Where Are They Now?: Shaun of the Dead Louise Burrell April 8, 2019 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? 15 years ago, the team behind cult Channel 4 sitcom Spaced released their love letter to zombie films, Shaun of the Dead. While it had all the jumps, scares, and apocalyptic doom of a great zombie movie, it...
Where Are They Now?: Peep Show Jack Blackwell January 1, 2019 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? In 2015, one of the great chapters of British comedy closed. The ninth series of Peep Show finished on a high and a low, keeping David Mitchell and Robert Webb’s Mark and Jeremy in the same bleak,...
Where Are They Now? The Inbetweeners Tom Bond August 14, 2018 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? Ask any Britcom star and they'll tell you just how hard it is to make the transition from domestic TV to the silver screen. At its simplest level there's just something about the structure of a great sitcom...
Where Are They Now?: Jumanji (1995) Louise Burrell December 19, 2017 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? Jumanji was one of those films that managed to terrify as much as it entertained. Never before had anyone put their life on the line just by playing a board game. A film that is still held dearly in the hearts...
Where Are They Now?: The Mummy (1999) Phil W. Bayles June 7, 2017 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? These days there is seemingly no movie that can't be shoehorned into a cinematic universe. Following the mammoth success of Marvel Studios, Universal has decided to reboot their old monster movie classics into...
Where Are They Now?: Alien Jack Blackwell May 9, 2017 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? In the space of three short years, Ridley Scott redefined sci-fi cinema twice with Alien and Blade Runner. In the nearly 40 years since, countless films from a range of genres have owed enormous debts to these...
Where Are They Now?: Austin Powers James Andrews May 2, 2017 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? It’s exactly 20 years since the hugely quotable spoof superspy Austin Danger Powers first burst onto the big screen with the US release of his debut film International Man Of Mystery (it was released in the...
Where Are They Now? The Millennium’s One-Hit Wonders Tom Bond March 22, 2017 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? 1 Comment One quirk of every awards season are the filmmakers who enjoy a shining moment of glory, full of the promise of cinematic brilliance to come, only to fade away into obscurity. Out of sheer curiosity, we’ve...
Where Are They Now?: Trainspotting Jack Blackwell January 24, 2017 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? Trainspotting was arguably the definitive British film of the 1990s - packed to bursting with iconic scenes, and reflecting the exact state of the nation’s youth in 1996. With the sequel about to be...
Where Are They Now?: Independence Day David Brake June 21, 2016 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? It's shockingly now 20 years since the human race (see: America) saved the world from that pesky alien scum on the 4th of July. Yet Hollywood - the fools - have let the aliens come back, with the new...
Where Are They Now?: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Rachel Brook June 8, 2016 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? When Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was released in 1986 Roger Ebert described the eponymous hero as ‘a teenager who skips school so he can help his best friend win some self-respect’. Not everyone considered...
Where Are They Now?: Cloverfield Bertie Archer March 16, 2016 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? Let's face it: it seems highly unlikely that anyone we know from Cloverfield is going to be in 10 Cloverfield Lane. Most of the characters end up certifiably or almost certainly dead, and talk of the new movie...
Where Are They Now?: Pretty in Pink Rachel Brook February 28, 2016 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? Pretty in Pink was the first John Hughes script to be produced following his cult favourite The Breakfast Club. Thirty years on Hughes is remembered by many as the godfather of the golden age of teen drama,...
Where Are They Now?: Dazed and Confused Sam Kerridge September 22, 2015 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? Half-love letter and half painful recollection, Richard Linklater's sincere look back to 1970s high school life launched almost as many careers as it did catchphrases, earning it a legacy far greater than its...
Where Are They Now? Almost Famous Tom Bond September 15, 2015 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? It’s been 15 years since Almost Famous, one of the finest films about the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, graced our cinema screens. Directed by Cameron Crowe, the film follows 15-year-old aspiring journalist...
