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Projection Room: The Smit Awards 2018

What a year it’s been. YouTube channels got ripped apart, launched and ripped apart even more, Disney actually closed the Fox deal, life at two cinem…

The Journal Christmas Special: The Past, Present and the Future

Merry Christmas, and Happy #BornIndependent Day, readers.

First Take: Mary Poppins Returns- she’s back, and better than ever

Spoiler free as usual . Because that would be telling. SYNOPSIS: Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings …

Projection Room: Ripped Ticket TV Movie of the Week- the Christmas listings

If you’ve listened to the Ripped Ticket Show on a regular basis since I came on board, every week I have scoured the UK free-to-air TV listings for t…

First Take: Bumblebee- no explosions, no problem.

SYNOPSIS: On the run in the year of 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 a…

First Take: Aquaman- has the DC curse finally been broken?

SPOILER FREE AS USUAL . BECAUSE MY CINEMA IS LITERALLY NEXT TO A RIVER. SYNOPSIS: Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of At…

First Take: Beautiful Boy- some things should just remain unseen

SYNOPSIS: Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring …

First Take: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse- who said cartoons aren’t cool

SYNOPSIS: Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his reality and crosses paths with his counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat to all re…

First Take: Creed II- well, it barely made the count

SYNOPSIS: Under the tutelage of Rocky Balboa, heavyweight contender Adonis Creed faces off against Viktor Drago, son of Ivan Drago. The difficult secon…

The Journal, Episode 6 | Inside The Mind of a Film Critic

As the blog reaches a big milestone, Jack took some time out of his busy schedule to answer some of the most frequently asked questions he’s had over…