Sabrina Barr

From Gandhi to Selma, Chaplin to The Wolf of Wall Street and Catch Me If You Can to Wild, biographical films, or biopics, have experienced a surge of interest in cinema over the last few decades. Expanding our printed Scrapbook on heroism in biopics featured in our 235th issue, our writers journey through a selection of notable biographical pictures over...

It’s fair to say that Johnny Depp’s film roles over the past few years haven’t been entirely accurate representations of the talent that has made him a star. His portrayal of a Native American in Lone Ranger sparked controversy, Transcendence was described as bland and anticlimactic, and Mortdecai has deservedly...

Regardless of how scientifically accurate or inaccurate the premise of this film may be, Self/less explores the miraculous and scary possibilities that behold the future of science and technology, as well as humankind’s obsession with seeking immortality. A modern tale of reincarnation, the film stars Sir Ben Kingsley, a...

The boys are back in town. With the release of Entourage comes the return of fan favourites Vince, Ari, E, Drama and Turtle, who made their names when the popular TV show first aired back in 2004. Loosely based on the life of producer Mark Wahlberg, recounting when he...

Nowhere Boy follows an adolescent John Lennon as he meets Paul McCartney and forms The Quarrymen. Jersey Boys tells the tale of the rise and fall of The Four Seasons. Love & Mercy is similarly nostalgic, demonstrating the film industry’s tendency to turn to the past for ideas. In...

Image credit: Andres Moreno via Flickr Following our crossover with Music in Issue 234, Impact takes a further look at some of our favourite soundtracks and scores in our latest scrapbook… The Nightmare Before Christmas If there is one thing that screams Christmas to me, it’s this: Henry Selick’s...

The trailer for Magic Mike XXL is exactly what one would expect from a film that centres around the world of male stripping: shirtless men frolicking around, a bit of grinding here and there and a horde of screaming women lapping it all up, stacks of dollar bills at...