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Review: Color Out of Space is high on promise but lands with a bump

Movie Review | Luke Whiston | 13th March 2020

Richard Stanley is a tantalisingly distant figure in filmmaking. His filmography reeks of such pure talent you wonder why he's not a bigger name. The answer to that lies in the documentary Island of Lost Souls, which recalls Stanley's involvement in the ill-fated big budget 1990s take on The Island of Dr. Moreau. To say it didn't go well is an understatement, with everything from the elements to his erratic star Marlon Brando working overtime to derail things. Subsequently Stanley left the mainstream under a cloud (literally a cyclone), which is why Color Out of Space is being bandied as 'The Return of Richard Stanley' - given a fresh chance to bring a H. P. Lovecraft short story to life with Nicolas Cage in the lead. With such a dizzying rider it can't possibly live up to the hype, can it?

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Review: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is a superhero spectacle bar none

Movie Review | Ali Gray | 29th November 2018

Aren't we supposed to be bored of superhero movies by now? 2018 has been a vintage year for the costumed crowd: Black Panther, Infinity War, Deadpool 2, Ant-Man & The Wasp, Incredibles 2 and Teen Titans Go! To The Movies have all excelled, and early word even suggests that Aquaman - Aquaman! - is converting disbelievers. This Sony animation from producers Lord & Miller is the third triple-A Spidey property to see release this year, after Avengers and the PS4 exclusive videogame, but even considering those high benchmarks and such a crowded field of contenders, it makes a strong case for being the best of the bunch - Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is a sprawling, wall-crawling visual masterpiece that's boundless in its creativity, kinetic in its dynamism and authentic to its core. It's the movie that finally nails the nirvana found between the twin mediums of comic-books and cinema.

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Review: Mandy is a hypnotic nightmare of blood, drugs and damnation

Movie Review | Matt Looker | 10th October 2018

Another year, another London Film Festival, another annual peruse of the festival programme choosing films that sound fascinating in theory without really knowing what to expect in practice. Take Mandy, for example, which the programme describes as â€œa film so singular, perverse and beguiling, itâ€™s almost impossible to defineâ€. Ok... maybe try though? â€œThink of the most exquisitely nightmarish LSD trip imaginable, then multiply it by tenâ€. Hmm, I have no idea how to do that, but it sounds interesting. Ok fine, Iâ€™ll see it. â€œDonâ€™t just see Mandy, experience itâ€. WHAT IS THIS IS IT EVEN A FILM.

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Mom & Dad

Movie Review | Ali Gray | 26th February 2018

"They fuck you up, your Mum and Dad. They may not mean to, but they do." Philip Larkin couldnâ€™t possibly have known his ode to parenthood would inspire a Nicolas Cage movie that scores full marks on the gurn-o-meter, but then Philip Larkin didnâ€™t see Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance coming, either. Brought to you by Brian Taylor, one half of the ADD-addled braintrust behind Crank and its sequel, horror thriller Mom & Dad is another high voltage romp that burns energy like itâ€™s jacked into the mains with no intention of paying the bill.

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Snowden

Movie Review | Matt Looker | 10th December 2016

There is a terrifying truth presented in Snowden, and I don't mean one of the obvious ones about misuse of power or unlawful global surveillance. It's one that comes early in the film and is only hinted at, but it is confirmation of a deep, dark, universal suspicion: that the incompetency you see in some of your work colleagues is a common problem that exists all the way up to the top. Like when Patrick from Legal doesn't process your request because he doesn't know the difference between an Excel spreadsheet and a Google doc. That kind of thing could very feasibly still happen at a top government level. Goddamn you, Patrick. Goddamn you, all the Patricks.

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Nicolas Cage "like ninety per cent sure" he turned his oven off

Movie Feature | Ali Gray | 30th July 2014

Said Cage: "What's the worst that could happen anyway?"

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Today I learned: Dumb & Dumber could have been way more intense

Movie Feature | Ali Gray | 20th February 2014

To reiterate: that's Nicolas Cage coming off the back of Deadfall, and Gary Oldman fresh off True Romance. I'm laughing already! (Via IMDB)

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Make your very own Nicolas Collage with our interactive playset

Movie Feature | Luke | 19th July 2013

Nic Cage is in a new film released today (it's The Frozen Ground, before you start searching the cinema listings for Con Air 2)! You may have heard we're big fans of Nic Cage. What we're not fans of, however, are Friday afternoons stuck in the stifling heat. And we're guessing neither are you. So to pass the time we've made this: our interactive 'Nicolas Collage' Nic Cage collage creator!

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Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson pisses off co-stars with unequal name layout

Movie Feature | Matt | 1st June 2013

Just fucking pick one - Curtis or 50 Cent. You are literally the worst thing to ever happen to graphic designers.

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Rights for Nicolas Cage officially revert back to Marvel

Movie Feature | Ali | 3rd May 2013

The rights for popular comic character Nicolas Cage have lapsed and will revert back to Marvel Studios, after Sony admitted they had no plans for any more Nicolas Cage movies.

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