George Driscoll

Our writers recount some impactful film releases in our latest Scrapbook, ranging from the personally profound, poignant provocateurs, or even features that have presented and maintained a purporting legacy. A Clockwork Orange (1971) The films that stick with us aren’t always those we enjoy. This is the case with...

Are you a fan of The Exorcist, Paranormal Activity or The Shining? Ever wondered what the first horror movies were like? Many film critics consider the movement of German Expressionism to hold such a significance. The movement’s importance within cinema derives from the intuitive work made in terms of addressing...

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...

It’s yet another Steve Jobs film, as apparently the world needs more of a man who is the embodiment of the marmite principle. This time it’s Michael Fassbender’s turn, and this first look trailer shows about five seconds of him in the title role. Adapting Walter Isaacson’s authorised 2011 biography of...

Spooks: The Greater Good is a big screen revival of a small screen success. The BBC television series from which it continues ended in 2011 after a nine year run. Now resuming the plot in 2015, the film offers multiple stories revolving around Harry Pearce’s (Peter Firth) squad of MI5...

From Gandhi to Selma, Chaplin to The Wolf of Wall Street and Catch Me If You Can to Wild, biographical films, or biopics, have experienced a surge of interest in cinema over the last few decades. Expanding our printed Scrapbook on heroism in biopics featured in our 235th issue, our writers journey through a selection of notable biographical pictures over...

“Did you see it coming?” I was asked by an Impact colleague; no it was shocking, but less surprising is that at number 23 on IMDb’s Top 250, The Usual Suspects (1995) is a fan favourite and considered one of the best crime films to date. Not knowing a lot about the...