Gone Girl

Alicia Lacey The ‘classic’ novel encompasses universal themes, a wide range of diverse characters, realised settings, and will make connections that withstand the test of time. Alicia Lacey shares her list of books that will become modern classics in the near future.  Themes including discussions of morality, love and relationships, race,...

“Tampon commercial, detergent commercial, maxi pad commercial, windex commercial – you’d think all women do is clean and bleed.” TITLE: Gone Girl AUTHOR: Gillian Flynn GENRE: Thriller PUBLISHER: Orion Boks LTD PUBLISHED: 2013 PAGES: 460 WARNING: SUSPENSE AND SOME SERIOUS PSYCHO S*** Gone Girl is best known by its...

It’s February, which means only one thing: Valentine’s Day. If you haven’t yet found ‘the one’, or are just sick of pink love hearts everywhere, then this list is for you. Here are five books that are certainly not romance novels – they’re anti-romance. You won’t find any happy...

With all the mass-marketing hype behind ‘new, never before seen’ benefits of 4K television, the average consumer can be forgiven for not knowing that 4K content has been an increasingly regular feature of our media for the past decade. I found myself reflecting on this back in November, following...

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...

In preparation for Film & TV’s upcoming magazine crossover with Music, and in honour of another memorable year for film, Impact takes a look at some of the film score highlights of 2014… (Note that’s score, not compiled soundtrack, so there’s no Guardians of the Galaxy in here –...

Rarely do you find a film that manages to ramp up tension to ‘nail-biting’ and then keep its audience there for nearly 2 ½ hours. Gone Girl not only does just that, but does it fantastically well. Every time you think you may have got a handle on where...