FOR MANY bands that emerged in latter part of the 20th century, the Pixies were their musical idols. Acts like Radiohead and Nirvana worshipped the Alt-Gods and the Pixies are often considered to be...
OSCAR Isaac and Jessica Chastain, in their own respects, are at the head of the new vanguard of quality Hollywood actors. The former is chameleonic, inhabiting disparate parts in wildly diverse films; the latter...
THE NAME To Pimp a Butterfly reportedly is an interpretation of Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. If you know To Kill a Mockingbird, you’re already on the right lines when it comes...
THE YEAH Yeah Yeahs entered the music scene with a bum rush of other ‘Garage Rock Revival’ related bands from across the globe; The Hives, The Strokes, The Libertines, The Vines, The White Stripes…...
THIS week’s Torment is an acerbic throttling of Will Smith’s most recent stab at Oscar glory: Seven Pounds. Rich Kee: I don’t like hating movies. It’s very rare that I come out of a movie really bothered...
MUMFORD & Sons returned to our ears this week with their newly released track ‘Believe’, which is the first single released from their upcoming new album. Mumford have had somewhat of a u-turn on...
TIM BURTON is reportedly directing the live action re-make of Disney’s Dumbo. Yes, this is not a drill, Dumbo is apparently being re-made. The director of such films as Edward Scissorhands and Corpse...
IT’S BEEN ten years this week since the release of Employment by British indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs. The first two singles ‘Oh My God’ and the evergreen ‘I Predict a Riot’ both peaked in...
TODAY AT GDC ( the Game Developer Convention) Harmonix, the developers of the first Guitar Hero and the Rock Band series, have announced that they are making a new Rock Band for the Playstation 4...
NOW THAT the Oscar fallout has well and truly settled – and we can stave off the entire bloody awards season at last – it’s back to business here at Film Torments. No theme...
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