Impact Film & TV

Inspired in part by a certain Valentine’s Day release (more on which later), Impact takes a look at some of the most terrible films of the last two decades… Batman and Robin (1997) You don’t get a considered ‘the death of a franchise’ without being really, really bad. Not only...

Released at a pivotal time of change in Korean history (1961), it is no surprise that Yoo Hyun-Mok’s Obaltan (The Aimless Bullet) touches upon so many divisive issues that the country was experiencing at the time. A film of unquestionable depth and tragedy, it focuses in on one particular...

Leslie Knope will no longer be gracing our screens with valuable knowledge regarding the state of Indiana’s Parks and Recreation policies. Season 7 was rushed out by NBC by showing two episodes a week, consequently halving the weeks the show was on air. Many saw this as an insult yet the...

The phrase ‘Oh what a tangled web we weave’ springs immediately to mind when describing the fifth series of the fantastic French import Spiral (Engrenages), which documents the efforts of an embattled Parisian police team and the lawyers of the Palais de Justice as they attempt to solve various...

Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction has become one of the most iconic films of our time; such a revolutionary and unparalleled pastiche that it’s difficult to believe I have somehow managed to avoid it all these years. There are references to this film’s most memorable scenes everywhere in popular culture,...

The increasing marginalisation of minorities by the government brought about growing political angst, riots and allegations of police brutality. It is in this political angst that we find the most important theme of Mathieu Kassovitz’s classic 1995 film, La Haine (Hatred). In suburban Paris, you cannot help but be...

Guillermo del Toro returns to the horror genre with what is being called his ‘masterpiece’, Crimson Peak. Following a family tragedy, Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska), is torn between a childhood friend (Charlie Hunnam) and a mysterious stranger (Tom Hiddleston). Trying to escape, Edith retreats to Crimson Peak, the home that...