• Time Hop: Trailer Watch – The Phantom Menace

    November 1998: The first Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace trailer premieres in cinemas around the world. Expectations were high…oh, innocence is bliss. IMPACT Film & TV dare to imagine a Trailer Watch from yesteryear… George Lucas’ stellar new trailer for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace showcases the thrilling, classic StarWars-esque...
  • Star Wars: The Story So Far (Part 1, The Prequels)

    Come December the 17th the Star Wars Saga will have spanned over 60 years in canonical history. So with the run into The Force Awakens well underway, it is worth taking some time to look back over the story so far… Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace...
  • Star Wars: Why the Prequels Matter

    The Star Wars prequel films have been notoriously labelled as terrible films, but are they? Well, lets break it down. The dialogue is laughable, any character development is non-existent and they suffer from a director who was far too reliant on technology. Yet it is that same director who...
  • The Future of Cinema: Digital’s Phantom Sensation

    With all the mass-marketing hype behind ‘new, never before seen’ benefits of 4K television, the average consumer can be forgiven for not knowing that 4K content has been an increasingly regular feature of our media for the past decade. I found myself reflecting on this back in November, following...