Posts By Phil Bayles
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Let’s Hear It For The Girls: The 5 Greatest Female Characters In Film
One of the greatest things about Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, Zero Dark Thirty, is the fact that its protagonist Maya, is a...
- Entertainment
It’s the End of the World As We Know It (So Let’s Watch Films)
Apologies for the terrible REM-based pun there. Yes, as I’m sure you’re all aware, the end of the year is fast approaching,...
- Entertainment
Review: Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell’s popular 2004 novel, Cloud Atlas, was – like Watchmen and Life of Pi – declared by many to be unfilmable. But the Wachowskis apparently...
- Entertainment
Too much of a good thing…
If you’ve read Nick Hornby’s brilliant book High Fidelity (or seen the equally brilliant movie starring John Cusack), you’ll know how difficult Top 5 or...
- Books
Review: The Good, The Bad And The Multiplex
If blockbusters make money no matter how good they are, why not make a good one for a change? How can 3D...
- Film
Review: Brick
Rian Johnson’s new sci-fi movie, Looper, is quickly becoming a favourite of the year amongst critics. And with its popularity only growing,...
- Entertainment
Phone Boxes and Paradoxes: The 5 Greatest Time Travel Movies Ever
If you haven’t seen the new sci-fi action movie Looper, go and watch it now. Right now. I won’t spoil it here; I...
- Entertainment
A Love Letter to Independent Cinemas
Moving to Sheffield for my first year of university was, safe to say, a bit of a culture shock for me. I come...
- Entertainment
You’ll never stop stop-motion
One of the greatest moments in animation history, if not film history in general, is the scene in The Wrong Trousers where Gromit lies...
- Film
Not So Happy Madison: How Adam Sandler Lost His Mojo
There’s a South Park episode where Cartman, dressed as a robot called AWESOM-O, is recruited by Hollywood executives to pitch ideas for movies. He...