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Impact spoke with filmmaker Steve Kahn about his new short film Fear, to be screened on Saturday 24th January as part of the Beeston Film Festival. Did you have any particular influences, cinematic or otherwise, when making Fear? I started out in the sciences, in physics. Early on the sciences...

Whiplash – verb: to jerk or jolt (someone or something) suddenly, typically so as to cause injury. Also a fitting title for a film that explores the road to greatness. Damien Chazelle’s latest effort has received most praise for the stunning performances of its leads, Miles Teller and J. K. Simmons....

Producer Luc Besson’s Taken franchise is back for its third and final instalment with the aptly stylised title of Tak3n. Although star Liam Neeson shows he is still capable of dominating the action genre, this series finale falls below the mediocre, with a guaranteed chance of forgetting the entire plot as soon as...

With six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, American Sniper is the story of US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the biopic is based on Kyle’s autobiography as the most lethal sniper in US military history, providing a different take on war dramas. American Sniper stars Bradley Cooper and...

“I’m coming after your boy with all I’ve got. And when it’s done, and it will be done… then I’ll let you die.” On the same day that Tak3n hit UK cinemas, the trailer for Run All Night was released. Seeing Liam Neeson in yet another action movie, this time, he’s protecting...

logo credit: Paul Banks, Peril Design With noble and lofty long-term goals, the Nottingham Alternative Film Network (NAFN) are the latest addition to the film clubs of Nottingham’s cultural hub. Thomas Humphrey, NAFN’s Network Director, explained that he and Network Producer Sanpreet Janjua “both take a firm stance against the mainstream....

Of the directors in the world, the one most suited to making major blockbusters with sweeping special effects is Ridley Scott. He did it before with Alien, Gladiator and Robin Hood, but his new film doesn’t deal with aliens, Romans, or a folklore legend. Instead his new film’s origins are rooted in...