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  1. Rules of Disaster

    Rules of Disaster

    The new disaster film San Andreas is certainly bigger and louder than anything that has come before - but does it follow the rules of one of my favourite genres?

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  2. Screening Sexism

    Screening Sexism

    Tales of sexism in the film industry are rife, but not all the news is bad...

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  3. Backing The Future

    Backing The Future

    The new film Tomorrowland suggests that you can will something into existence. When I heard rumours of a new Sex In The City film I tried this theory out...

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  4. Twitter Quitter

    Twitter Quitter

    Joss Whedon came off Twitter recently - apparently because of bullying comments over Avengers: Age Of Ultron. But what is his side of the story?

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  5. Distribution Bypass

    Distribution Bypass

    George MacKay is one of my favourite actors. He鈥檚 in a tough new film called Bypass which like so many British Independent films is being self-distributed.

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  6. B Movie Magic

    B Movie Magic

    I鈥檝e got a radio series on soundtrack music starting tomorrow - one of the featured films is Jeremy - a movie I first saw as the B feature on a double bill...

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  7. Allocated Seating - Right Or Wrong?

    Allocated Seating - Right Or Wrong?

    Is the modern system of allocating cinema seats a good or a bad thing?

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  8. Don鈥檛 Do Don鈥檛 Look Now

    Don鈥檛 Do Don鈥檛 Look Now

    It was announced last week that there is going to be a remake of Don鈥檛 Look Now - why?!

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  9. Hackers

    Hackers

    Incredibly it is 20 years since the release of one of my favourite films - Hackers. Here I talk to its director Iain Softley about how this pop culture gem has gained in reputation over the years.

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