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by sam rhodes With six films in 2024, the idea of those around Georgie Harriet-King who thought her horror career would be short-lived were severely mistaken. With inspirations from Edgar Wright to Tracy Beaker and moving from jazz hands in the theatre to horror, Georgie has one passion – to perform for the rest of […]
by sam rhodes Finding the balance between his acting and boxing life; Alfie Middlemiss made his first mark in professional boxing after winning his debut on December 6th 2024. Alfie the 21-year-old actor turned boxer has had the small screen in his family throughout his life. “My family’s been in acting for a long time, […]
by mia hadjigeorgiou British actor and Coronation Street legend Phillip Sean Middlemiss, aged 61, discusses hispath to success, his career highs and lows, and the current projects he has in the works aftera lengthy legal battle proving his innocence in an international corruption scandal… Though many may know him as the cheeky and mischievous bookmaker […]
by mia hadjigeorgiou Security guard Steven Dunne may work full-time in an abandoned factory in Rochdale, but his self-taught drone piloting skills set him apart as a potential high-flyer… Aged 28, Steven currently lives in Rochdale with his partner and 1-year-old son, working 60 hours per week as a security guard after being offered the […]
by sam rhodes “I just want to do stuff that makes me happy”: A director’s advice to film-making. On the verge of releasing a feature-length slasher, The Blade Cuts Deeper, director Gene Dolders offers valuable insight into the cut-throat world of horror films. Born in Ormskirk and growing up close to the town, Gene knew […]
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by theo regan-edwards Brit School award for World Cinema: “Smiling Migrant”
by guy pearson So, you’ve just wrapped a feature film that took 33 days to shoot over several years, all on a budget of precisely zero pounds and with a crew of one—I was trying to practically be a one-person film crew. After a thorough self-critique that felt more intense than trying to find a […]
by sam regan-edwards ‘Speculations on the Animatic Oberzan’ is a video essay on the films of Zachary Oberzan, situating his achievements within post-structuralist and deconstructionist theory. As Oberzan’s first film is a one-man adaptation of Rambo: First Blood and his most recent work is a shot-for-shot remake of Close Up, his films work as much […]
by gene dolders August 18th 2020, for my 40th birthday, I turned up to Moss Lane on the back roads of Formby in the North West of England to start filming my first short film Death Is The Keeper of Secrets. Which initially was shot under the title of My China Lake. Robert Harmon, who […]
by anna jane begley How I found myself paying to watch an hour’s worth of TV ads I’m not quite sure. What is usually the bane of the TV-watching experience, director Radu Jude and philosopher/co-director Christian Ferencz-Flatz have turned into an experimental documentary that observes Romania’s transition from socialism to capitalism post-Revolution. Composed solely of […]
by anna jane begley If you’re scratching your head trying to recall the past three seasons of Steve Blackman’s Umbrella Academy don’t fret. Luther’s marriage and mission to the moon, Viktor’s destiny to destroy the planet, Allison’s betrayal of her family – these events are at best background info and at worst inconsequential. This new […]
by anna jane begley Kaos, toxic masculinity and a load of bees There’s something disconcertingly familiar about Charlie Covell’s Kaos, the eight-part series bringing the messy lives of the Greek gods into the modern day and detailing the stories of humans who are just beginning to question the power the gods hold over them. Like […]
by gene dolders A Fistful of Dollars (1964)Director: Sergio LeonePlot: A wandering gunfighter (Clint Eastwood) plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.Trivia: The company who financed this movie had to profit share with Akira Kurosawa as the plot was blatantly taken from YoJimbo. For a Few […]
by gene dolders The Bird With The Crystal Plumage – 1970Director: Dario ArgentoPlot: Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante) whilst on holiday in Italy, witnesses an attempted murder in an art gallery. He soon finds himself being hunted by the same killer.Trivia: A character is shown dialing “113” at a pay phone. Italy has multiple emergency numbers, […]
by gene dolders The Omega Man – 1971Director: Boris SagalPlot: Dr Robert Neville (Charlton Heston) has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants led by Matthias (Anthony Zerbe) blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.Trivia: The writers came up […]