Heists, cheaters and crashes: doing crimes in GTA Online
by Ian Dransfield | Apr 30, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
A three-hour-plus session and not a heist in sight: we delve deep into the murky world of GTA Online
Feature
Have you ever read the terms and conditions when you buy a digital movie?
by Simon Brew | Apr 30, 2021 | Feature, News
When you buy a movie from the likes of Amazon or Apple, you agree to thousands of words of legalese - and we've been reading it....
Film Quiz Friday: the Artificially Intelligent special
by Mark Harrison | Apr 30, 2021 | Feature, News
We showed a thousand questions to a bot and got it to write a Friday film quiz – unsurprisingly, it's given us some questions about robots and a...
British movie podcast of the week: 100 Things We Learned From Film
by Em McGowan | Apr 30, 2021 | Feature
Extend your movie knowledge with the help of this week's recommended independent UK movie podcast: 100 Things We Learned From Film....
Celebrating GoldenEye 007's killer feature: aim mode
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 29, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Spray and pray took a back seat to aim mode in the Bond classic
The modern big budget western: the ones that hit big, the ones that didn't
by Mark Harrison | Apr 29, 2021 | Feature, News
As Martin Scorsese embarks on filming the $200m Western, Killers Of The Flower Moon, we revisit the recent history of mega-budget 21st-century...
System Profile: Sega Dreamcast
by Ian Dransfield | Apr 28, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Charting the rise, decline and surprising afterlife of Sega’s 1999 wonder console
The lost prequel to Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs
by Sarah Philip | Apr 28, 2021 | Feature, News
We take a look back at the lost prequel to Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs that never was - due to a fight over one main character....
Wellbeing and Mental Health Matters: responsibility
by Jane Roberts | Apr 28, 2021 | Feature
A few words about the pressure of responsibility, and finding ways to cope when things are getting very tricky....
The lost Robert Zemeckis remake of Yellow Submarine
by Mark Harrison | Apr 27, 2021 | Feature, News
Disney and Robert Zemeckis were once set to remake The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine as a 3D CG-animated movie for a 2012 release - here’s the story....
Hellraiser, and the man bringing Pinhead back to the screen
by Matt Edwards | Apr 27, 2021 | Feature
Director Gary J Tunnicliffe chats to us about his journey through the Hellraiser franchise - right to the director's chair....
Bob Monkhouse, his movie collection, and the bizarre Serious Crime Squad case
by Simon Brew | Apr 26, 2021 | Feature
Bob Monkhouse had one of the largest private collections of films in the UK in the 1960s and 70s - until the Serious Crime Squad stepped in....
When a competition ran to win a toaster signed by Chuck Norris
by Simon Brew | Apr 26, 2021 | Feature, News
Back in 1988, things didn't quite go to plan with a promotion for the Chuck Norris movie, Braddock: Missing In Action 3....
Disco Elysium: designing the city of Revachol
by Konstantinos Dimopoulos | Apr 23, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
A behind-the-scenes look at Revachol, the city at the heart of one of the most innovative RPGs ever
What do this year's Best Picture Oscar nominees tell us?
by Nathan Osbourne | Apr 23, 2021 | Feature, News
With the Oscars taking place this weekend, a look at what this year's Best Pictures tell us about cinema, and the state of the Academy....
Film Quiz Friday: The Great Big Oscars Quiz
by Mark Harrison | Apr 23, 2021 | Feature, News
With the Academy Awards coming up this weekend, your weekly film quiz covers this year’s nominees and past winners....
British movie podcast of the week: Movies and Tea
by Em McGowan | Apr 23, 2021 | Feature
In our weekly spot where we recommend a terrific UK movie podcast, here's one that owes a debt to the film Event Horizon....
The 3DO Company, and how the games industry changed in the 1990s
by Howard Scott Warshaw | Apr 22, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Meetings, design docs, tiny knives: Howard recalls his time at Trip Hawkins' ill-fated The 3DO company
Oscars 2021: Where to watch the nominated films
by Clare Brunton | Apr 22, 2021 | Feature, News
A guide to where you can see all of the 2021 Oscar-nominated films in the UK, with the Academy Awards coming up this weekend....
20 years of the Best Animated Feature Oscar: a step forward, or effectively 'Best Family Movie'?
by Mark Harrison | Apr 22, 2021 | Feature, News
This weekend will see the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, but only the 20th Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Here’s how it started and how it’s goi...
1987, and the three box office flops that saw Hollywood question the 'Spielberg' formula
by Simon Brew | Apr 21, 2021 | Feature, News
Fantasy family movies? Hollywood was very, very keen to jump off the bandwagon after a difficult time at the box office in 1987....
When Arnold Schwarzenegger passed the action star torch to Dwayne Johnson
by Mark Harrison | Apr 20, 2021 | Feature, News
Before taking a break from Hollywood, Arnold Schwarzenegger (not pictured) briefly appeared in Welcome To The Jungle alongside rising star Dwayne...
Children's book spot: How To Be Brave, by Daisy May Johnson
by Alexandra Goldstein | Apr 20, 2021 | Feature, Reviews
In our weekly spot where we recommend books for younger readers, an upcoming treat with plenty between its covers....
The story of Sudan's first ever Academy Award entry
by Sarah Philip | Apr 19, 2021 | Feature, News
The eighth feature film produced in Sudan became its first contender for the Oscars - and here's the story....
How to love video game writing as a job
by Antony de Fault | Apr 19, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
Telling stories begins as a passion, but the reality of doing it as a job can be daunting. Here’s how to keep the spark…
What lost movie would you love on physical media - and why is mine Simply Irresistible?
by Clare Brunton | Apr 19, 2021 | Feature, News
What lost movie would you like to get a new physical media release? For one writer, it involves Sarah Michelle Gellar and a magical crab....
Now playing: Stuck in the mud with SnowRunner
by Ryan Lambie | Apr 16, 2021 | Feature, Gaming
It takes a heck of a lot of patience to end up as immobile as Ryan does in SnowRunner
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....
