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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

review by Jacob James Cinema started in 2001 when our lord and saviour made his big screen debut: Shrek. Hero worship aside, Shrek really was a milestone for animation. Not only did Dreamworks’ giant green middle finger to the House of Mouse mark the studio’s biggest success yet, but it went on to nab the […]

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Top Gun: 1986 and all that

Can you imagine?  Thirty-six years since the original Top Gun hit the screens?  With the sequel selling out screenings here and across cinemas nationwide, our resident critic Jacob James looks back at the original. When it comes to actors with a drastic change in their filmography, few have done it quite like Tom Cruise. At […]

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Creators Network for May

Orbit Creators Network is a casual, friendly and supportive networking event for content creators of any platform and genre held in Telford’s independent cinema.  If you have been learning about your craft from Youtube or Uni, this is for you! If you are podcasting, vlogging, making features, shorts or TikToks, Urbex, Horror, Comedy or Documentary, […]

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The Full Monty: It’s certainly not perfect, but it’s not bad either.

It’s 1997. Princess Dania met her fate, Heaven’s Gate went to their ‘paradise’ and Pokemon started airing on April Fool’s Day. In the realm of film… it was a bit of a mixed bag. There were masterpieces like Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke and there was Perfect Blue (a film perfect for the whole family). At […]

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Creators Network for April

If you have been learning about your craft from Youtube or Uni, this is for you! If you are podcasting, vlogging, making features, shorts or TikToks, Urbex, Horror, Comedy or Documentary, this is for you. It can be a lonely business making content, sometimes bouncing ideas off others or collabs can lead to new inspiration […]

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Gary Delaney to speak at the Creators Network

If you have been learning about your craft from Youtube or Uni, this is for you! If you are podcasting, vlogging, making features, shorts or TikToks, Urbex, Horror, Comedy or Documentary, this is for you. It can be a lonely business making content, sometimes bouncing ideas off others or collabs can lead to new inspiration […]

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The Batman – Review

The Batman comes to Wellington Orbit on March 25th, Jacob James reviews… I don’t think there’s one movie character who goes through as many drastic changes as the Caped Crusader, the Dark Knight, the terror that flaps in the night (no wait, that’s Darkwing Duck) — Batman! From the campy, shark repellent, ‘Somedays you just […]

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