Impact Film & TV

Warning: Spoilers follow! Carrie’s off “happy hunting”, Fara tries to recruit Aayan, and on the home front, Quinn is in an alcoholic tailspin. This episode, “Shalwar Kameez”, opens with a new sequence of arty credits (sans Brody, of course), with the Middle Eastern imagery indicating the season’s overseas focus. We...

Adapting a novel into a quality, well-structured, faithful film can be a difficult task, and one which directors often fail to execute, but when they do, we are left with artistic legacies of multimodal magnificence. With David Fincher’s latest success in bringing Gone Girl to the screen from Gillian...

Once again we return to the biggest horror show of the year, and unfortunately, this episode just does not live up to expectation. Titled “Edward Mordrake (Part 1)” of a two-part episode, this time, as it the Halloween instalment, I imagined we would get a super scary and suspenseful 60 minutes, but the...

Whiplash marks Damien Chazelle’s first foray into directing and is also based upon his own screenplay. It tells the story of Andrew Neyman (Miles Teller), a talented young drummer who joins a prestigious music college only to be taught by an incredibly fierce tutor (J. K. Simmons) who will...

Illmatic (1994) is an album that needs no introduction for anyone even mildly acquainted with the world of hip hop. The debut LP from New York native Nasir “Nas” Jones, the record is a raw account of life in Queens, told through a perfect blend of poetic lyrics and experimental beats....

Spoiler Warning Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. just blasted back onto our screens. And if the first episode was anything to go by, it’s going to be a great series. Although Series 1 started slowly, it found its feet after the Captain America: The Winter Soldier crossover. ‘Shadows’, the first episode...

Despite being 88, David Attenborough is more productive than ever. The first episode of the BBC’s new six-part series, Life Story, is slightly more sentimental than any of his previous nature documentaries. Instead of narrating the whole way through, Attenborough is seen getting involved with the animals, most notably with a...