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Review: Yesterday: I saw a film today, oh boy

Movie Review | Ed Williamson | 30th June 2019

A common pub argument I have with a friend of mine is that the Beatles weren't as influential as everyone makes out. I tell him there weren't bands before the Beatles; just solo singers and backing groups. I tell him that artists didn't write their own songs before the Beatles. I tell him that the album wasn't an artistic endeavour before the Beatles; just a commercial ruse to package up a hit single or two with some filler and sell them again. He still won't have it. Obviously he is an idiot, but I hope to Christ he never sees Yesterday, because it'll only strengthen his wildly incorrect view. While it does have at its heart the idea that this was the most special collection of songs ever written, it overlooks that what the boys gave us all wasn't just the songs: it was far more than that.

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Ghostbusters (2016)

Movie Review | Becky Suter | 11th July 2016

Things that ruin your childhood: discovering that your parents are the tooth fairy/Father Christmas. Learning that grandparents and pets can die no matter how much you love them. Jimmy Savile. These are actual things that leave a lasting mark. A remake of a film that you probably originally saw on TV three years after its release because you werenâ€™t old enough to see it at the cinema when it actually came out will not â€œruinâ€ your childhood memories (I also had an extended metaphor about how I have continually enjoyed cheese toasties despite once eating an amazing one a few years ago but that doesnâ€™t diminish the good one I had, but I think you get my point). The new rebooted Ghostbusters isnâ€™t going to piss on the fact that you can remember things from a movie thatâ€™s over 30 years old. But before I have to hand in my "I was a child of the 80s" badge, Iâ€™m going to go out on a limb and say Ghostbusters 2016 is actually funnier and scarier than the original.

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