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Review: Spectre

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

Sky(fall)’s the limit. James Bond’s 24th outing reputedly had more than a few troubles in production, ranging from creative differences to total last-minute rewrites of entire sections. This happens far more […]

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Film

Thanks, Back To The Future

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

In 1992, seven years after *Back To The Future* came out, I bought a guitar and a skateboard, and it was directly responsible for both. One of those lasted no […]

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Editorial, Film

Review: It Follows

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

Behind you. There’s been much discussion as to what the ever-creeping terror in *It Follows* represents – STDs, AIDS, the dangers of promiscuity, the end of puberty, the inevitable chase […]

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Film

Review: American Ultra

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

Improbable as it may seem,  it’s not Jessie Eisenburgs’ transformation from anxiety-stricken stoner to peerless fighting machine that causes *American Ultra* to stumble. In fact, the choreography of the fight […]

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Film

The Problem With Bored Ghostbusters

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

There’s a new *Ghostbusters* movie incoming, one that fills the boots of the titular paranormal exterminators with female ankles and has *Bridesmaids* and *Spy* director Paul Feig using his comedy […]

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Editorial, Film

Dak Vs The Empire

January 22, 2016by Simon Leave a comment

The moment all our *Star Wars* hope died. I hadn’t meant to buy Dak. I mean, who wants to buy Dak? No-one, apparently. He stood there in his tiny box, […]

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Editorial, Film

Review: X-Men: Days Of Future Past

July 8, 2014by Simon Leave a comment

The latest *X-Men* film is a spectacular affair, a high-budget and frequently hilarious reassertion of the franchise after the dreadful *X3: The Last Stand* and *Wolverine* movies. It features all […]

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Film, Review

Review: Under The Skin

July 8, 2014by Simon Leave a comment

You can put it away now: the idea that the unnervingly attractive Scarlett Johansson only became a superstar due to the fact that she is the human embodiment of a 1940’s bomber […]

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Film, Review

Alec Guinness and The Long Glass Corridor

April 3, 2014by Simon Leave a comment

I stood there, shaking, as Sir Alec Guinness moved down the long glass corridor fronting the house he built, slowly moving his bulk across two old legs and equally old […]

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Editorial, Film

Philip Seymour Hoffman: Feeding The Addiction

February 7, 2014by Simon Leave a comment

This article isn’t about me, but there needs to be some context; in 1994, in front of a packed college audience, I had to deliver a monologue. The play, I […]

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Editorial, Film

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