by Cookie N Screen

Museums are great, aren't they? I mean who doesn't enjoy taking a stroll around these quiet places all the whole soaking in their exhibits and artistry. As for me, I struggle the same way I agonise over books - I have a very short attention span. Actually, I am attentive but it's on many different things that I can't spare more than a few moments on each thing. Like a hungry Pac-man, I zoom through museums whilst trying to absorb as much information as possible. Cinema is easier for me as I am forced to sit down and concentrate on what's being thrown at me. But a film about a museum? More so than this, a film about a Great Museum?

Could that be any good?

by Matthew Gammond

 Yes, you read that right. This really is a Hit Stop feature. I hate this movie.

Gran Torino is a much-loved film amongst my circle of friends and I have no idea why. It came out in 2008, but I only got round to seeing it earlier this year, and I’m thankful I put it off so long. This is a movie that stars and is directed by Clint Eastwood, which for the most part is Hollywood gold. His films always receive a positive critical response and I agree with a lot of the reviews – I’m a massive fan of Million Dollar Baby, for example.

by Cookie N Screen 

You know me, I am not usually one to compare the film version of a book to its original source. In fact, I vehemently hate people who do so because, for the most part, they do so in some sort of pretention that does who love film are less. On the other hand, I completely understand that immersing yourself in the world of a book, getting excited over an adaptation only for the tone, characters and storyline to be completely off is the worst feeling. That loss of fictional identity when someone (or, in most cases, a studio) decides to completely eradicate all that the books had done is one I know all too well. Especially when it comes too Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.

by Cookie N Screen

There is already a lot of contention surrounding Marc Webb’s possibly unwarranted re-boot of the much beloved Spider-Man series. Popping an "Amazing" in front of it and allowing Andrew Garfield to tackling the webbed hero put fans of Sam Raimi’s seminal Toby Macguire fronted trilogy in a sticky situation. After all, Raimi and Macguire successfully battled through villains and monsters, producing two stirring movies that captured the essence of Spider-Man in all its cheese. And then there was Spider-Man 3 (or as we like to call it, the sequel that should not be named). So when Sony proposed the remake, juxtaposed against an entire backdrop of incredible super-hero based movies, it was either condemn it or support it. The Amazing Spider-Man, released back in 2012, was actually a brilliant transformation for Spidey. It’s a shame, however, that the sequel failed to continue that excellence.