VIDEO: ‘Revenge’ is still one of the best movies of 2018 (VOD Review)
French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat’s Revenge, starring Matilda Lutz, remains one of the best cinematic achievements of 2018.
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VIDEO – A modest proposal to save British cinema
Apostasy and Journeyman have barely seen the cinema, despite being among the best films of 2018. How can we protect British film?
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VIDEO – Mystery vs. Self Sabotage: Marketing Hereditary and Ocean’s 8
Hereditary and Ocean’s 8 are very different movies and they also had very different marketing campaigns. I take a look at their approaches…
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VIDEO – Hereditary and how ‘elevated horror’ dismisses the genius of scary movies
Hereditary has become the latest scary movie to receive the ‘elevated horror’ level, but is this a fair way to describe films?
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VIDEO – So, it turns out Star Wars fans are the absolute worst
Star Wars actress Kelly Marie Tran was forced off social media this week after six months on online abuse. Why are Star Wars fans so awful?
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VIDEO – What are your movie fan blindspots?
This week, I caught up with two Hitchcock classics and showed Mary Poppins to a friend who hadn’t seen it. What are your own classic movie blindspots?
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VIDEO – Solo: A Star Wars Story is the perfect movie for today’s fanboy culture
Solo: A Star Wars Story might not be the most inventive Star Wars film, but it caters perfectly to nostalgic fanboy instincts.
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VIDEO – Is Insidious: The Last Key a franchise-killing horror sequel?
Insidious: The Last Key is now coming out on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK. Is it still a limp horror sequel, or does a rewatch hold scary rewards?
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EXCLUSIVE – New clip from powerful documentary ‘A Cambodian Spring’
An exclusive clip from the new documentary A Cambodian Spring, directed by Irish filmmaker Chris Kelly.
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VIDEO – We must accept that we live in The Greatest Showman’s world now
The Greatest Showman is out on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK soon, so it’s a good time to take a look back at this cultural phenomenon.
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VIDEO – I Feel Pretty might not be a body-shaming comedy, but it’s still problematic
The trailer for I Feel Pretty got a lot of flack for body shaming, but is the finished film any better when it comes to its moral message?
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