Politically incorrect love story Indian Summer pushes for crowd funding

Indian Summer

It’s billed as ‘a politically incorrect love story featuring knights, burning arrows, conkers and blackmailing dog walkers’, the short film Indian Summer is looking for funding on KickStarter.

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The legacy of Ray Harryhausen

The skeletons attack in Jason and the Argonauts

Anyone who grew up with the wonderful stop-motion effects in the likes of Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans will know the name Ray Harryhausen. Last week, the stop-motion maestro sadly passed away – but he leaves behind a rich legacy of work that continues to inspire today’s blockbusters.

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Sex, Leins & Videotape #153. Tom Leins reviews Bait and The Facility

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The Bait has plenty going for it in terms of tense creature feature thriller, and The Faculty offers dodgy medical testing shenanigans. Tom Leins reviews

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Sex, Leins & Videotape #152. Tom Leins reviews Spartacus: War of the Damned and Ultraviolet

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It is a battle of the box-sets as Spartacus: War of the Damned goes head-to-head with Ultraviolet in this week’s DVD round-up.

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The rise of the Latin American road trip movie

The Motorcycle Diaries

There have been a string of road movies based in South America in recent years. Sean Wilson takes a look at this fascinating and much welcome trend in contemporary world cinema.

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Actors needed for mystery short to be shot in Plymouth

Short thriller to be shot in Plymouth needs cast

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Sex, Leins & Videotape #151. Tom Leins reviews Seven Psychopaths, Blood Simple: Director's Cut and Ten Years

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Psychotic behaviour, uncomfortable high school reunions and retro noir are all on the agenda in this week’s DVD round-up.

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Plymouth gets a flavour of Hollywood's golden age with Chez Paulette exhibition

Chez Paulette

The sights, sounds and smells of Hollywood in the late 1950s and early 60s are coming to Plymouth University

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Untouchable review: French megahit is fun, light-hearted and full of good intentions

Untouchables film

What makes a film the second most popular film in France ever? Declan Cochran reviews Untouchable

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