• Star Wars: The Story So Far (Part 2, The Original Trilogy)

    Part 1 took you through the first three Star Wars films, making up the initial half of the saga. Now, before The Force Awakens, it’s time to get to grips with the original trilogy and the story of Luke Skywalker.  Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope (34 years before The Force...
  • Star Wars: The Story So Far (Part 1, The Prequels)

    Come December the 17th the Star Wars Saga will have spanned over 60 years in canonical history. So with the run into The Force Awakens well underway, it is worth taking some time to look back over the story so far… Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace...
  • Scene Wars

    IMPACT Film & TV re-live the best moments from a galaxy far, far away… Anakin’s Pod Race – The Phantom Menace For a film that is awful, The Phantom Menace does have one redeeming feature, the pod race on Tatooine. The race is very much the prequel trilogy’s answer...
  • Star Wars: Why the Prequels Matter

    The Star Wars prequel films have been notoriously labelled as terrible films, but are they? Well, lets break it down. The dialogue is laughable, any character development is non-existent and they suffer from a director who was far too reliant on technology. Yet it is that same director who...
  • Trailer Watch – Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice

    Well I guess that ‘no jokes’ note that was floating around at DC was a complete lie. The second full trailer for Batman v Superman has hit the web and it is certainly…different. Whereas the previous trailers have built up a serious, dark, humourless theme, this takes on a...
  • Trailer Watch – Fifty Shades of Black

    How do you make a movie funnier than the funniest movie of the year?  You parody it, of course.  When Fifty Shades of Grey gave couples a great reason to head out to cinemas at the start of this year, the rest of us followed with morbid curiosity. As...
  • Scrapbook – Worst Date Night Movies

    The cinema can be conducive to a fantastic date. Cuddling next to your significant other in a darkened room, enjoying some cinematic magic. But as the Impact Film & TV team have learnt, film choice is everything. They’ve suffered awkwardness, boredom and worse so you don’t have to. Be warned!...