• Remembrance: the iconic looks

    As the New Year begins, we have time to reflect on the past year and the events that defined it. 2016 had many defining moments: the loss of iconic stars, such as Alan Rickman and Terry Wogan, comes to mind. To remember just a few of the talented lot...
  • Drowned in Moonlight, Strangled by Her Own Bra: Impact pays tribute to Carrie Fisher

    Carrie Fisher, known most for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars saga, has died aged 60, following a heart attack on a flight to LA. Impact Film & TV looks back at her life, her talent and her incredible capacity to reach so many people, onscreen...
  • 2015: Film Poll – Top 5 Films

    We have spent a month looking forward to the potential cinematic highs and lows of 2016. But before January draws to an end, we should look back one last time at the hits and misses of 2015. We asked our readers to vote on their best and worst films...
  • Film Review – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    It’s here. After all the hype, the teasers, the trailers, the TV spots, the tight-lipped interviews, the ingenious marketing and the meticulously planned promotion – it’s here. The most hotly anticipated film of the last decade has arrived. And it doesn’t disappoint. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a...
  • “How Have You Never Seen… Star Wars?”

    Telling a Star Wars fan that you’ve never seen any of the films is akin to telling a devout Southern Baptist that you don’t believe in God – they will regard you with horror and disdain, and immediately start praying for your soul. Star Wars is one of the...
  • Trailer Watch – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Here it is: the trailer which made more people watch American Football than any other. This new trailer for the cinematic event of 2015 doesn’t feature too many new plot ideas, instead focusing on characterisation, a nice change from the usual spoon-feeding of the plot seen in most trailers...
  • Trailer Watch – Star Wars: The Force Awakens

    Despite being over a year away from release, fans have been treated to a first look at Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The Force Awakens takes place thirty years after the events of The Return of The Jedi, and it shows with this teaser. A sleeker more menacing storm trooper...