Dystopium movie gives Banbury student a chance for award 6:00pm Saturday 15th March 2014 in News A poster for the film Dystopium A FILM-MAKER from Banbury has been nominated in the Best Sci-Fi Fantasy and Best Production Design category at the student film festival Screentest. Luke Robson made Dystopium which tells of our addiction to […]

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Young Newport filmmakers scoop awards 5:50am Friday 28th March 2014 in Gwent news Young Newport filmmakers scoop awards THREE Newport film-makers picked up awards at a national competition last week. Marielle Wilkinson, 18, who lives in Lliswerry won best film made by a 14 to 18-year-old at the Zoom Young Film-makers Awards at Bridgend College […]

Google faces immense competition in the streaming space, but even so, the company’s Chromecast dongle has two things going for it. The first is price. At just $35 — and sometimes cheaper if there’s a promotion or sale taking place — Chromecast is one of the most affordable ways to upgrade your home or dorm […]

-By Harry Haun Although Bad Words advertises itself with a close-up of Jason Bateman’s mouth forming (possibly foaming) the F-word, it turns out that Focus Features’ irreverent R-rated antic is more about spelling than swearing. In fact, it passes plausibly for the Bad Speller cousin of Bad Santa—another ornery adult battling youngsters a third his […]

Big things are coming to Windows Phone users. Microsoft today announced a bunch of new features as part of its upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update, not the least of which is a personal digital assistant of its own called Cortana. It’s similar to Siri and Google Now in function, but named after the Halo character […]

Iris Russell: A movie, TV and theatre actress who married an Oxford academic 4:00pm Thursday 13th March 2014 in News Iris Russell in 2005 A West End actress who married an Oxford don has died aged 91. Iris Chapman, known by her stage name Iris Russell, took a variety of stage and television roles in […]

Teenagers nominated for film festival award for short movie 9:13am Thursday 20th March 2014 in News By Saiqa Chaudhari, Education reporter A scene from Unarmed Combat THEY may only be 17 but pals Sam Steele and Ross Gibson are already cutting it in the world of movies. The A-level students are up for a prestigious […]

Violent street robbery was like scene from horrific movie, says judge 4:06pm Thursday 27th March 2014 in News By Miranda Newey, Crime reporter Derek Lockley jailed for seven years for street robberies THREE yobs set upon a 62-year-old in a gratuitously violent street robbery compared to a horrific movie scene, a court heard. The gang […]