Author: Jacob Hando


  • My Favourite Book Cover: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

    Jacob Hando discusses why ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ has such an impactful front cover.

  • Our Favourite Noughties Games

    From Wii Sports to Lego Star Wars, The Edge Writers share their favourite games that were released in the Noughties.

  • Review- Top Gun: Maverick

    Unmissable, masterful, and one of the greatest sequels of all time; Jacob Hando sure has a lot to say about Top Gun: Maverick.

  • Review: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

    The latest MCU film has arrived- but does it live up to the madness of its title?

  • Nostalgic News: JFK was Released 30 Years Ago

    Released thirty years ago, JFK was a political thriller, unlike anything Oliver Stone had made before.

  • In Anticipation: Avatar 2

    After a few delays, Avatar 2 finally has a palpable release date that has us wondering… will it be as good as the first?

  • Review: The Godfather 50th Anniversary

    Film Editor Jacob Hando got to see one of the all time greats at the cinema.

  • Hidden Classics: The Last Samurai

    In the early 2000s, Gladiator renewed interest in the historical action film. Kingdom of Heaven, Troy, Alexander and Master and Commander are some of the most notable examples of this time, but the greatest and most unsung of them all is Edward Zwick’s majestic The Last Samurai. Released to moderately positive reviews, a few lacklustre […]

  • Review: The Book of Boba Fett

    Film editor, Jacob Hando, reviews season one of The Book of Boba Fett

  • Spoiler Review: The Book of Boba Fett Episode 6

    Film editor, Jacob Hando, breaks down the many jaw-breaking moments of episode 6 in ‘The Book of Boba Fett’

  • “Catering to people loses your authenticity”: An Interview with Thom from Alt-J

    Jacob Hando talks to Thom Sonny Green about Alt-J’s upcoming album, The Dream.

  • Review: The Power of the Dog – One of the Year’s Best

    The closing shot of The Searchers is the most famous and influential shot in the Western genre, as John Wayne is framed to perpetual loneliness by the rectangle of a door frame. The Power of the Dog updates the shot very early on into a triptych one: Benedict Cumberbatch’s Phil Burbank prowls between the frame […]

  • Review: The Harder They Fall

    One of the great lies of Hollywood is that the Old West was white. The Western genre dates to the inception of filmmaking and its gilded era in the 1950s and 1960s saw productions in that genre churned out at such a rate as to make Marvel blush. Of course, seemingly every single one of […]

  • Review: King Richard

    Venus and Serena Williams have a barnstorming 122 singles titles between them. Their careers are widely regarded among the greatest of all tennis players and athletes, period. This iconic household rivalry is traced in the sports-biopic King Richard through the lens of their father, Richard Williams, who passionately and controversially drove the girls to the […]