Matt Smith

The original terminator films are pop culture icons. With Arnold Schwarzenegger as the no-nonsense, gun wielding metal man from the future, his famous lines ‘I’ll be back’ and ‘hasta la vista baby’ have been parodied and referenced hundreds of times over the years. But Terminator: Salvation was a flop,...

The University of Nottingham’s Futsal Club has been accepted into the FA National Futsal Super League North for the 2015/16 season, the country’s premier competition. A league restructure allowed the club, who finished second in the Northern Second Division this season, to earn promotion for the inaugural season of...

“Oh, you play futsal. What is that again?” “Well, it’s a bit like 5-a-side football, but better.”  I can’t recall exactly how many times I’ve had that conversation in just one year with University of Nottingham (UoN) Futsal, but it sure has been a lot. I must confess that...

The University of Nottingham (UoN) clinched the 2015 Varsity Series with hockey victories for both the men’s and ladies’ sides over Nottingham Trent University (NTU) in what was a tense afternoon at Beeston Hockey Club. Knowing that two wins would seal the Series as well as a 9-0 mini-series whitewash...

UoN opened up a 5-1 lead in the Varsity Series after a successful day at NTU’s Clifton Campus, with Women’s Futsal storming to an 11-2 victory while UoN Men’s Futsal slipped to a 6-5 defeat in a feisty encounter. After victories in the Dodgeball and Men’s Lacrosse events, UoN went into...

Everyone loves a David versus Goliath tale, and although we won’t go as far as calling Trent ‘Goliath’, this year’s Varsity Football will be a true underdog contest. With the UoN Men’s 1sts being reprimanded for ‘initiation-style behaviour’ earlier this year with a ban from the 2015 Series, the University will...

If you’ve heard of Lost River, then you probably have heard not to go see it. Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut has been the subject of much ridicule and barely-concealed smirks, and was booed by everyone at the Cannes Film Festival. The streams of one star reviews came flooding in soon...