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All Eyez On Me: The Best Music Biopics

Musicians are often some of the most interesting, unique, scrutinised and debated over figures in popular culture, which has led to a plethora of music biopics over the years. While many simply follow the same well trodden narratives that biopics [...]

June 21, 2017

Oscars 2016: Full Winners List; Leonardo DiCaprio Finally Wins Best Actor

The awards season reached its climax with the 88th Academy Awards – and it was a night that saw the gold shared amongst a variety of films. The Revenant, Spotlight, The Big Short, The Danish Girl, Bridge of Spies and Room won the top nods, [...]

February 29, 2016

New Rules For Academy Awards Voting To Tackle Oscar Diversity Row

An issue over diversity in the Academy Awards (aka The Oscars) has led to a change in the membership rules. The changes come following the hoo-ha over the lack of ethnic diversity in this year’s nominees. (#OscarsSoWhite). The aim is to double the [...]

January 24, 2016

OSCARS 2016: A Full List Of Nominations; THE REVENANT Leads The Pack

The nominations for the Academy Awards (AKA the Oscars) have dropped. We expected many of these (The Revenant, The Big Short and Spotlight) but who would have guessed that Mad Max: Fury Road would be nominated for Best Picture and Best Director? I [...]

January 14, 2016

Blu-ray Review: STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON Is More Hagiography Than History

When you review movies, you need to understand that you’ll never like all of them. Sometimes you know going in that you probably won’t like something but you have to give it a try so that you can benchmark and fully understand different types [...]

January 9, 2016