• Loving Vincent – The Upcoming Masterpiece That Will Make Cinematic History

    Arts students everywhere died and went to heaven when the stunning new trailer for Loving Vincent was released this week. Told entirely through oil paintings – 12 per second, to be exact – the biopic of the life of Vincent Van Gogh is set to make cinematic history as...
  • 2016: Hot Or Not – X-Men: Apocalypse

    In the latest instalment of the X-Men film series, X-Men: Apocalypse will be bursting onto the big screen in May 2016. Bringing together all our favourite characters from both the original trilogy and the ‘first class’ gang, Apocalypse features Oscar Isaac as the eponymous villain who is intent on...
  • Liberty for Who? America, it’s time to give up the gun.

    ‘Somehow, this has become routine,’ Barack Obama said wearily of the Oregon school shooting in October. ‘The reporting is routine. My response here at this podium ends up becoming routine… We have become numb to this.’ The President of the United States was reduced to reacting to gun violence...
  • Scrapbook – Best Christmas Movies

    It’s that time of year when the mandatory viewing of festive films happens in households and halls alike. Impact Film & TV have compiled a list of their favourite Christmas movies to get you in the mood and potentially offer an alternative to Love Actually this year. The Holiday...
  • A profile picture is not a political statement

    When I woke up on Saturday morning in the wake of the Islamic State attacks in Paris, I opened Facebook hoping to see numerous articles, live updates, and first-response opinion pieces about the events of the night before. I was instead bombarded with a never-ending stream of profile pictures...
  • Should We Be Travelling to North Korea?

    Most people would rather spend their holidays relaxing on a beach in the Mediterranean than embarking on a highly restricted tour of one of the most tightly controlled dictatorships in the world. The North Korean government, however, wants to change all that. Hoping to improve its international reputation, The...
  • “How Have You Never Seen… Star Wars?”

    Telling a Star Wars fan that you’ve never seen any of the films is akin to telling a devout Southern Baptist that you don’t believe in God – they will regard you with horror and disdain, and immediately start praying for your soul. Star Wars is one of the...