Articles Posted in the " Highlights " Category

  • Orange(Wednesday)s and Lemons #10

    BOGOF cinema ticket offer lovers, this is your moment! It’s Wednesday, as tends to be the case at this point in the week, but the Best For Film ranks have been swelled almost to bursting point by a merrily capering band of brand new shiny writers. You might hate them all, of course, but it doesn’t seem likely and anyway, Papa ‘Man of the People’ Neish is back. Huzzah!


  • Top 10 scariest children in horror history

    Children are frightening. It’s probably their tiny hands. Whilst horror movies seem to utilise the ‘scary child trope’ a little too frequently these days, it’s worth remembering the good times of horrible, horrible children that wanted you dead (or at least maimed in some way). This top ten list encompasses the best of the nasty tykes that remind us all why birth control is so important.


  • 3D or not 3D – that is the question

    What an incredible age we live in! Chemical-filled snacks are readily available on delivery at obscene hours of the morning, social networking has become a national sport and now we can even watch movies in three glorious dimensions. But with the great power of 3D comes great responsibility – so has anyone yet managed to rise up and use it to good effect? Or is it just about making an extra couple of quid per person at the cinema? So far it’s pretty much been the latter – but for every shocker there’s been one to come along and blow the rest out of the 3D piranha-infested waters…


  • Monday Mash-Up!

    We’re not going to lie, it’s a bit odd this week. But that won’t stop you, creeping inexorably towards the blog like one of those menacing disembodied hands which turns up in four out of every five zombie movies. Creepy… creepy… creepy OH GOD IT’S A NEXT GENERATION SPEEDY ZOMBIE NOT A ROMERO ZOMBIE IT’S RUNNING IT’S EATING MY MOTHER NOOOOOOO


  • Friday Face/Off: Hobbits

    Hobbits, eh? You either love ’em or you want to set fire to the filthy matted hair on top of their knobbly feet – and if you don’t subscribe to either of those positions then ssh, because they’re sort of the cornerstone of this whole blog. Master debaters Tash and John are going head to head in a bit to decide whether or not the Shire should be burnt to the ground.


  • Friday Drinking Game #5 – Charlie Sheen

    You’ve probably spent all week talking about Charlie Sheen, the most high-profile man to have a spectacular mental collapse since Mel Gibson got all boring and racist. With that in mind, we thought we’d ride the zeitgeist by channelling some of his most poignant wisdom and making it into crude reasons why you should get pissed. Bish bash bosh.


  • God Bless The Western: A Top 5 Introduction

    After the recent success of True Grit it’s time we forget about aliens, doomsday stories and talking animals for a while and remember the art of film for real men – The Western. Let us recall the good old days- when 14 year old girls didn’t just hang out and have wet dreams about Justin Bieber, but went off with strangers to kill the murderer of their Dads and some Outlaws on the way. If you’re a fledgling Western buff, fear not – we’ve got the films you need to feel part of the action. Heck, you can almost smell the horse poop and cowboy sweat right on your couch…



  • Short Film Of The Week: The Splott Division

    We enjoy giving a shout-out to any and all brilliant creative minds, especially when they’re relatively new on the scene. With this in mind, we’re happy to introduce our short film of the week: episode one of new web-series The Splott Division. It follows three Wales based superheroes, who, like the rest of us, are falling on hard times thanks to recession-based funding cuts. Funny, silly and brimming with vaguely Jewish sounding clarinets, there’s literally nothing about this we don’t like.