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The Week In Awfulness Part 2: Network Off-Air

Why the demise of the label behind most of the vintage TV releases in Britain is a tragedy – and perhaps a sign of things to come.

The Ubiquity Of Popular Culture

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When movies and TV shows are everywhere all the time, they lose the sense of scarcity and importance that originally made them so special.

Primed For Profit: The BBFC’s Double Standards

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The British censors allow wealthy streaming giants to self-certify at a reduced cost, while still bleeding physical media distributors dry.

The Plex Problem – Why Technology Always Lets Us Down

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Kath Rella is not thrilled by continual ‘improvements’ to services that were perfectly fine as they were.

Cataloguing Two Decades Of Obscure British Horror Films

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One man’s mission to watch, review or simply acknowledge the existence of the endless number of zero-budget British horror films made – so far – during the 21st Century.

Twitter Panic And The Fragility Of Social Media

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Twitter’s current problems – and the possibility that it might all end very badly – just goes to show that we shouldn’t become dependent on any single form of communication.

The DVD Is Not Dead Yet

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Let’s not write off old-school physical media just yet.

Shudder Originals And The Great Reset In How We Consume Movies

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Examining a collection of Shudder Originals while pondering how the streaming revolution feels more like a return to the norm than a giant leap forward.