• Mirror mirror on the wall…who watches Netflix the most of all?

    Netflix recently released Season Three of its original series Black Mirror, a TV show offering an often dark reflection of our modern society – here’s our first impressions of what this series has to offer. Black Mirror is an interesting concept in and of itself. Rather than the traditional...
  • Luke Cage: Modern America as a Black Superhero

    Luke Cage is not your average TV series. Centering on a black man in a hoodie, on the run from police, and with powers that make him bulletproof, the show is very relevant in our current world. These are not the only themes it addresses, however; community, father figures,...
  • Netflix and no chill

    Netflix recently announced they want to make half of their content ‘Netflix Originals’ and ARQ is a latest instalment into this promise. ARQ stars Robbie Amell as a Renton, a mechanic who is stuck in a time-loop with his ex and a sinister bunch of mercenaries bent on robbing...
  • Stranger Things: Your New Favourite Creepy Eighties Supernatural Show

    More evidence that the internet is taking over the world: Netflix has delivered yet another excellent, binge-worthy original series in the form of the supernatural show Stranger Things. The series revolves around a number of unusual events that occur over the course of a few days in Hawkins, a...
  • UoN Students’ Biggest Fears

    As Hallward and George Green begin to fill and exam time rolls ever closer, Impact Features thought this would be a great time to see what University of Nottingham (UoN) students fear the most. Procrastinating in the library, stuffing my face with Maryland cookies, I approached reluctant strangers to ask them...
  • Trailer Watch – Daredevil Season 2

    Since Marvel launched the first season of Daredevil, we knew this would not be the last we would see of the blind superhero. Whilst Matt Murdoch will eventually team up with the main characters of three other Netflix TV shows (Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist) in The...
  • The Future of Cinema: Franchises – The Original Screenplay or the Empty Seat?

    This autumn saw one of cinema’s biggest box office flops in the form of the Peter Pan remake: Pan. Despite a production budget of $150,000,000 and stars such as Cara Delevigne and Hugh Jackman – cinema goers didn’t bite the bait making it the 8th largest box office fail of all...