Features
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Ten live-action films Brits want to see animated
With the much-anticipated, Emma Watson-starring Beauty and the Beast in cinemas this week, live-action remakes are a hot topic. After the success of The Jungle Book and The BFG in 2016, the trend is set to continue over the next few years.To spark discussion among film lovers, Vue have flipped the current trend of live-action remakes on…
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Oscars 2017: Moonlight wins surprise Best Picture
Damien Chazelle’s La La Land was ousted by Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight right at the death last night as the latter claimed Best Picture in controversial circumstances due to an error on the cards. Chazelle has previously won Best Director, adding to the film’s wins in the Best Song and Best Score categories, as well as…
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Feature: Ten stage-to-screen adaptations
Theatre and cinema are inextricable. From it’s earliest days, film has borrowed conventions, genres, personnel and even material from the stage and over the past century that relationship has grown in complexity and influences have travelled in both directions. Still, alongside other media – including literature, comic books, television shows, paintings – plays are regularly…
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Do films flatter Wall Street?
From what we see of Wall Street in the movies, one would expect it to be a place overrun with workaholic men and women one Starbucks queue away from a complete mental breakdown, red-faced stock traders screaming into their cellphones, and young go-getters selling their soul for equity. The first question a lot of film…
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The best films of 2016
For vast swathes of society, 2016 has been something of an annus horribilis. But never fear. As is customary, we’ve cast our collective eyes back over the year to pick out some cinematic highlights. Despite being based in the UK, we pride ourselves on our festival coverage and as such we’ve allowed any film that…
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Our most anticipated films of 2017
Hopefully you’ve had time in between last-minute Christmas shopping and mince pie binge to peruse our Best Films of 2016 rundown. Now that the year’s end is almost upon us – thank goodness – it’s time to present some of the film we’re most looking forward to seeing in the next twelve months. 2017 sees…
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The best DVDs and Blu-rays of 2016
For several years now, contemporary consumption has been drifting inexorably towards the apparent death of physical media and thoughtful curation in favour of limitless choice and instant streaming. Fortunately, cinema still has those who are fighting the good fight. Where online platforms like MUBI are reminding audiences of the benefits of curated content in their…
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The five best lotteries in film
Millions of lottery players put in their tickets hoping that a newly-found fortune will open up the paths that they have always wanted to follow in life. Out of them, some very lucky winners get to live their happily ever afters and turn their dreams into reality. As such, winning the lottery is something that…
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The rising cost of cinemagoing
Cinema tickets are more expensive than they’ve ever been and we all know that the snacks and drinks we buy in cinemas are notoriously overpriced. It seems like every year the cost goes up and up and we all wonder why it keeps happening.While ticket prices are indeed expensive, a national average might be somewhat…
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Feature: Does Rogue One work as a standalone?
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Reportedly earning over $220 million in its first week, Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has garnered widespread praise from critics and audiences, arguably putting to bed any lingering doubts over the rejuvenation of the Star Wars franchise. Nevertheless, Rogue One…