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Your guide to understanding US politics through House of Cards

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 19th February 2015

American politics is a right old carry-on. They have ballot papers designed by Chad Michael Murray and they don't even have a rich family they pay a huge annual salary to nonce off teenage girls and dress up as Nazis at parties. If only House of Cards made it easier to understand WAIT IT DOES

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Gone Girl

Movie Review | Ali Gray | 5th October 2014

I read Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. I read Zodiac by Robert Graysmith. I read The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich. I read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson. I read Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. All were at some point translated to the screen by David Fincher; only the latter felt undermined by its source material.

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Here's that amazing Gone Girl poster easter egg you didn't notice

Movie Feature | Ali Gray | 28th September 2014

The first time I laid eyes on the poster for David Fincher's Gone Girl, adapted from Gillian Flynn's excellent book, I didn't think much of it. Futura? Yawn. Ben Affleck looking sad? Tell it to Batman. A giant floating head? Probably the most overused poster clichÃ© there is. Then I noticed the whopping great easter egg for fans who have already read the book. Then it clicked. And now I think it's genius. Read on if you want to see it (spoiler).

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Top 10 films of our lifetime #4: Zodiac

Movie Feature | Ed Williamson | 23rd September 2014

Possibly the most underrated movie on this list, Zodiac was nominated for a big fat ZERO Academy Awards, which is insane, because it's by far the best film David Fincher has made this century, and it's teeming with quality: flawless cinematography, invisible CG magic, and a cast groaning with talent. Testament to its thrilling three-hour running time is the fact that only after I had finished watching it recently did I realise it marked the first meeting of Avengers 'Science Bros' Robert Downey Jr and Mark Ruffalo - Ali.

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Ben Affleck runs like a (gone) girl

Movie Feature | Ali Gray | 15th April 2014

In related news, the trailer for Gone Girl is very interesting indeed, although the Fincher/Reznor/Ross trademark of cutting it to a cover is hardly original (see also: Radiohead's 'Creep' sung by the Vega Choir for The Social Network, Led Zeppelin's 'Immigrant Song' sung by Karen O for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo). I'm not angry, David. Just pretentious.

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House of Cards: The Complete First Season DVD

TV Review | Ed Williamson | 13th June 2013

Though Netflix have some thinking to do around how they take advantage of social media TV discussion when they release a series with no regular episode schedule, they've chosen a superior flagship in House of Cards.

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Netflix House of Cards less tainted by spurious, probably misremembered racism than original

TV News | Ed Williamson | 4th January 2013

A friend of mine once bumped into Ian Richardson, star of the BBC series House of Cards. He apparently said something disconcertingly racist.

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This is what David Fincher's official Dragon Tattoo DVD looks like

Movie News | Ali | 22nd March 2012

#projectmayhem. Image courtesy of criterioncorner.tumblr.com

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TheShiznit.co.uk presents: Fight Club

Movie Feature | Ali | 2nd February 2012

Ditch any plans you have for Thursday March 15th, because you're coming to the Stratford East Picturehouse cinema to see our special screening of Fight Club. Tyler Durden politely requests your attendance.

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The most exhilarating 154 seconds of film in 2011 is now online

Movie News | Ali | 11th January 2012

If you've seen The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, you'll know what I'm talking about. If you missed the first few minutes, you won't.

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