Feature Archives

Quiz Answers: 2nd October 2020 (Punch-Drunk)

by Mark Harrison | Oct 02, 2019 | Feature

Here are the answers to our quiz from 2nd October 2020 – how did you do?...

The videos that went straight to buy in the UK in the 80s and 90s

by Simon Brew | Oct 02, 2019 | Feature

How films such as Three Men And A Little Lady and JFK defied the rental window in the UK....

Ranking the Speed movies in order of quality

by Simon Brew | Oct 01, 2019 | Feature

We kick off a brand new regular series of ranking articles, by finally making a definitive ruling on the Speed franchise....

The battle over Kevin Costner’s bottom half

by Simon Brew | Sep 27, 2019 | Feature

In 1999, an overlooked baseball movie set Kevin Costner and Universal Pictures into conflict....

In praise of Sky One's There’s Something About Movies

by Simon Brew | Sep 26, 2019 | Feature

There's Something About Movies is a far better film-centric panel show than it's given credit for....

Quiz Answers: 25th September 2020 (Holmes Away From Holmes)

by Mark Harrison | Sep 25, 2019 | Feature

Here are the answers to our quiz from 25th September 2020 – how did you do?...

Hunter: a look at the Rambo sequel that never was

by Tim George | Sep 25, 2019 | Feature

If fate had taken a different turn, then Rambo: Last Blood wouldn't have been the choice for the fifth Rambo movie....

So you want to start a new studio?

by Reid Schneider | Sep 24, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

Reid Schneider reveals the lessons he’s learned: some the easy way, many the hard way…

Fan-made: when gamers become developers

by Jack Yarwood | Sep 20, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

We meet the players making homages, mods, and tributes that expand on classic games of the past

When was the last time you were genuinely impressed by a movie visual effect?

by Simon Brew | Sep 20, 2019 | Feature

Brilliant visual effects work takes place around us all the time in the movies - yet we don't seem to be quite so impressed anymore....

Quiz Answers: 18th September 2020 (Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey)

by Mark Harrison | Sep 18, 2019 | Feature

Here are the answers to our quiz from 18th September 2020 – how did you do?...

We should be talking more about the brilliant Isabela Moner

by Simon Brew | Sep 18, 2019 | Feature, News

How Isabela Moner has emerged as one of the breakthrough movie talents of the past 12 months....

Bend It Like Beckham, and how it accidentally got a 12A certificate

by Simon Brew | Sep 16, 2019 | Feature, News

Bend It Like Beckham wasn't supposed to have a 12A rating - and it was only many years later that director Gurinder Chadha discovered why it didn't...

Indie cinema focus: The Kinema in the Woods

by Dan Cooper | Sep 16, 2019 | Feature, News

Dan Cooper highlights another of the UK's terrific independent cinemas - and this time he's off to Lincolnshire....

How London-centric press screenings are holding back wannabe UK film critics

by Simon Brew | Sep 13, 2019 | Feature, Misc, News

If the UK wants a greater diversity of film critics, then press screenings need to come out of London too....

Making it personal: Turning experiences into games

by Kyle Hoekstra | Sep 11, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

Game designers tell us how, and why, they adapt their personal experiences into video games

Quiz Answers: 11th September 2020 (Versus Mode!)

by Mark Harrison | Sep 11, 2019 | Feature

Here are the answers to our quiz from 11th September 2020 - how did you do?...

Flixster, UltraViolet, and the ongoing digital movie download muddle

by Simon Brew | Sep 11, 2019 | Feature, News

As more of us switch to digital downloads of our movies, question marks remain as to what happens when a service shuts down....

An Experience with Sylvester Stallone: what went on

by Film Stories | Sep 10, 2019 | Feature, News

We sent Duncan Bowles along to one of those posh 'Evening With' events, as Sylvester Stallone prepared for the release of Rambo: Last Blood - here's...

The quiet reasons why more companies may be shying away from releasing Blu-rays

by Simon Brew | Sep 09, 2019 | Feature, News

With the trend being for more films to skip a Blu-ray in favour of DVD-only, a bit of light on why that may be the case....

A guide to 80s movie snacks

by Film Stories | Sep 06, 2019 | Feature

We may settle at home to watch a film with some microwave popcorn now, but in the 80s, it was very different....

The growing number of films that are getting a release on DVD, but not Blu-ray

by Simon Brew | Sep 05, 2019 | Feature, News

A growing number of films, if they do get a physical disc release, are now bypassing Blu-ray - we've been taking a look....

Quiz Answers: 4th September 2020 (Re-Disneyfied)

by Mark Harrison | Sep 04, 2019 | Feature

Here are the answers to our quiz from 4th September 2020 – how did you do?...

E.T.: Why it was a victim of its own schedule

by Howard Scott Warshaw | Sep 03, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

Designer Howard Scott Warshaw revisits the making of E.T., and explains how it was broken by its own brutal timetable

Starting from scratch: bringing Homeless Ashes to the screen

by Film Stories | Sep 03, 2019 | Feature, News

Marc Zammit on the long journey to bring his feature directorial debut to the big screen....

Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker, and why they went their separate ways as directors

by Film Stories | Sep 03, 2019 | Feature, News

It's not often you see three directors credited with a run of movies - but comedy directorial legends Zucker Abrahams Zucker ultimately had to go...

The morality of taking your own sweets into the cinema

by Film Stories | Sep 02, 2019 | Feature

Smuggling snacks in, or paying over the top prices to support your local cinema - what's the best to do, asks Simon....

Poetry in motion - FMV's unlikely revival

by Steven T Wright | Aug 30, 2019 | Feature, Gaming

The FMV games of yesteryear may be largely forgotten, but some fans of these cult ‘classics’ are determined to bring back the era of multimedia – and they’re succeeding