• Friends 20th Anniversary Scrapbook

    On this day back in 1994, “The First One” of the acclaimed sitcom Friends premiered, unaware of the momentous cultural impact the show would have in the years following. Now, on the 20th anniversary of the Pilot, we’re celebrating the series’ continuing flight of fandom as we countdown the...
  • Scrapbook – Denzel Washington

    Denzel Washington is brandishing his own bracket of justice in the new action thriller The Equalizer, and so we’ve justified a short list of the roles we regard as the actor’s finest. Doug Carlin – Déjà Vu Denzel Washington is known for bringing a mixture of sincerity and gravitas...
  • Watch This If…You’re Starting Your First Year

    Welcoming all to the new year at Nottingham, we at Impact Film & TV are introducing the first instalment of our fresh new feature, where we propose a different scenario along with a related film or television suggestion to accompany that scenario. For our opening week, we are greeting...
  • Next on Netflix #16

    This week in Next on Netflix, Tom recommends three very different shows currently available on Netflix. BoJack Horseman Couple Archer’s machine-gun wit with Alan Partridge’s outdated-celebrity-with-misjudged-sense-of-importance and you’ve got the latest, animated Netflix Original, BoJack Horseman. Set in a world where humans and anthropomorphised animals coexist, washed-up star of 90’s family...
  • Review – Lucy

    Luc Besson’s Lucy is a modern day sci-fi movie, reminiscent of 2011’s Limitless but with Scarlett Johansson as the puissant protagonist. Lucy is an innocent victim, forcefully caught up in the international drug smuggling game, co-ordinated by violent mobster Mr. Jang (Choi Min-sik). However, the smuggle does not go smoothly,...
  • Review – Pride

    Much like The Full Monty or Billy Elliot, the tone and depth of Pride is simplistic in its historical analysis and triumphalist in its conclusions, but it is a well-crafted, beautifully acted, infectiously heartwarming tale, and it works a treat. It’s 1984 and the Miner’s Strike is in full...
  • Trailer Watch – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

    Mockingjay – Part 1 may only be adapting the first half of the concluding Hunger Games novel, but if its trailer is anything to go on, it’s going to be an epic opening to the final story in the series. In this explosive new trailer, Katniss and her companions face gunfire, collapsing...