How does a film actually make it to a cinema's projector?
by David Mcpherson | Oct 25, 2022 | Feature
When a movie arrives at a cinema what actually happens next? We've been looking into the world of DCPs and the TMS....
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Old movies: celebrating the films of Rouben Mamoulian
by Sarah Cook | Oct 25, 2022 | Feature
Rouben Mamoulian was behind some classic movies across his career - and we're celebrating them in our old movies spot....
Resident Evil | How save rooms relieved the stresses of survival horror
by Aaron Potter | Oct 24, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Getting some respite within gaming's residences of evil
A few thoughts on Alan Rickman’s diaries
by Simon Brew | Oct 24, 2022 | Feature
Truly, Madly: The Alan Rickman Diaries offers an unusual insight into a relatively private man: we're been taking a look at the book....
P.T. | The lasting influence of Hideo Kojima's lost horror game
by Aaron Potter | Oct 21, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
How Hideo Kojima’s notorious P.T. demo has shaped a new age of minimalist psychological horror
Can Marvel movies get out of the corner they’re backed into?
by Simon Brew | Oct 21, 2022 | Feature
Marvel Studios keeps bringing home lots of money - but the films are in danger of losing their sense of peril. A few thoughts......
Film Quiz Friday: They Call It F.Q.F.
by Mark Harrison | Oct 21, 2022 | Feature
How well do you know your movie initialisms? This week’s film quiz separates the MIB from the CODA…...
Doctor Who: celebrating Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor
by Mark Harrison | Oct 20, 2022 | Feature
This weekend’s Doctor Who special sees Jodie Whittaker hang up her sonic screwdriver. We salute her performance as the Thirteenth Doctor....
The unmade sequel to Disney's Treasure Planet
by Jake Godfrey | Oct 19, 2022 | Feature
There were once plans afoot to return to the world of Disney's Treasure Planet, but they did not come to pass - we take a closer look....
How Ace Ventura: Pet Detective was originally a much darker film
by John Abbitt | Oct 18, 2022 | Feature
It turns out there was a very different cut of Jim Carrey's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective - one that was meant to be much darker. A...
Old movies: the painstaking restoration of 1949's The Queen Of Spades
by Sarah Cook | Oct 18, 2022 | Feature
1949's The Queen Of Spades has just undergone a six month restoration process - and we've been given a glimpse as to what's involved....
Gord preview | Survival strategy serves up horrors beyond your comprehension
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 17, 2022 | Feature, Gaming, Previews
From the producer of The Witcher 3 comes a new strategy city-building hybrid. We get a guided tour of Gord
The two films that came out of Tom Hanks’ Oscar runs
by Simon Brew | Oct 17, 2022 | Feature, News
Tom Hanks has picked up two Oscars for Best Actor - and each award has a knock-on effect that led to another film being made....
Bringing the short film Night Of The Broken to life
by Film Stories | Oct 17, 2022 | Feature
Director Dan Turner tells us how his new short film, Night Of The Broken, came to be, and the challenges of making it....
Film Quiz Friday: Black Adam Goes Forth
by Mark Harrison | Oct 14, 2022 | Feature, News
Can you smell what this week’s film quiz is cooking? Here are some questions about animated duos, TV Doctors, and the movies of Dwayne Johnson....
From Isolation to Observation: The No Code story
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 13, 2022 | Feature, Gaming, Interviews
Writer-director Jon McKellan tells the fascinating story of his path into the games industry, and how Alien: Isolation led to co-founding his own indie studio
BOO: the nearly-completed $100m+ film that DreamWorks cancelled
by John Abbitt | Oct 13, 2022 | Feature
The story of BOO, an otherworldly animated film that DreamWorks cancelled at great expense when it was nearly complete....
Triple C: the organisation working to improve accessibility in the film industry
by Sarah Philip | Oct 12, 2022 | Feature
A few words on Triple C (also known as the Creative Confidence Collective) - an organisation helping to increase disabled peoples' access to the film...
Mental Health & Wellbeing Matters: boo to a goose
by Simon Brew | Oct 12, 2022 | Feature
A few thoughts on the expectation that we can all be dropped in a crowd and be able to have a conversation, in our latest mental health piece....
The story of the unmade third Doctor Who movie
by Jake Godfrey | Oct 11, 2022 | Feature
There have only been two theatrically released Doctor Who films thus far, but various iterations of a third very nearly got to the screen. So whatever...
Old Movies: The Man Who Laughs
by Sarah Cook | Oct 11, 2022 | Feature
Halloween is closing in, so it's time for our old movies column to take a look at the spooky side of silent cinema with The Man Who Laughs. ...
The story of the Ghostbusters videogame that never was
by John Abbitt | Oct 10, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
In 2007, a company called Zootfly attempted to make a Ghostbusters video game - but when it released demos, things went wrong quickly....
Step back from the train: the worrying growth of wonky CGI
by Dan Cooper | Oct 07, 2022 | Feature, News
Poor visual effects are a zero-sum game, but who is going to stand up to this alarming slide in standards? A few thoughts....
Film Quiz Friday: Sequelizer III – With A Vengeance
by Mark Harrison | Oct 07, 2022 | Feature, News
Third time’s the charm – naming sequels is hard to do, but can you identify the famous subtitles in this week’s film quiz?. O...
British movie podcast of the week: The James Bond A-Z Podcast
by Em McGowan | Oct 07, 2022 | Feature
Our movie podcast recommendation of the week is delving deep into the world of James Bond 007....
James Bond at 60 – where does 007 go from here?
by Mark Harrison | Oct 06, 2022 | Feature, News
There’s been a lot of speculation about the next James Bond film, but on the series’ 60th anniversary, what can it learn from past revamps and oth...
Twin Tiger Shark | A modern take on classic Toaplan shoot-'em-ups
by Ryan Lambie | Oct 05, 2022 | Feature, Gaming
Developer Mikael Tillander made his own take on a Toaplan shooter – then set about turning it into a arcade machine…
The 1970s films of Michael Caine: Peeper
by John Upton | Oct 05, 2022 | Feature, News
We continue our look at the varied 1970s filmography of Sir Michael Caine - this time, we examine 1975's Peeper....
Mental Health & Wellbeing Matters: one day at a time is the best we've got
by Simon Brew | Oct 05, 2022 | Feature
Just a few thoughts on the limits of being a human, and how fast life can actually go when we're up against a wealth of problems....
The story of the cancelled Indiana Jones And The Staff Of Kings
by John Abbitt | Oct 04, 2022 | Feature, News
We take a look into two cancelled Indiana Jones projects - a video game and novel titled Indiana Jones And The Staff Of Kings. In...
Superman Returns, and a few observations on the state of newspaper journalism
by Simon Brew | Oct 04, 2022 | Feature
2006's Superman Returns went to great lengths to bring Superman back to the screen - but it also gave us some insights into the workings of the Daily...
Mrs Harris Goes To Paris interview: Anthony Fabian on his fashion period drama
by Maria Lattila | Oct 03, 2022 | Feature, News
Mrs Harris Goes To Paris director Anthony Fabian talks to us about his love of Paul Gallico, making the invisible visible and Lesley Manville. ...
