Tag: nostalgic news
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Nostalgic News: House of Cards was released 10 years ago!
“Democracy is so overrated” With not too much due respect to Frank Underwood, I disagree with that statement, but I chose that quote of his to start out this piece because it sums up what made House of Cards so perfectly rated, especially in a world already saturated with searing commentaries on US political culture […]
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Nostalgic News: 27 Dresses Turns 15 Years old!
Have you ever heard the phrase always a bridesmaid and never the bride? Well, this is a film dedicated to these women. 27 Dresses follows social butterfly Jane as she navigates the wedding season. A friend to so many, Jane finds herself as a bridesmaid at wedding after wedding. But the best thing about being […]
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Doctor Who: The Three Doctor’s was released 50 years ago!
In today’s pop culture-dominated landscape where crossovers and role reprisals are part of every fandom’s dreams come true, it is truly hard to comprehend how novel and daring the idea was back in 1973 when the BBC decided to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Doctor Who by bringing together Jon Pertwee’s incumbent with his two […]
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Series One of ‘Derry Girls’ was released five years ago!
Watching Derry Girls feels like a warm hug. It is one of the funniest, most sentimental programmes I’ve ever seen, and when it ended last year, I put off watching the finale episode because I just couldn’t bear the thought of my life without the girls (which includes James of course!) But let’s think instead […]
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Nostalgic News: Miranda (Series 3) was released 10 years ago!
Time flies when you’re having such fun! It’s not hard to believe that Miranda Hart’s eponymous TV show began back in the noughties due to the amount of times I’ve re-watched it! The comedian burst onto our screens with her self-written hit Miranda, and changed comedy forever! Hart created a character who was unapologetically herself, […]
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Review: Hocus Pocus 2
After nearly 30 years, the black flame candle is lit again, welcoming the Sanderson Sisters back onto our screens in Anne Fletcher’s Hocus Pocus 2. With the original 1993 Hocus Pocus becoming a cult classic, the bar was set incredibly high for Hocus Pocus 2. The film begins with a flashback to 1653 […]
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Nostalgic News: Fear is 25 years old
Fear is 25 years old, also meaning that Mark Wahlberg (in spite of his unfavourable politics, to put it nicely) has been in starring roles in some of the biggest films produced by Hollywood for 25 years. It seems a little odd that the man who became most known for comic roles (in films like […]
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Nostalgic News: Fall Out Boy’s ‘Infinity on High’ Was Released 15 Years Ago.
Leann Yfrah looks back on Fall Out Boy’s classic 2007 album
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Nostalgic News: Hollow Knight was Released Five Years Ago
Five years on, Hollow Knight is still an indie-darling that charms everyone who gives it a go.
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Nostalgic News: Moana Turns Five!
Jade Farrow shares why this daughter of a chief is one of the best Disney Princesses.
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Nostalgic News: Allied was Released 5 Years Ago
While no mainstream cinema hit, Reece Beckett reflects on the brilliance of Robert Zemeckis’ Allied.
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Nostalgic News: Space Jam (1996) was released 25 years ago
25 years on, Irene Ma reminisces over one of the “most convincing crossovers of animated characters with the real world” ever.
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Nostalgic News: Arrival was Released Five Years Ago
Jacob Hando takes us back to yet another David Villeneuve masterpiece.
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Nostalgic News: Aphex Twin’s ‘drukqs’ was released 20 years ago
Max Williams takes us back in time to the release of Aphex Twin’s ‘drukqs’.