A. F. Dean

Two by Two (also known as Ooops! Noah is Gone…) is billed as the story of two families of animals on Noah’s Ark. The main characters aren’t animals which exist or have ever existed, and the design of these ‘Nestarians’ is so bizarre and neon that i can only assume that...

Often when looking at Hollywood, the term The Big Five (or Big Six) will crop up. Disney, during the Golden Age (1920s-60s), was an independent production company and an important player but not yet the powerhouse that would make it one of the modern Big Six studios. It was...

Following the epic-scale feature as seen in the last issue (#236) of IMPACT, our writers bring you an even larger group of even more varied cinematic cogitations, from the history of the blockbuster to far reaches of film history with the first animated feature and German Expressionism. Below are the clickable...

With six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, American Sniper is the story of US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the biopic is based on Kyle’s autobiography as the most lethal sniper in US military history, providing a different take on war dramas. American Sniper stars Bradley Cooper and...

Into the Woods is a Disney adaptation of a Broadway musical where several familiar fairy tale storylines all converge within the magical space of The Woods. The central character to all the arcs is Meryl Streep as The Witch, and an actor of Streep’s calibre is needed to carry off...

We asked, you answered and here it is: the top 20 films released in the UK in 2014, as voted for by you. This year was very hotly contested, as evidenced by the fact there was just one vote between the top three films, while a total of 95 different...

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is the epic conclusion to Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy. What is said to be the conclusion of Jackson’s Middle-earth adventure, and possibly the final live action depiction of J. R. R. Tolkien’s world for some time, this finale leaves the series...