• The Best of the Best: Oscar Winners of the Past Two Decades

    The last 20 years of cinema have showcased films that are destined to become classics, and with this year’s Oscar’s having just occurred, Impact’s Francis though it to be the perfect time to highlight their personal favourite winners from the past two decades.   Best Adapted Screenplay My Choice:...
  • Who Should (And Will) Win At the Oscars? – Part 2

    Having already addressed the nomination for the ‘What’s’ of this years Oscar’s, in part 2 of 2 Francis takes a look at who should win at this year’s upcoming event, once more taking a look at the nominees, who likely will win, who should win, and who they believe to...
  • What Should (And Will) Win at the Oscars? – Part 1

    2018 was a fantastic year for film, and how better to celebrate this than to rifle through the nominees for the 91st Academy Awards. Here, Impact’s Francis takes a look at this year’s nominees for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as provide their predictions...
  • The Horrors of Hollywood: The Race Gap

    Ah, Hollywood. A land of films, fast cars and movie stars. Also a land of dinosaurs apparently. The recent “Oscars so White” scandal certainly shone a light on Hollywood’s problems with representation in regard to awards contention. However, this proves to be only part of a larger issue that plagues...
  • Queering the bookshelves: a Century of Same-sex Fiction

    As a self-confessed bookworm, fiction has always been my way of making sense of the world. But when I began to question my sexuality in my mid-teens I became disenchanted with the popular Young Adult series that I was reading; the best-selling books, such as The Princess Diaries, Harry Potter,...
  • Look Out For… February

    After his Oscar-nominated break-out performance in 2016’s Manchester by the Sea, Lucas Hedges stars in Boy Erased, the true story of a boy who is forced to take part in a gay conversion therapy program. The timely On the Basis of Sex sees Felicity Jones star as a young...
  • Preview – Hal Cruttenden ‘Chubster’

    With review headlines such “believe me, this is as good as it gets” to describe this upcoming performance, there is no doubt that Hal Cruttenden’s career as a stand-up comic has soared over the years. Coming to Nottingham’s The Glee Club on 13th March 2019, this is bound to...