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Interview – Junkyard Boys: Conner Chapman and Shaun Thomas on tackling The Selfish Giant
October 27, 2013 | David Farnor
“I don’t think my mum were that bothered when I first told her!” laughs Conner Chapman at the UK premiere of The Selfish Giant at the London Film Festival.
Alongside 16 year old Shaun Thomas, Conner (15) makes his screen … Read More
VOD film review: Gangster Squad
October 27, 2013 | David Farnor
Grown-ups dressing up to play cops and robbers. And nothing much more.Read More
VOD film review: National Treasure
October 27, 2013 | Chris Bryant
Nic Cage goes full Indiana Jones for this exciting, interesting, light-hearted and amusing blockbuster.Read More
Disney+ short film review: Toy Story of Terror!
October 26, 2013 | David Farnor
This heartfelt, female-led Pixar short is frighteningly fun for the family.Read More
iTunes review: Doctor Who – The Web of Fear
October 26, 2013 | Simon Kinnear
The second of two six-part Doctor Who stories – alongside The Enemy Of The World – recently returned to the BBC Archives after being missing, presumed destroyed. Aside from Episode 1, the story has been unseen in the UK since … Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Crossing Lines (Episode 1 and 2)
October 25, 2013 | Andrew Jones
Amazon’s new acquisition, Crossing Lines, sees William Fichtner – of Drive Angry, Heat and Elysium fame – as Carl Hickman, a former New York detective hiding out in Amsterdam with an injured hand but a deductive mind. Hickman’s brilliance is called … Read More
The Selfish Giant Interview: Clio Barnard
October 25, 2013 | David Farnor
The Selfish Giant is out in UK cinemas and on video on-demand today. The first feature film from director Clio Barnard, who impressed in 2010 with the non-fiction film The Arbor, it’s a moving, thoughtful tale about what happens when … Read More
VOD TV review: Downton Abbey Season 4, Episode 5
October 24, 2013 | Neil BrazierDownton Abbey almost takes a deep breath this week and glosses over most of what’s come before. With the death of one of its residents, the show is set to take back the farm they have left behind, but Robert … Read More
VOD film review: The Selfish Giant
October 24, 2013 | David Farnor
Clio Barnard’s scrapheap coming-of-age drama is a tiny, towering study of friendship and class.Read More
VOD TV review: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Episode 4, Eye Spy)
October 23, 2013 | Neil Brazier
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Opening with over a dozen men all dressed in grey suits and creepy red masks, Episode Four introduces a darker tone to Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. This week, a former protégé of Coulson appears … Read More
