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The Amazing World Of 3D

The rise and fall of 3D cinema and TV in the 1980s, when the gimmick stumbled and failed as dramatically as it had three decades earlier.

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Do I Not Like That: Putting The Boot Into Soccer Movies

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The unimpressive world of soccer on the big screen is explored via football hooligans, ageing male fantasies and unlikely rom-coms.

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A Brief Trawl Through British Smut 1970-79

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The uniquely grotty world of the 1970s British softcore sex film is explored through its highlights and lowlights

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Desperate Video: Jaws, Kong, Disney, Depravity And Corruption

Our latest collection of video features from our YouTube channel covers everything from banned books to Disney novelties.

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Raindance 2024: The Click Trap

The Click Trap explores the world of online disinformation – but ironically does so in a rather subjective and biased way.

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Who Killed Teddy Bear? A Sordid Masterpiece

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An uncomfortable mix of art and sleaze that is designed to leave the viewer feeling as uncomfortable as possible.

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Just One More Thing… Columbo Comes To Blu-Ray

Columbo was the best TV detective show of the 1970s and remains consistently entertaining and intriguing even today.

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Michael Mosley And The Social Media Plague

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Michael Mosley’s disappearance and death quickly became a circus for social media commenters, narcissists and the worst people in the world.

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Cocaine Werewolf: Not To Be Snorted At

Cocaine Werewolf is the latest zero-budget, high-concept horror movie, coming in the wake of other eccentric movies from director Mark Polonia.

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Desperate Video: Film Censors, Rare VHS And Alcohol-Free Beer

Our weekly round-up of our video posts includes rare VHS, banned movies, video nasties, cult cinema classics and alcohol-free beer.

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The Triumph Of The Trivial

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The complacency and refusal to change of traditional broadcasters has allowed YouTube to outdo them in almost every aspect.

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Hopping Mad – Unearthing Mr Vampire

Looking back at the revolutionary 1985 horror comedy that helped kickstart the Hong Kong exploitation movie craze of the 1990s.

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