Take Cats and Dogs. Keep the heavy emphasis on an ancient relationship between dogs and humans but make it more nuanced. Make it not only stop-motion animated but also the longest stop motion animated film to date. Replace the entire cast, except for, crucially, Jeff Goldblum, and increase the film’s...
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Titles are often our first impression of what a story is about and encapsulate a book’s entire thesis. So, with this in mind, it’s always worth seeing if a book could do with a potential change of title as well as why certain titles work. A popular trend in titles...
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This was a film I was dreading to see. Not because of what was going to be shown on screen, but of watching it in the cinema. A Quiet Place is a suspense thriller set in a post-apocalyptic future that revolves around the dangers of making too much noise at the...
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When I was a child, nothing worked better to control what little homicidal impulses lay within than building a zoo inexplicably filled with dinosaurs, all of them housed in inescapable pits and dropping visitors one by one into them. There would be screams as guests tried to run from velociraptors...
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From a personal standpoint, one of the most frustrating things I hear, in regards to preferences in a film, is that some people dislike films simply because it is in black and white. Because old films aren’t worth their time. Because black and white is old-fashioned, and therefore too outdated...
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Giles Allen-Bowden reviews Netflix's second season of Lemony Snicket's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events'. If you'd rather not read about miserable and depressing things then stay away from this article...
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Writer Giles Allen- Bowden shares his personal experience about growing up and celebrating the Easter holiday.
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It may not be Saturday but that doesn’t mean the night’s going to be any less of a thriller. It’s the 27th of March and Birmingham Arena is filled with fans ready to dance – dance to Fall Out Boy, the emo pop-rock quartet from Chicago, as they begin their...
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We asked our outgoing editors about their time with The Boar Giles Allen-Bowden (outgoing Film Editor): So, I didn’t expect this to be in this position. I applied and was, much to my surprise, assigned the position of Deputy along with Tiff Milner. And that’s as far as I...
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In 2015, Netflix seemed to be showcasing the true extent of Marvel’s capability. Daredevil started things off with a strong first season that took us into a grimier, grittier and more mature version of the MCU that we had never seen before. Jessica Jones was an equally strong follow-up with its...
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Whether due to the supposedly confused responses from test audiences, studio disagreements or a stab at following the example set by The Cloverfield Paradox in attaining a wider viewership at the cost of the big screen experience, Alex Garland brings his latest science fiction movie to the small screen. Annihilation, the...
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Netflix sent an episode of Star Trek: Discovery into space. Giles Allen-Bowden discerns what shows would have been better for an alien audience
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Giles Allen-Bowden uses Spongebob to see how children's television has informed our attitudes towards the current industrial action
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