• Trailer Watch – Incredibles 2

    Incredibles was released in 2004 and was an instant hit among Disney and Pixar fans everywhere – featuring brilliant superpowers, fantastic characters, and an interesting plot, full of wonderful action and comical, as well as heartfelt, familial interactions, it’s no surprise that fans everywhere began wishing for a sequel....
  • Trailer Watch: The Incredibles 2

    The Incredibles is, for most film viewers of a certain age, a very fondly-remembered film. Coming from the golden age of the ever-reliable animation studio Pixar, it charmed audiences with its hilarious script, exciting action scenes and still-great visuals. So it is with great anticipation that the trailer for...
  • Nottingham students running for Nightline

    On Sunday 19th November 2017, over 100 students participated in a 5k Superhero Fun Run organised by Nightline at the University of Nottingham. The money raised in the fund-raising event will be going towards the support and training of new volunteers. These volunteers are known as Nightliners and they...
  • Scrapbook – Best/Worst Mothers

    It’s Mothers’ Day, and what better way to spend it than delving into film’s extensive list of great – and not so great – mums. Whether they’re evil, delightful or just plain incompetent, there’s no doubting, the bond between mother and child is a unique one. Elastagirl/Helen Parr –...
  • 2016: Hot Or Not – Finding Dory

    I’ve no doubt that, after an arduous 13 year wait, the initial cinema weekend opening of Pixar’s Finding Dory will be filled with late teens and 20-something year olds, all ready to dive back into their childhoods. Finding Dory will almost certainly be THE animated smash of 2016. The...
  • TV Review – Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Season 2, Episode 3

    Warning: Spoilers follow! Agent Simmons is back, and so is the fantastic plotline and pacing set in the first episode. With returning foes and friends, this episode is a lot of fun, whilst also heightening the threat of HYDRA. In “Making Friends and Influencing People”, my favourite scene of the entire...
  • Short Focus Scrapbook – Top 10 Pixar Shorts

    Following the recent trailer release of Pixar’s upcoming feature Inside Out, there is increasing anticipation for the film’s accompanying short film, Lava, which premiered this past summer at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival. Having never met a person whose face fails to light up when the title screen for these few minute joys...