• TV Review: Home Alone Again with the Google Assistant advert

    Think of your top Christmas movies and I bet Home Alone (1&2) are both up there, and if not, they really should be. So, unsurprisingly, a grown-up Kevin McCallister using Google Assistant to do all the clever things he did in the first Home Alone movie, including scaring people...
  • Looking Back: Best TV Series of 2018 – Part 1

    With 2019 just around the corner, it feels like the perfect time to reflect on some of the best that television has had to offer over the past 12 months. So here are just a few of my favourite picks that have made me laugh, cry, and kept me...
  • A Hero For Fun – One Punch Man and Superhero Subversion

    Think of your run-of-the-mill super-hero flick. Think of the hero’s origin. The hero’s motives. The hero’s powers.  Now flip all of that on its head. Voila. You have One Punch Man. The last decade has provided a boom in the superhero genre, with great content being produced across the...
  • Typecast Actors – Good or Bad?

    There is no doubt that most decisions have pros and cons, and this is particularly true when it comes to actors decisions to play the same type of role. The main benefit is that they will most likely be guaranteed work when producers require a certain type of character...
  • Has Disney Run Out of Ideas?

    Once upon a time, every child grew up spellbound by the magic of Disney movies. We all cried when Mufasa fell to his doom, we all filled our homes with high-pitched cries of ‘Under The Sea’, and we all sat cross-legged on our living room rug imaging ourselves traversing...
  • Stranger than fiction? Musical cameos in popular TV and film

    Celebrities have long popped up in places we least expect them, and I’m not talking about in cafes or in the high street. I’m talking about television and film, and about the musicians who star even when we least expect it. There are some great examples and some terrible...
  • Horror Villains Scrapbook: A Very Impact Halloween

    ‘Tis the season…to be chilled to the bone! With the ghostly holiday upon us, Impact Film & TV have decided to appreciate some of the creatures and monsters that have blessed the silver and small screen, as well as our nightmares. Without further ado, here are our top horror...