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A Savagely Partial Look At The Films Of 2014
Welcome, welcome, to the fifth annual heavily disclaimered review of the year in film, in which I, a man with children and shoes and other things to do, cast a myopic eye over the things I’ve been able...
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The Oscars 2015: What They Tell Us
The Oscars are happening! Every year I write a post about the movies nominated for best picture, attempting to catch the quality in each film as well as reaching around the back to grasp at the reason...
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Player Too – The Different Futures Games Imagine For My Son And Daughter
It’s curious what can happen when you don’t write something. There are obvious things, like you don’t get paid, and nobody reads it, but sometimes, as in the case I’m about to describe, the thing you...
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Crafting people – a fine art
Here is a post that explains why Marvel’s Agents Of Shield is a work of art. Are you ready? (The correct answer is that an agent of Shield is always ready.) This is a story about something that I’ve...
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Edge Of Tomorrow: Gaming The Language Of Film
Last year on Edge Online David Valjalo argued convincingly that the blockbusters of 2013, and Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium in particular, were evidence of the growing influence of videogame aesthetics on...
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The Once And Future Him
I saw Terry Jones at the weekend. He was giving an hour-long Q&A before a screening of Monty Python And The Holy Grail at my local cinema, the Little Theatre, as part of the Bath Comedy Festival....
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Why ‘Hotel Room’ is the key to the work of David Lynch
For no reason in particular tonight I became obsessed with tracking down the introduction to David Lynch’s Hotel Room. Actually, now I come to write this sentence the particular reason presents itself...
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Los Angeles – the city that lies for a living
Los Angeles is a strange place I’ve been trying to understand for ten years now. Across that decade I’ve been to the city – I’ve just checked in the two passports I still have handy from my last visit...
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The Last Guardian – as seen in 2011
I found this write-up of a visit to see The Last Guardian I did for Edge Magazine in 2011 while digging through some emails. Given how similar the game looked when it resurfaced at E3 this year, I...
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Gascoigne – The Construction of a Fallen Hero
(Gascoigne, Jane Preston 2015) At the beginning of this documentary about Paul Gascoigne, released to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Italia ‘90, the tournament in which his career was played...
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A Savagely Partial Look At The Films Of 2015
Welcome to a round-up of ALL THE FILMS OF 2015 – that is, all the films of 2015 that I, a human man with a job that does not require me to watch films and two children who positively prevent it, have...
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The Oscars 2016: What Do They Tell Us?
The Oscars are happening! Hooray for the Oscars, even if the theme chosen by the Academy this year is institutional racism. The Oscars are happening! Have you seen all the best picture nominees?...
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Oh, Hell – Some Thoughts On Not Loving New Doom
I first noticed I wasn’t enjoying the new Doom as much as I’d originally thought when I stopped playing it for weeks and the idea of starting again made me slightly sad. It’s obvious in hindsight, but...
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