Category: Film


  • ‘How weird and wonderful filming is!’ – An Interview With Harry Melling

    The Edge were able to sit down (virtually) with actor Harry Melling and discuss his new comedy, Say Your Prayers. In the film, Melling portrays Tim, the innocent narrator for a hired murder gone wrong. In this interview, we discuss Say Your Prayers, both on and off screen, as well as some uncertain advice for those looking to…

  • My First Cinema Experience: Shrek the Third

    Being one of the longest standing online memes over the past decade, everyone knows how iconic the Shrek films are. And although 7-year-old me wasn’t aware of the horrible “Shrek is Love, Shrek is Life” viral video just yet, I certainly loved Shrek. Walking into the cinema at that age feels like more than just…

  • BFI London Film Festival 2020: Five Films to Watch

    With this year’s London Film Festival nearly upon us, film editor Theo Smith gives us the films that he’s most looking forward to.

  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always: The Topic of Abortion in Cinema

    Katie Evans tackles how abortion has been represented in cinema, as well as looking at Eliza Hittman’s breakout drama.

  • First Impressions: The Big Lebowski

    In our new series showing our writers’ thoughts on a movie they haven’t seen before, we begin with Alice Fortt providing her own take on The Coen Brothers’s stoner comedy.

  • Disney ReMade? Or Just ReAlly Bad?

    I would definitely identify myself as a person whose love for Disney is completely timeless, much like the classics that I grew up with. However – and I think we can all agree – Disney has taken a very strange and disappointing turn in the last few years and has been churning out less than…

  • Review: Say Your Prayers – A Most Peculiar Comedy of Errors

    With its tagline, ‘Prepare for one radical weekend,’ Say Your Prayers is incredibly effective at bringing this to its viewers, with 89 minutes of interesting storylines and established characters. The ‘botched murder’ that the film bases its comedy on is instantly struck onto screens, with viewers taken to the idyllic Yorkshire countryside for a intricate,…

  • Review: Becky – Nonsensical Gore Is The Only Selling Point

    Emily Dennis provides her verdict on this gore-fest revenge thriller starring Kevin James and Lulu Wilson.

  • Movies Recasted

    Movies Recasted

    Whether it be that some felt unnatural or just downright inappropriate, we all have roles we feel should have been recasted. Wouldn’t it be great for your dream cast to be a reality? Well, here are some of our writers’ top picks: Harry Potter – The Marauders There’s always going to be the odd character…

  • Hidden Gem: Sleepers – Searing Reminder Of The Pitfalls Of Incarceration

    Jacob Hando explains why Barry Levinson’s 1996 crime drama should be regarded as a hidden gem.

  • In Defence of Boromir

    In Defence of Boromir

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    *Spoilers for The Lord of the Rings Trilogy below* A person cannot and should not be defined by their one misstep. One failure, no matter how catastrophic is not a measurement of an individuals worth of might. If you asked people who casually watch Lord of the Rings who their least favourite member of the fellowship is,…

  • In Criticism of Insurgent – A Big Red Flag

    Lucy Maggs offers her flaws on the short-lived film adaptation of Veronica Roth’s Divergent series.

  • Review: I Used To Go Here – The Only Laughter Produced Was Discomfort

    Georgie Holmes reviews Kris Rey’s new college comedy.

  • Review: Schemers

    Review: Schemers

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    Produced by Black Factory Films and Munro Films, Schemers is the first full-length feature to be made in Dundee. That may not seem like much an achievement at first, but the film itself jokes about Dundee’s location being often unknown and irrelevant as it tells the true story of David McLean, who also wrote, directed and…