes a deeper look at the films of Dorothy Arzner - which happen to the playing at the BFI soon!
Wonka | A salute to the best movie villain of 2023
by Simon Brew | Jan 29, 2024 | Feature
The absolute best movie villain of 2023? Step forward Paterson Joseph and his terrific turn as Arthur Slugworth in Wonka......
Interview | Intimacy coordinator Louise Kempton on her vital film work
by Maria Lattila | Jan 26, 2024 | Feature
What does an intimacy coordinator do? We speak to Louise Kempton about her vital role on film sets that makes intimate scenes safe.
Is the $1bn mark at the box office a realistic measure of a movie anymore?
by Simon Brew | Jan 26, 2024 | Feature
After a peak in 2019, ever fewer films are passing the $1bn mark at the box office. So is it time to change our metric for success?...
Film Quiz Friday: From Stage to Screen
by Mark Harrison | Jan 26, 2024 | Feature
This week's film quiz has a taste for the theatrical. 30 movie-related questions, some of them about movies based on stage musicals......
Jackdaw interview | Oliver Jackson-Cohen on taking on a new kind of role
by Lauren Miles | Jan 25, 2024 | Feature
Best known for his work in The Invisible Man and Mike Flanagan's The Haunting shows, we chat to Oliver Jackson-Cohen about making Jackdaw....
Aliens: Colonial Marines | The 2013 game once considered Alien franchise canon
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 25, 2024 | Feature, Gaming
Hyped as an interactive sequel to James Cameron’s 1986 classic, Aliens: Colonial Marines was a disappointment in 2013. We look back at how its plot c...
Actress Judy Reyes on Birth/Rebirth: “If it's not all me, it doesn't feel real”
by Maria Lattila | Jan 24, 2024 | Feature
We sat down with actress Judy Reyes to talk about her new film, Laura Moss’ Birth/Rebirth and her character, Celie.
Mental Health & Wellbeing Matters: don't nag people about losing weight
by Simon Brew | Jan 24, 2024 | Feature
A few words on being overweight, and having people telling you that might not be the best thing: it really doesn't help....
Five Nights At Freddy’s and its surprising cultural ripple effect
by Ryan Lambie | Jan 24, 2024 | Feature, Gaming, TV
Over the past decade, Five Nights At Freddy’s has quietly grown in stature, impacting the world of film and TV as well as videogames. We look at its s...
Director Laura Moss on Birth/Rebirth: “The assault on female bodily autonomy is ongoing”
by Maria Lattila | Jan 23, 2024 | Feature
We chat to director Laura Moss about their film, Birth/Rebirth, which is a chilling look at motherhood and the Frankenstein myth.
Oscars 2024 | Barbie snub shock in an otherwise conventional nominations list
by James Harvey | Jan 23, 2024 | Feature, News
Oppenheimer leads the Oscars 2024 pack as Greta Gerwig misses out on best director, and Margot Robbie is absent from her first best actress category...
Talking Pictures TV: the story behind the must-watch UK movies channel
by Sarah Philip | Jan 23, 2024 | Feature, News
Sarah Philip digs into the story of the British film television channel that’s becoming a quiet sensation....
Mean Girls had the strangest marketing campaign of 2024 | Has Paramount’s gamble paid off?
by James Harvey | Jan 23, 2024 | Feature
A strong opening weekend for Mean Girls in the US had Paramount singing TikTok’s praises. But has a nosedive in its second week confirmed the old m...
Anyone But You and the success of a sleeper-hit romcom
by Mark Harrison | Jan 23, 2024 | Feature
How did a fizzy mix of Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, William Shakespeare, and Natasha Bedingfield turn Anyone But You into a hit romantic comedy?...
In defence of the TV filler episode
by A J Black | Jan 22, 2024 | Feature
Often dismissed as inessential padding, TV 'filler' episodes also played a pivotal role in network shows we may never see again, AJ writes....
