Category: Features
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How does social media impact our relationship with the political sphere? The alternative nature of social media compared to manufactured and regulated broadsheets/tabloids gives it a higher range of motion. It’s accessible yet more polarised online than ever. Despite being considered an alternative media source, it has become mainstream: Ofcom reported that “Social media is…
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“I want my life to be like an ’80s movie… But no, John Hughes did not direct my life.” Emma Stone utters these words in the 2010 teen comedy Easy A, decades after the heyday of John Hughes had passed. Teen movies have remained a pinnacle of film culture, and to be honest, there have…
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Grace Eshel explains the hits and misses that made up Barbie 2023…
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Megan Eynon-Daly argues why 2013’s Teen Beach Movie is the best film about a holiday.
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A week after the release of his newest project Some Things Break, and with tour looming, I caught up with Benjamin Francis Leftwich to talk all things music. Benjamin picks up the phone at the end of a morning walk, on his way back from grabbing a coffee. He scrambles to disarm his Alexa before…
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“Nine minutes of ear torture that overstays its welcome in the form of painful instrumentals” – Sam Pegg Some may see ‘Venice Bitch‘ as a major skip, but from the moment I heard the beginning guitar strums, I knew it was a major slay. This was one of the first of many songs written with…
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When I first played Dishonored and Dishonored 2 I ensured that I played them entirely non-lethally. I often found that this was sometimes difficult and, having not had any prior experience with stealth games before, whenever I got caught I found myself accepting my fate, I would die so as not to kill them. This…
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Amy Scott-Munden gushes over the upcoming release of Lana Del Rey’s Blue Banisters.
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Lucy Williams takes a look at the period drama genre and how it tells its stories.
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The shock, the relief, the triggering – let’s face it, we all have and love engaging in a controversial opinion. Our writers are no exception and have a list of films guaranteed to relieve those that did not get the hype whilst simultaneously angering film bros everywhere. Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve is a fascinating…
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Sam Pegg, Morgan McMillan and Jacob Hando Pine for the return of their favourite legendary performers.
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Maggie Cassidy sit down and chat with Morgan McMillan about their recent show at The Joiners!
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Continuing our series about our writer’s first recollection of the cinema, Jacob Hando reminisces about a trip to see Finding Nemo.
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Edge writers give their picks for podcasts to stream any time.