Feature Archives

The story of the abandoned Pepe Le Pew movie of the 2010s

by Simon Brew | Apr 16, 2021 | Feature, News

The character of Pepe Le Pew has been reportedly pulled from Space Jam 2 - but he was all set to get his own feature less than a decade ago....

Film Quiz Friday: Dream Weaver

by Mark Harrison | Apr 16, 2021 | Feature, News

Sigourney Weaver is the specialist subject of this week’s film quiz, which also covers lost boys, found footage, and other movie trivia....

British movie podcast of the week: Let's Jaws For A Minute

by Em McGowan | Apr 16, 2021 | Feature

Our podcast recommendation of the week is going through Steven Spielberg's classic Jaws, one minute at a time....

I've got a few questions about Kevin Smith's Tusk

by Hattie Gladwell | Apr 15, 2021 | Feature, News

Kevin Smith's 2014 horror comedy Tusk stars Justin Long and asks walrus-related questions of humankind - and Hattie has questions too....

Wellbeing & Mental Health Matters: it's okay, to not be okay

by Jane Roberts | Apr 14, 2021 | Feature

A few words on the world opening up, and why it's absolutely okay to still be struggling with that a little....

Now playing: Wreckfest

by Ian Dransfield | Apr 13, 2021 | Feature, Gaming

It's the crashy, silly successor to Destruction Derby. Ian gets stuck into the hectic arcade racer, Wreckfest

The challenge of launching a new Blu-ray label

by Matt Edwards | Apr 13, 2021 | Feature, News

Filmmaker Phil Escott talks about launching Cardiff-based physical media company Fractured Visions, starting with the release of Silent Action....

Carol Morley and her lockdown film club

by Gala Woolley | Apr 13, 2021 | Feature

Director Carol Morley tell us all about about her Lockdown Film Club – and her future plans....

Mad Max as an allegory for the crack epidemic

by Luke Hinton | Apr 12, 2021 | Feature, News

How the Mad Max movies tapped into the politics of the 1980s across the original trilogy - and looking ahead at where they'll go next....

Old movies: The Sign Of The Cross in focus

by Sarah Cook | Apr 12, 2021 | Feature, News

Our old movies column returns, and this time we take a look back at the pre-code era film The Sign Of The Cross from Cecil B DeMille....

The many cancelled movies of the DC Extended Universe

by Dan Cooper | Apr 09, 2021 | Feature, News

With two more movies to add to the cancelled pile, we take a look at the graveyard of projects in the DCEU....

Film Quiz Friday: Getting The Band Together

by Mark Harrison | Apr 09, 2021 | Feature, News

Do you know your Stillwater from your Clash At Demonhead? This week’s film quiz covers some of the best bands the big screen has to offer....

British movie podcast of the week: Not Having It All

by Em McGowan | Apr 09, 2021 | Feature

Each week, we highlight a terrific UK independent movie podcast well worth your time: here's why Not Having It All fits the bill....

Why did Madness release a song about Michael Caine? (plus four other Hollywood name dropping hits)

by John Upton | Apr 08, 2021 | Feature, News

Sometimes a song comes along, name checking a famous actor, and the connection is immediately self-explanatory, Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz is so named...

Are we forgetting just how good an actor Nicolas Cage is?

by Alex Kronenburg | Apr 07, 2021 | Feature

As the meme-ification of Nicolas Cage continues to take hold, a few moments to salute just what a terrific actor he is....

Wellbeing and Mental Health Matters: a word about social media

by Jane Roberts | Apr 07, 2021 | Feature

In our regular wellbeing and mental health section on the site, a few words on the highs and lows of social media....

The James Bond spoof starring Sean Connery's brother

by Sarah Philip | Apr 06, 2021 | Feature, News

The movie where Neil Connery was hired to effectively play James Bond - with a few more links to 007 thrown in for good measure as well....

The story behind the making of School's Out Forever

by Simon Brew | Apr 06, 2021 | Feature

Oliver Milburn on his debut feature School's Out Forever, that's become the first movie from Rebellion Film Studios....

Access Granted: how video games are improving the lives of people on the autism spectrum

by Laura Francis | Apr 02, 2021 | Feature, Gaming

Exploring – and celebrating – the good that video games can do for autistic people

Film Quiz Friday: Destroy All Monsters!

by Mark Harrison | Apr 02, 2021 | Feature

As Godzilla Vs Kong makes big footprints in cinemas and on VOD worldwide, this week's film quiz revolves around giant monster movies....

The Divergent Series and the finale that never was

by Mark Harrison | Apr 01, 2021 | Feature, News

Here’s the curious case of how the planned fourth and final film in The Divergent Series was nixed by the decision to switch to TV at the last m...

The organisation trying to break people into the film industry

by Heather Dempsey | Apr 01, 2021 | Feature, News

Dreaming of a job in the film industry but clueless about how to crack it? ScreenSkills is the friend you might not know you had. ...

Masocore: the making of the Nioh series

by Aaron Potter | Mar 31, 2021 | Feature, Gaming

To mark Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition’s arrival on next-gen, we speak to series director Fumihiko Yasuda about Team NINJA’s path to creating a Soulslike hit