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Quentin Tarantino kicks off 2016 with his second Western: The Hateful Eight. This looks like an amazing year for film and starting off with a new Tarantino is proof positive of that. For me, this is superior to Django Unchained. QT has honed the formula and introduced some of his signature elements to the format and this is akin to a culmination of everything Tarantino has done up to now. It plays like a greatest hits featuring long, slow conversation scenes, revealing flashb

Time for the long awaited films of the year top 10 as well so without further ado: 10. Inherent Vice 9. Legend 8. Ant-Man 7. The...

And so, the day has finally arrived and Star Wars returns to our screens with Episode VII: The Force Awakens. I won't give you any spoilers don't worry (but suffice to say, everyone involved with the production has done a sterling job keeping everything quiet) and I won't even give too much of a review. This is everything you will want from this film and more. Absolutely heaven-sent for fans with reference points left, right and centre that will have you beaming. It's funny,

So here it is the greatest music this year has had to offer: 20. Unknown Multi Orchestra - Multi-Love The new age of psych-rock is upon...

What a year for music it has been. Before we count down the best albums here's the very best tracks of the year. 30. Wolf Alice - Bros...

The Surprise Film of the Year Award may just have to go to Steve Jobs. Positioned as the Apple version of The Social Network this is a masterwork by Danny Boyle and Michael Fassbender. Absolutely gripping from start to finish this biopic plays out like a Shakespearean theatre production full of pulsating language and may just rival the brilliant Facebook biopic. Like Birdman before it, this is largely set backstage at three key product launches in Jobs' career and charts his

Blockbuster season continues with the release of the final Hunger Games film: Mockingjay - Part 2. Now, I'm a self-confessed fan of the series and this, again, is a great version of the brilliant book. Catching Fire is still the peak of the series but this is a meaty and satisfying conclusion to a well-loved franchise. Divergent and The Maze Runner have tried to homage and steal some of Suzanne Collins' thunder but, once again, this is a step-up in class from those two. It's

Smaller films have done very well this year. Attracting bigger stars, laden with kick-ass soundtracks and finding popularity as the bigger blockbusters are attracting people back to the cinema. American Ultra and Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse are two recent examples and this adaptation of John Niven's cult novel Kill Your Friends is the latest. Billed as the 'Britpop American Psycho', this is the story of an A&R Executive cheating his way to the top of the pile, akin

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, bizarrely, does pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. It'll either sound like the last thing in the world you want to see or, if you're like me, it'll sound like a great bit of fun. Fun is exactly what this gem offers up. The 'Z-Movie' has been done to absolute death, as has the 'Zom-Com', but this is a great alternative for any Zombieland fans. A smattering of Superbad-esque, boys-own humour, some jumpy bits and a satisfying amou

So, the winter blockbuster season is upon us and, with Mockingjay and Star Wars to look forward to, the first to line up is Spectre, rumoured to be Daniel Craig's last outing as James Bond. To my mind, Skyfall had a great first half somewhat ruined by a baffling and nonsensical second act and this follows directly on from that film, with Bond going rogue after a shadowy organisation linking all the villains from the Craig series of films. This, of course, is Spectre and headi

Legend just cements the view, if it wasn't blatantly obvious already, that Tom Hardy should always be the leading man in films and not just relegated to a scene-stealing side character. This is an Oscar-worthy performance of force and personality portraying the Kray twins perfectly as charming and personable but dangerous and not-a-little mad. This is a great telling of the story, if a little one-note. Biopics tend to lack the thrilling twists and turns of an original piece a