Welcome to Nick Picks, a regular column by Nick Spake. There are countless important questions regarding the current state of cinema and I’m here to answer them. The whole world is hyped for the release of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 in…
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Jason Hall earned an Oscar nomination for penning American Sniper, which not only did well at the box office, but became the highest-grossing domestic film of 2014. Despite being an eye-opening experience for many audiences, it wasn’t the first…
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Welcome to Nick Picks, a regular column by Nick Spake. There are countless important questions regarding the current state of cinema and I’m here to answer them. There’s no denying that Star Wars has had an enormous impact on society and the…
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British actor Idris Elba, one of the favourites to be the next James Bond, has revealed how he almost died while shooting Beasts Of No Nation, when he slipped near a waterfall in Ghana. The 43-year-old actor, who plays warlord Commandant in the…
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As was expected after its excellent opening on Thursday night, Lucasfilm and Disney’s latest installment in the Star Wars franchise, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, stormed to the top of the charts across the world this weekend and ended up…
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After beating Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in a photo-finish last weekend, Fox’s hit drama Hidden Figures continues to top the US box office chart with another excellent weekend for the film. In addition, Lionsgate’s La La Land…
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The spaceships in Independence Day: Resurgence might have been bigger, but the same can’t be said about the film’s opening weekend. According to Box Office Mojo, the long-awaited sequel to Independence Day only grossed $41.6 million….
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In the slew of superhero films over the past decades, perhaps none have been as underrated (and underseen) as Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy films. Released in 2005 and 2008 respectively, the two films garnered great reviews but sadly…
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Illumining the screen with the crackly grain you’d find on a decades-old film reel, Queen of Earth slingshots us into the centre of a relationship bluntly hitting its endpoint. We’re swiftly introduced into the mind of Elisabeth Moss’ Catherine, a…
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Several years ago, Hailee Steinfeld gave one of the best youth performances ever as Mattie Ross in True Grit. Owning the screen with the sophistication of a young Jodie Foster, she immediately became an actress to watch. As with all child stars,…
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