Golden Globes Nominations: Your Guide to the Awards Ceremony
Awards season is upon us, and one of the highlights of the TV and film calendar is the 78th Golden Globes – with some small adjustments, of course. While several other ceremonies such as the Academy...
View ArticleREVIEW: Jumanji (2017)
Photo by Jineshpanchal (CC BY-SA 4.0) Welcome to the (new) jungle. This adaption of the 1995 classic, with its brilliant cast of award-winning actors, will have viewers gripped and desperate for more....
View ArticleREVIEW: The Lost Boys
The Lost boys, released in 1987 was and still is the vampire film to rule them all as the Goonies go vampire. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the cult classic has it all, from punk rebellious costumes, to...
View ArticleObituary: Remembering Helen McCrory
Photo by Sean Reynolds On Friday 16 th April 2021, the sad news was announced to the world of the passing of Helen McCrory, OBE, an incredibly versatile actress of stage, film, and television, at the...
View ArticleREVIEW: It Follows
The film that WILL give adults nightmares. The Man Alive director takes It Follows to the next level as he injects fear into young adults with this genuinely disturbing movie. Maika Monroe portrays a...
View ArticleThe Lost King
“In 2012 The discovery of Richard III’s remains made headlines around the world… The Lost King purports to tell the story of that discovery. And yet…” A few years ago I went looking for a place known...
View ArticleHocus Pocus 2
“Twenty Nine Years ago the Sanderson Sisters put a spell on cinema, but with the arrival of the long awaited sequel, has the magic gone?” Not all Halloween movies need to be scary. All you need is...
View ArticleDon’t Worry Darling
I went into this film thinking it would be a drama focused around the atomic experiments of the fifties. The American desert setting and the promise of a ‘mystery’ certainly gave that impression....
View ArticleStacks of Choice in Main Arts Library
Enter Main Arts library. Head down instead of up. Follow the corridor, and you’ll find yourself in the stacks – a hall of hallowed secrets and precious, sometimes forgotten, treasures. As you enter, a...
View ArticleIs There Hope For Percy Jackson?
The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan is nothing short of amazing. Yes a bit formulaic, but excellently written and intelligent, warping, re-weaving and re-inventing classical mythology in...
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