Category: Film Discussion

Film Discussion, Set The Tape

For SetTheTape.com: “Bolton Film Festival: Opening Night”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Taking place within Bolton Market Place’s luxurious Light Cinema, the 2018 edition of Bolton Film Festival opened with its timely named “Opening Night”. A packed crowd in screen 5 were presented with a terrific and diverse range of contemporary short film from … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Bolton Film Festival: Opening Night”

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For SetTheTape.com: “Phantasm – Spooktober”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi This October, Set the Tape will be celebrating ‘Spooktober’ – a month long exploration of horror movies famous and otherwise. Be afraid. Be very afraid… via Phantasm – Spooktober — Set The Tape Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Phantasm – Spooktober”

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For SetTheTape.com: “Looking back at… Predator 2”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Danny Glover is an LA cop; Gary Busey is antagonising too – no, this is not Lethal Weapon… but Predator 2! Released in 1990, but set in a slightly dystopian 1997, Predator 2 shared a handful of aspects with its predecessor, but … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Looking back at… Predator 2”

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For SetTheTape.com: “Throwback 20: BASEketball”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi “Your mom’s going out with…Squeak!” “Your sister’s going out with…Squeak!” What’s with all the hate for Squeak Scolari (Dian Bachar)? 20 years ago, the creators of South Park – Trey Parker and Matt Stone – teamed up with Airplane!’s David Zucker, creating … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Throwback 20: BASEketball”

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For SetTheTape.com: “Throwback 20: Lethal Weapon 4”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi 20 years ago, the Lethal Weapon franchise had effectively died. In recent years, a reboot of Lethal Weapon, in the form of a TV series, has proved to be entertaining for some, but troublesome for others. Lethal Weapon 4 marked the end … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Throwback 20: Lethal Weapon 4”

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Film Discussion, Interview, Set The Tape

For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: Awards and Interview with Dr Lisa Gold”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi The 2018 Telling Tales International Film & Audio Documentary Festival came to a conclusion with an intimate awards ceremony within Screen 1 of Manchester’s old Cornerhouse. Those who finished 3rd, 2nd and 1st were in receipt of a certificate and bouquet of … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: Awards and Interview with Dr Lisa Gold”

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For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: Best of Audio”

Audio appreciation outside of art installation, but consumed in the same manner as film, is a growing mode of entertainment. Telling Tales was proud yet again to display the best of student and professional audio documentary in the world today. Below are the three standouts from the festival: Iron Glove Velvet Fist Back in the […] via Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: Best of Audio … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: Best of Audio”

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Film Discussion, Film Reviews, Set The Tape

For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: MMU Student Shorts”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi On both the first and last days of Telling Tales, audiences were treated to a selection of the finest short films from first-year undergraduate students. The student shorts were presenting a portrait style of story-telling. Some students constructed documentaries around their family … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Telling Tales Film and Audio Festival: MMU Student Shorts”

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For SetTheTape.com: “Death Wish: Throwback to the Originals”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi To coincide with Eli Roth’s Death Wish remake, why not take a look back at the original five Death Wish films starring Charles Bronson, beginning in 1974 within the New Hollywood era and concluding as an embarrassing glorified TV-Movie in 1994. From … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Death Wish: Throwback to the Originals”

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For SetTheTape.com: “Walk Like a Panther: Wrestling in Film”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi In the sports film – be it drama, comedy or even action – the likes of boxing, American football, baseball, football/soccer and hockey have been produced almost excessively, but what about wrestling? Wrestling films – be them centred on independent promotions or … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Walk Like a Panther: Wrestling in Film”

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For SetTheTape.com: “15:17 to Paris: Clint Eastwood’s Best Directorial Film from Each Full Decade”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Clint Eastwood has been directing films – both good and bad – since 1971. Eastwood debuted in the director’s chair with Play Misty for Me, a thriller presenting Eastwood himself as a radio DJ, but one with the misfortune of acquainting a … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “15:17 to Paris: Clint Eastwood’s Best Directorial Film from Each Full Decade”

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For SetTheTape.com: “Throwback 10: Rambo”

• LIKE on Facebook   • FOLLOW on Twitter   • FOLLOW on Instagram • SUBSCRIBE on YouTube   • BUY ME A COFFEE on Ko-Fi Having successfully brought life back into the Rocky franchise with Rocky Balboa in 2006, it was inevitable that actor-writer-director, Sylvester Stallone, would bring back John Rambo for one last mission. With the new film, Rambo, being the fourth in the franchise, the … Continue reading For SetTheTape.com: “Throwback 10: Rambo”

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