Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, the now perennial festive favourite, was a flop when first released in 1946 and would not have left even so much as a dent in the history of popular cinema had it not been for, strangely enough,…

Directed by: Josh Gordon & Will Speck Starring: Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, TJ Miller, Jennifer Aniston and Kate McKinnon Softhearted slacker Clay is the Chicago branch manager of this family business, Zenotech. His ruthless sister…

Directed by: Scott Derrickson Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Mads Mikkelson, Tilda Swinton Dr. Stephen Strange, a gifted but arrogant neurosurgeon, is involved in a car crash where his most prized assets –…

Following Andrew Carroll's analysis of Kill List's domestic disharmony and Paddy O'Leary's Netflix horror list is Graham Connors, who in this Halloween feature looks at the slasher film and its dangerous voyeristic gaze. It’s hard not to…

Peter Benchley’s Jaws was a mammoth success when first published in 1974, spending 44 weeks on the bestseller list and selling 5.5 million copies by the time the film adaptation was released. Yet if asked about Jaws, most people will answer…

Directed by: Gary Ross Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali and Keri Russell Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey), a disillusioned Confederate soldier and Mississippi farmer, deserts the Confederate lines during the…

James (James Allen McCune) was 4 years old when his sister Heather disappeared in the Black Hills, Maryland while shooting a documentary with two friends. Almost 20 years later he is still preoccupied with finding some clue as to what…

Read Part One Here Now, 35 years after it was first released, Raiders of the Lost Ark is recognised as a modern classic, and with good reason. Think of that opening sequence alone, 10 minutes of pure cinema magic - our first glimpse of Indy…

Are you sitting down? I hope so as what I’m about to say may shock you. This summer Raiders of the Lost Ark turned 35. I know, incredible! It’s hard to think of so familiar a property, so recognisable a character, being anything other than…

Many years ago Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates wrote a book declaring that ghosts are real. Years later, following a rift between them, both are thrown back together when Gilbert, now a successful lecturer at Columbia University, is laughed out…