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10 Controversial Oscar Nominees
In the lead-up to #Oscars2025 , I take a look at ten contentious film nominees from the last fifty years that cooked up a lot of debate....

Rob Cain
Feb 27, 20251 min read


People Watching Album Review
Released: 20th February 2025 Published By: Polydor After a four-year break, the UK musician Sam Fender has returned with the very...

Rob Cain
Feb 22, 20252 min read


Wellness by Nathan Hill Book Review
Released: 5th September 2024 Genre: Society, Drama, Romance Nathan Hill is an American journalist who recently made the jump to novels....

Rob Cain
Feb 17, 20252 min read


Captain America: Brave New World Movie Review
Released: 14th February 2025 (UK and US) Length: 118 Minutes Certificate: 12A Director: Julius Onah Starring: Anthony Mackie, Danny...

Rob Cain
Feb 16, 20253 min read


The Brutalist Movie Review
Released: 24th January 2025 (UK) Length: 215 Minutes Certificate: 18 Director: Brady Corbet Starring: Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy...

Rob Cain
Feb 6, 20253 min read


Democracy Hacked: How Technology is destabilising Global Politics by Martin Moore Book Review
Released: 27th September 2018 Genre: Politics, Society, Technology Martin Moore is a director and researcher at King’s College London who...

Rob Cain
Feb 4, 20252 min read


Better Man Movie Review
Released: 26th December 2024 Length: 135 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: Michael Gracey Starring: Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies,...

Rob Cain
Jan 26, 20253 min read


The Council: Evolving The Point And Click Adventure Game
My latest #gaming analysis is on #TheCouncil, an overlooked and underrated adventure game that evolves from other episodic titles from...

Rob Cain
Jan 23, 20251 min read


The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave Book Review
Released: 2020 Genre: Fiction, Drama, Historical Kiran Millwood Hargrave is a UK writer who mainly focuses on children’s books. The...

Rob Cain
Jan 21, 20252 min read


We Live In Time Movie Review
Released: 1st January 2025 (UK) Length: 108 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: John Crowley Starring: Andrew Garfield, Florence Pugh,...

Rob Cain
Jan 12, 20253 min read


Nosferatu Movie Review
Released: 1st January 2025 Length: 132 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: Robert Eggers Starring: Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson and Willem Dafoe In 1922, Nosferatu created one of the first and most revered cinematic nightmares, pioneering many horror tropes that still exist today. Over a century after the silent era, a new rendition has arrived from Robert Eggers. Like all of his previous films, it’s a superb ef

Rob Cain
Jan 10, 20253 min read


A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Released: 10th March 2015 Genre: Drama, Society, Fiction Number of Pages: 720 Hanya Yanagihara has written three novels over the last...

Rob Cain
Jan 6, 20252 min read


2024 in Film: The Year in Review
2024 was a year of two halves for cinema; on one side we had many crowd-pleasing titles and plenty of bold genre efforts that made their...

Rob Cain
Dec 31, 20245 min read


Anora Movie Review
Released: 1st November 2024 (UK) Length: 139 Minutes Certificate: 18 Director: Sean Baker Starring: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura...

Rob Cain
Nov 24, 20243 min read


Gladiator II Movie Review
Released: 15th November 2024 (UK) Length: 148 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph...

Rob Cain
Nov 17, 20243 min read


One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest: Creating Audience Empathy
My latest #film analysis is now available on YouTube, I'm looking at #OneFlewOverTheCuckoo'sNest and how such a simple film creates so...

Rob Cain
Nov 14, 20241 min read


Material World by Ed Conway Book Review
Released: 2024 (Paperback Version) Genre: Geopolitics, Society, History Number of Pages: 444 In the 21st Century the western world has...

Rob Cain
Nov 1, 20242 min read


For the Overlord! | A Triumph Studios Duology Retrospective
My shorter retrospective on #Overlord and #OverlordII from #TriumphStudios is now available on YouTube. I look into this unique IP and...

Rob Cain
Oct 10, 20241 min read


The Substance Movie Review
Released: 20th September 2024 (UK and US) Length: 141 Minutes Certificate: 18 Director: Coralie Fargeat Starring: Demi Moore, Margeret...

Rob Cain
Oct 9, 20243 min read


Joker: Folie à Deux Movie Review
Released: 4th October 2024 (UK and US) Length: 138 Minutes Certificate: 15 Director: Todd Phillips Staring: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga,...

Rob Cain
Oct 5, 20243 min read
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