On Screen Archive
18th November 2013
Bwana Devil – Lessons From the Third Dimension
Bwana Devil was the first 3D feature film ever released. Unlike Gravity which is currently sitting on 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, the reviews of Bwana Devil weren’t too kind. One critic wrote “It is the worst movie in my rather faltering memory, and my hangover from it was so painful that I immediately went to see a two-dimensional movie for relief.”
18th November 2013
Preview: American Hustle
As the seventies became the eighties, con man Irving Rosenfeld (Bale) and his cunning mistress Sydney Prosser (Adams) are pushed into the world of the Jersey mafia by the FBI.
18th November 2013
Top 5: Cereal Scenes
The Film Editors countdown their favourite scenes which snap, crackle and pop
14th November 2013
So you think you’re the Christ?
George Bellamy discusses alternative Jesus figures in cinema
14th November 2013
Cornerhouse Pick of the Week: Philomena
Our Cornerhouse Pick of the Week is Stephen Frears’ latest cinematic hit
14th November 2013
Contrary Corner: Why Wahlberg doesn’t hit the mark
Jack Crutcher tells us why he believes that Mark Wahlberg is in the wrong job
14th November 2013
Retro Corner: TimeSplitters Future Perfect
Remembering TimeSplitters Future Perfect and its perfect blend of multiplayer mayhem and tongue-in-cheek humour
14th November 2013
Retro Corner: SimEarth
14th November 2013
Top 5: Tragic Nolan love interests
Jackson Ball gives us his top 5 christopher nolan countdown of leading ladies who didn’t make it to the end of the film
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14th November 2013
Former Nintendo Boss Dies
Jack Crutcher looks back on the revolutionary and influential career of Nintendo’s Hiroshi Yamauchi
14th November 2013
Preview: The Wolf of Wall Street
Jack Evans looks ahead to the much-anticpated return of the Scorcese-DiCaprio duo
14th November 2013
Grand Theft Auto V
Tom Cottrell explores everything Los Santos has to offer in Rockstar’s latest ambitious offering.
14th November 2013
Retro Corner: Star Fox Adventures
Too often over-looked, the coolest fox in gaming made his Gamecube debut in the excellent Star Fox Adventures.
14th November 2013
The Games Interview: Mike Geelan
Damien Trinh speaks to Mike Geelan; a developer at Squad – the guys responsible for Kerbal Space Program, and former UoM student
14th November 2013
Cornerhouse Pick of the Week: Gloria
Jane went to see acclaimed Chilean film, Gloria, and attended a Q&A with its star
4th November 2013
Top 5: Musical sequences not from a musical
Sarah countdowns the musical moments in movies which make you want to stand up and boogie
4th November 2013
Schindler’s List is no masterpiece
Parizad argues that far from being the great piece of cinema it is often hailed, Schindler’s List is in fact a poor attempt by Hollywood to portray the tragedy of the Holocaust
4th November 2013
TV Advertising, the Hollywood Giant Killer
Tom charts the fall from grace of some of Hollywood’s greats to the pits of the advertising world