Feature Archives

Making cities: the importance of size, scale and metrics

by Konstantinos Dimopoulos | Jul 19, 2021 | Feature, Gaming

Konstantinos provides a tour of the numbers and relations that define both real and virtual urban spaces

The Fear Street trilogy, and recapturing a love of horror

by Clare Brunton | Jul 19, 2021 | Feature, News

The Fear Street trilogy is a gateway to horror films for many, but also a welcome return home to a genre one writer had left behind....

Old movies: the wonder of Mädchen In Uniform

by Sarah Cook | Jul 19, 2021 | Feature, News

We continue our look back at older films with a trip to 1931, and the quietly impactful Madchen In Uniform....

When Manchester United footballers started promoting movies

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

Recalling that time when players of Manchester United ended up promoting The Revenant, Alien: Covenant and Deadpool....

Film Quiz Friday: Movies Have Layers

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

In this week’s film quiz, we’re taking a look back at the last 23 years of DreamWorks Animation, along with some live-action movie trivia too....

British movie podcast of the week: Ramblin: An Amblin Podcast

by Em McGowan | Jul 16, 2021 | Feature

Our movie podcast recommendation of the week deals with the work of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment - more here....

Nobody: the film only one major studio would back?

by Simon Brew | Jul 15, 2021 | Feature, News

With Universal mulling making Nobody 2, how whatever the new normal is has seen a low budget action film find its place in the world....

The Fast & Furious saga: is it an homage to WWE?

by Kelechi Ehenulo | Jul 14, 2021 | Feature, News

The secret to the Fast & Furious franchise's success might just be partly-down to its WWE influences....

Mental health and wellbeing matters: the 'would it help' test

by Simon Brew | Jul 14, 2021 | Feature

Just a few thoughts about three useful words when we might be about to do something we regret - hopefully, they'll help....

Threads | Revisiting one of the most terrifying films ever made

by Jake Godfrey | Jul 13, 2021 | Feature, News

Many films purport to be difficult to sit through, but Threads is one of the few films to live up to the mythology....

The Adventures Of Tintin at 10, and why it's a brilliant film (from a Tintin fan)

by Daniel Allen | Jul 12, 2021 | Feature, News

A look at Steven Spielberg's The Adventures Of Tintin on its 10th anniversary, from someone who has been an enormous fan of the Tintin series since...

Fly me to the mun - the past and future of Kerbal Space Program

by Ian Dransfield | Jul 09, 2021 | Feature, Gaming

Ten years after its first successful launch, we speak with Squad about the past and Intercept Games about the future of the spacefaring series

Has cinema programming now just gone back to normal?

by Simon Brew | Jul 09, 2021 | Feature, News

It's a familiar story if you head to a multiplex this weekend, with two films dominating the majority of screen space....

Film Quiz Friday: A Study In Scarlett

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

Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson is the subject of this week’s film quiz, along with all the usual bits and bobs of movie trivia....

British movie podcast of the week: The Podcast Nobody Asked For

by Em McGowan | Jul 09, 2021 | Feature

Our movie podcast choice this week? That'd be The Podcast That Nobody Asked For (but it's worth listening to anyway)....

Carry On Columbus, and the failed attempt to revive a comedy series

by Simon Brew | Jul 08, 2021 | Feature, News

Carry On Columbus started filming less than six months before it was released - and it'd be the movie that brought down the curtain on the series....

Die Hard 4, and the PG-13 experiment

by Simon Brew | Jul 07, 2021 | Feature, News

The makers of Die Hard 4 didn't originally know they were making a PG-13 rated movie - and there were ramifications to the plan....

Mental health and wellbeing matters: niggly little things

by Simon Brew | Jul 07, 2021 | Feature

A few words on when things feel a little bit off, even if you can't quite put your finger on what the matter actually is....

Dreams: exploring the incredible stuff made in Media Molecule's creative platform

by Jack Yarwood | Jul 06, 2021 | Feature, Gaming

Some of the Dreams community’s finest creators talk to us about their incredible projects

The marvellous Mothra at 60: the lessons of a classic monster movie

by Christopher Stewardson | Jul 06, 2021 | Feature, News

Turning 60 this month, what messages can Mothra still teach audiences? We've been taking a look at a classic monster movie....

Getting Paintball Massacre made

by Sophie Goodwin | Jul 06, 2021 | Feature, News

Sophie Goodwin chats to Joe Hallet about Paintball Massacre, and the battle to get the film to audiences....

Revisiting the 1970s films of Michael Caine: The Last Valley

by John Upton | Jul 05, 2021 | Feature, News

Continuing our new series looking at the 1970s filmography of Sir Michael Caine, John Upton takes a look at The Last Valley....

When lawyers told Martin Scorsese to change the script of Casino

by Simon Brew | Jul 05, 2021 | Feature

Martin Scorsese was sent 40 or so changes that lawyers wanted to make to the screenplay of Casino, just as he was on the verge of shooting the...

Changing lives with Kerbal Space Program

by Scott Manley | Jul 02, 2021 | Feature, Gaming

Astrophysicist and Youtuber Scott Manley chats his love for Kerbal on its 10th anniversary.

Film Quiz Friday: The $20m Or Less Edition

by Mark Harrison | Jul 02, 2021 | Feature, News

It’s time for another 30 movie questions, and this week’s film quiz covers killer queens, outer-space tyrants, and various Blumhouse productions....

British movie podcast of the week: SP Filmviewers

by Em McGowan | Jul 02, 2021 | Feature

Can anything test a relationship like someone's taste in movies? Here's a podcast that suggests sharing films is a very good thing....

Riot and resistance: How video games depict acts of defiance

by Haydn Taylor | Jun 29, 2021 | Feature, Gaming

Demonstrations and riots often turn up in video games – but there’s a huge gulf between the digital fiction and the hard reality

Superman III, and childhood nightmares

by Simon Brew | Jun 29, 2021 | Feature, News

Superman III was supposed to be (and is, in large part) a family friendly movie - right up to the part involving Annie Ross and a massive computer....