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How important do you believe female led feature films to be? I believe that they are very important indeed and don’t worry this isn’t because I’m a man hater, I love men…most of the time anyway. But the over excitement myself and my friend Hannah felt after we heard the news that the Ghostbusters remake...
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I never knew much about Alan Turing. He was a man my tutor group at school was named after, and he was a man that wasn’t pardoned by the Queen until 2013 for a crime that is no longer a criminal offence, nor should it ever have been. I find it pretty amazing how little...
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The presents have been opened, the crackers have been pulled, and you’ve been well and truly stuffed by the mammoth turkey dinner. In your festive food coma state there really is no better way to end the day than to kick back with loved ones and watch a good movie. In preparation for the big...
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Festive films are one of the best parts of Christmas. We can’t deny ourselves the guilty pleasure of snuggling up on the sofa and gorging ourselves on the delicious foods of the season. But apart from encouraging Christmas spirit and a making us all a little more moral in a time of gluttony, we feel as though...
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Do you believe in fairies? I do, I do! Now I was never one for the fairy tale princess Disney films, I much preferred Robin Hood, Tarzan and my all time favourite Peter Pan. The story of Peter Pan has already been made into several films: there’s the Disney classic and the live action 2003 feature...
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Watching the first film in The Hunger Games trilogy a few years ago, I wasn’t that enthralled. I thought it was slow, a bit boring and I hated Peeta. But a few weeks ago my friend, who is obsessed with the books and subsequently the films, had me watching the second film Catching Fire, and...
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Who are you? What have you done to my favourite book? These are normally the questions I ask myself when a beloved book is given the “Hollywood” treatment and turned into a film. So it was with a mixture of joy and trepidation that I headed to the cinema to see Gone Girl. Would a...
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Since it’s conception in 2005 YouTube has become one of the most used websites on the internet – giving it’s users free access to everything from music, how-to videos, trailers, vlogs and more funny cat videos than you could ever hope to watch…believe me I’ve tried. But the last few years has seen a rise...
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You thought the Twilight Saga was long gone, right? Wrong! It’s been announced that mini-movies are being planned to appear on Facebook. Now don’t get me wrong I was a diehard Twilight fan when I read the books and I counted down the days until the next film was released, but the saga ended in...
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Ever since I was introduced to Media Studies during my GCSEs, I’ve been in love with it. I went on to choose Media as one of my A Level options at College and now I’m starting my 3rd year at The University of The West of England, studying a BA Hons in Media Culture & Practice....
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