• Around the World in 80 Films #2

    The increasing marginalisation of minorities by the government brought about growing political angst, riots and allegations of police brutality. It is in this political angst that we find the most important theme of Mathieu Kassovitz’s classic 1995 film, La Haine (Hatred). In suburban Paris, you cannot help but be...
  • Trailer Watch – Crimson Peak

    Guillermo del Toro returns to the horror genre with what is being called his ‘masterpiece’, Crimson Peak. Following a family tragedy, Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska), is torn between a childhood friend (Charlie Hunnam) and a mysterious stranger (Tom Hiddleston). Trying to escape, Edith retreats to Crimson Peak, the home that...
  • “The field is a big unknown…” – Talking With Director Stephen Kijak

    As a documentary filmmaker since 2002, Stephen Kijak has worked with some of the most iconic and artistic music artists of the 20th century, from the Rolling Stones to Scott Walker. On the 26th February his new film Show ‘em What You’re Made of is released, adding to that prestigious...
  • 87th Academy Awards – Predictions

    With only days to go before the 87th Academy Awards, Impact Film & TV weighs in on our predicted outcome for the most anticipated categories to take place in the ceremony on Sunday. Best Visual Effects Nominees: Captain America: The Winter Soldier Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Guardians of...
  • Film Review – Fifty Shades of Grey

    About 20 minutes into the 125-minute run time, Anastasia asks ‘What am I doing here?’ This question was on my mind for nearly the entire duration of the film. With a large portion of the film resembling a soft core porno, it is nearly impossible to see where Fifty Shades...
  • Trailer Watch – The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

    2015 seems to be a return for the spy genre. With Kingsman: The Secret Service already proving to be a fun time and the latest bond film Spectre coming out in November, the first look at The Man from U.N.C.L.E. seems so packed full of style, charm, and excitement, that it’s a promising...
  • Has Broadchurch Series 2 Been Set-up to Fail?

    ‘The jury’s out’ is the almost unanimous, suitable courtroom-centred idiom currently being used to describe the second series of Chris Chibnall’s Broadchurch. We’re not even at the end of the series and already a verdict has been passed. What was in 2013 considered television critics’ golden child has now become a...