• TV Review- Hannibal Series 3

    Hannibal’s third season had a shaky start. Throughout the show’s airtime it was on the precipice of cancellation but to the relief of all “Fannibals” out there a third season was green lit; considering the manner in which season 2 came to an end we can all be hugely...
  • Film Review – Straight Outta Compton

    Biopics are the most awkward of genres. We all live our own lives and we know from them that unlike movies they aren’t neat; the overarching themes don’t become obvious until years after the fact and things happen by chance and luck that in a movie would be nothing...
  • Film Review – 45 Years

    Early on in 45 Years, Tom Courtenay’s Geoff receives a letter from Switzerland pertaining to a significant event (which I will not reveal here) which occurred long before he met his current wife, Charlotte Rampling’s Kate. How quickly this news seeps into and to quote Kate “taints” everything they have...
  • Trailer Watch – Victor Frankenstein

    It’s going to take something special to forget about FOX’s latest flop, Fantastic Four but Victor Frankenstein looks extremely promising, but after watching the trailer I can’t seem to erase two words from my mind… Sherlock Holmes? Firstly, to clarify, Sherlock Holmes is not in this film! However there’s...
  • Attractions: What do FKA twigs and Silent Cinema Have in Common?

    On the 13th of August, FKA twigs released her third EP M3LL155X (reviewed here). Possibly more interestingly, a self-directed 16½-minute promo film was released simultaneously. This short is elsewhere rightfully being discussed as a standalone work of art, but it is also interesting for what it is indicative of...
  • Impact Film & TV News

    Because you’re all too busy at the cinema to keep on top of things, Impact Film & TV is here to provide you with a regular breakdown of some of the most important developments in the world of Film and TV… Nottingham Scalarama Festival With the summer holiday drawing...
  • Film Review – Fantastic Four

    In 2005, Tim Story gave us The Fantastic Four, followed in 2007 by Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Both films were fun but critically ridiculed and the planned third outing was never made. Eight years later, with Chronicle director Josh Trank now at the helm, the Fantastic...