Category: Features
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Should Mad Max: Fury Road win the Oscar for Best Picture?
Mad Max: Fury Road took the cinematic world by storm earlier this year, but is it Oscar-winning material? Nicholas Hoult who played Nux, revealed last week that he believes it can win big at the Oscars. And although it may be too soon to start having concrete opinions on this, we put it up for debate amongst our… Read More >
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Nick Picks | Can the Academy Please Nominate The Hunger Games For Something?
Despite being one of the most successful and acclaimed franchises of recent years, The Hunger Games has yet to be recognized by the Academy Awards in any categories. Read More >
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Where is The Leftovers headed now?
*Spoiler warning, do not read if you haven’t watched Season 2: Episode 7 – “A Most Powerful Adversary.”* It’s been a hard road for Kevin Garvey; the dark, possibly psychotic main character of HBO’s The Leftovers. In last week’s episode, “A Most Powerful Adversary”, Kevin (Justin Theroux) began the day handcuffed to his bed. A… Read More >
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The Lord of the Reels: Ranking the films of Peter Jackson
With the release of the Extended Edition of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, it looks like Peter Jackson’s stay in Middle-earth is drawing to a close. But take a step back from the Tolkien adaptations, and what you’ll see is an even richer, diverse body of work, ranging from alien invasions and zombie infestation… Read More >
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Star Wars in 30 Seconds
With Stars Wars: The Force Awakens now just a month away, we’ve put together a video overview of all the Star Wars movies in 30 seconds. Beware spoilers… Read More >
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The End of an Era: of Both The Hunger Games Franchise and Star Philip Seymour Hoffman
After the success of the Harry Potter franchise, which spawned eight cinematic offerings across 10 years, the notion of long-lasting film series, not only appeasing fans as they grow up with these productions, but producers and studios too, who make millions upon millions of dollars, thanks to several back-to-back box office hits, is a rather… Read More >
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Nick Picks | How Soon is Too Soon for Films Based on Real-Life Events?
One could argue that people need time to heal between a tragedy and a Hollywood biopic. Of course one could also argue that the tragic nature of a real-life event isn’t entirely what alienates audiences. It could just be that the story has been too overexposed to generate interest. Read More >
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Steve Jobs… Why Don’t We Care?
But why are the public not flocking to the cinemas to indulge in this production? Because, and quite simply, we generally aren’t fussed about this particular story. Read More >
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The Movie, The Music | November 2015
The Movie, The Music is a feature where we compile the best tracks from recent movies, trailers, and TV for your aural enjoyment. It’s not just about what you see; it’s about what you hear. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8FW8Th37qAYcugOVM3xf4wbB0WFj1F32 In this edition of The Movie, The Music, things get pretty ambient as we take cuts from Dan Romer’s extraordinary… Read More >
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Nick Picks | Should Spectre Be Daniel Craig’s Final Outing as James Bond?
Daniel Craig’s owned this character for almost a decade now and Spectre may be the most appropriate way for him to gracefully bow out. Read More >
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