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Halloween Movie Challenge – Day 2 ‘Near Dark’

The month is young but my goal is clear and I am determined to complete this #HalloweenMovieChallenge. Halloween is my favourite time of the year. There’s something special about the night; the smell of fireworks, the various costumes; the mountains and mountains of junk food; the Halloween episodes of The Simpsons. I revert back to a […]

Forgotten Childhood – The Secret of NIMH

Do movies from our childhood captivate us now as they once did? If so, is it for the same reason? We explore this is The Secret of NIMH THE INITIAL RELEASE (1982) The year was 1979; frustrated with Walt Disney Studios, Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy were determined to make strongly executed full-length animated […]

Rewind Review: Enough Said (2013)

Following a prior article detailing 2005 thriller Hard Candy, we at The Arcade are launching a new review format. The Rewind Review. The premise is simple – at The Arcade we review (among other things) recent cinema releases. That said, we also review older films (and games, and TV shows etcetera) in a format known as the Retro […]

Review: Doctor Who S8, Episode 6: “The Caretaker”

Writers: Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat. Director: Paul Murphy. Starring: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Samuel Anderson. It’s always an amusing thing, watching the Doctor attempt to blend in with our normal, everyday society. Different incarnations are better at it than others, of course, but seeing how each Doctor stacks up in this situation is generally […]

Review: Doctor Who S8, Episode 6: "The Caretaker"

Writers: Gareth Roberts and Steven Moffat. Director: Paul Murphy. Starring: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Samuel Anderson. It’s always an amusing thing, watching the Doctor attempt to blend in with our normal, everyday society. Different incarnations are better at it than others, of course, but seeing how each Doctor stacks up in this situation is generally […]

Review: Maps To The Stars

A new David Cronenberg film is something that garners equal parts excitement and trepidation these days. Excitement because his films are nothing if not a consistent exploration of various themes and ideas centering around the human body and mind that always give some food for thought afterwards, and trepidation because, given his track record, and […]

Review: Detective 1945 #1

Take a war-addled lead character, put them in the firing range of post-World War II New York and have them investigate some of the most vulgar murders of the city. This is the simple outline of Detective 1945, a home-grown ongoing jaunt written by Lucy Shaw with art by Daryl _S_ and colours by Tommie […]
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