Decision To Leave – Review

Park Chan Wook’s most recent film is a visually pleasing, but unusual combination of genres that works exceptionally well in some areas and less well in others.  To start with, I was massively impressed by the cinematography and camera movements in this film and would go as far to consider Continue Reading

The British Film Institute: On set!

What is the BFI and what was my role in a film? On Saturday the 14th of January I had the amazing opportunity to go filming with the British Film Institute (BFI) as an extra for a local film production company. Their short film, The Masked Order, was filmed on Continue Reading

Grammar Schools: Do the grades matter more than the personality?

Grammar schools have been around for a long time and have always been the middle ground between comprehensive (Academy) schools and private schools. You have always had to pass a test to join these schools this test is commonly known as the 11+.  This test normally involves a lot of Continue Reading

Avatar: ‘The Way of Water’ Review

This long-awaited sequel delves deeper into the fantastical world that James Cameron constructed for the original. Featuring a more elaborate story, on top of improved visuals, which come together to build a massive and awe-inspiring experience. ‘The Way of Water’ takes the Pandora we know and love and fills it Continue Reading

Red: The Importance of Colour in Cinema    

Red is the colour that we have the strongest psychological reaction to. Due to it having a long wavelength, it is the second most visible colour, making it actively noticeable. It has connotations of danger, due to people’s inherited instinctual fear of blood and behavioural characteristics learnt in everyday life. Continue Reading

Smile – Film Review

4 out of 5 STARS Starring: Sosie Bacon, Caitlin Stasey, Kyle Gallner Smile follows all the rules of a good supernatural horror movie: jump scares, creepy characters and total immersion for the audience. With some of the most inventive jump scares and creepy smiles seen in horror, Smile certainly keeps Continue Reading

Vaping, is it any better than nicotine?

Vaping is what people think is the healthiest product instead of using cigarettes which are full of nicotine. This is a chemical in tabaco which makes you addicted to smoking/vaping. Once had a puff of nicotine, this increases the release of the brain chemicals (neurotransmitters) that will affect your mood Continue Reading

Jermaine Cools: One Year On

How would you feel if your son’s murderer was prosecuted over a year after you lost him? Julius Cools, father of Jermaine Cools, said that his son was everything to him and his wife and that he was murdered for no reason.  According to the Independent, Cools was one of Continue Reading

Andrew Tate: Should We Care?

Controversial streamer Andrew Tate has recently been arrested but who is he and why should we care? Emory Andrew Tate III was born on the 1st of December 1986 in US State of Washington D.C. Andrew also had a younger brother called Tristan born on the 15th of July 1988. Continue Reading

UK Space: Is it all for nothing?

On January 9th, the UK Space Agency launched its first rocket from UK soil ever. They achieved this with Virgin Orbit. It was destined to be a monumental feat in UK engineering. But what went so wrong? On the night of the launch, Cosmic Girl (the Boeing 747 carrying the Continue Reading