Alien VS Predator: Battle of The Franchises

Both owned by Fox and featuring battles between humankind and aliens, the Alien and Predator franchises seemed destined to eventually cross-over. From comics to cinema, Alien’s Xenomorphs and Predator’s Yautja have become two of popular culture’s most prominent behemoths, especially in the realm of sci-fi-horror. But despite numerous battles in numerous mediums, there is always […]

A Look into the BFI’s Upcoming Season, Marilyn Monroe: Self Made Star

Marilyn Monroe is a historical figure that is shrouded in glamour and tragedy, with the mention of her name evoking images of red lipstick, bright blonde hair and a flirty smile. Your mind may have gone to the photo of Marilyn, her white dress blown up around her as she stands over a sewer grate […]

Georgina Campbell: The New Queen of Horror

The term scream queen has some positive and negative connotations to it. It can mean that you are prominent in the horror genre, but it also implies that you’re often cast as a victim, or at best a final girl. It certainly means that you do a fair amount of screaming your lungs out. Given […]

The Magic Lantern: Big Triumph In Little Tywyn

By the time the ratty little diesel train I’m on rumbles into Tywyn railway station, I’ve been travelling for just over six hours. There’s a bright red building at the end of the high street that is the whole reason I’ve made that insane pilgrimage, and I don’t even need to enter it to know […]

The Words We Can’t Control: I Swear and the BAFTAs Debate

In an era where public apologies travel faster than understanding, the film I Swear arrives as an uncomfortable but necessary conversation starter. The film centres on a man living with Tourette syndrome whose uncontrollable verbal tics often force him to say the exact words society fears most. The premise is simple but devastating: what happens […]

Predicting the 98th Academy Awards Winners

The 2025/26 awards season comes to a close on Sunday night (or Monday morning for those of us in the UK), as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces its winners for the 98th Academy Awards. The season so far has been full of surprises, with record-breaking nomination totals, shock wins, and an […]

Immortal and Beloved: Does Peaky Blinders Have a Cool Problem?

Since debuting on television screens across the UK in 2013, Peaky Blinders has A. become one of the most popular shows of the last decade, B. amassed a fortune in merchandising (I’ve seen more than a dozen branded glasses in the homes of friends and family), and C. helped shift Cillian Murphy from being ‘that […]

Celebrating Black Queer Cinema

During February, we celebrate LGBT+ History Month here in the UK and also Black History Month in the US. To celebrate the convergence of these two events, I wanted to recommend some queer Black movies for you to indulge in. Hopefully, some of these will be new discoveries. #1 Moonlight (2016) – Directed by Barry […]

Mickey17 Deserves to be Discussed More: Here’s Why (spoiler-free)

At this time of year, there’s often a look back at the strongest films of the year, and discussions around awards always begin, too. While the debated tokenism of awards can be left by the wayside for now, one of the absences I’ve noticed from this year’s top film discussions isn’t an indie darling – […]

Predicting the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards

The next awards body to announce their 2026 winners is BAFTA, whose winners often give us a decent indication of who is going to take home the Oscar. This is particularly true in the acting categories, with BAFTA having identical winners in all 4 categories both last year and the year before. Even though their […]