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Upstart Crow: Shakespeare sitcom is really quite educational
Making Shakespeare relevant for contemporary society is often the work of theatre directors, scholars and teachers. But this is what … [ Read More ]
Mamma Mia! Here come the tourists again
The Abba-inspired sequel of Mamma Mia is filling cinemas around the world. But the film’s location – the small Croatian … [ Read More ]
Sex and the City is 20 – and still in fashion
At the London premiere of Sex and the City 2, there was one climactic scene which had the audience gasping … [ Read More ]
Can England break the curse of ITV this World Cup?
England have won both of their 2018 World Cup so far. You can argue this is because Tunisia and Panama … [ Read More ]
Why Love Island is the best kept guilty secret on British television
As is so often the case these days, we didn’t have to wait for series four of Love Island to … [ Read More ]
Ready Player One: we are surprisingly close to realising just such a VR dystopia
I was fortunate enough to catch a preview screening of Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s futuristic … [ Read More ]
Cool Britannia: TV drama doesn’t capture the story being unearthed of the Roman invasion
The new TV series Britannia airing now (produced for Sky Atlantic in the UK, screening on Foxtel’s Showcase in Australia) … [ Read More ]
Why Hollywood has its eyes on the BAFTAs – and the British industry is looking back
I have to confess that until recently, I’d never really got the BAFTAs. The coverage of the British Academy Award … [ Read More ]
Snow White at 80: Disney may be flawed, but we are still in thrall to its cartoon magic
On December 21, 1937, Walt Disney’s first full feature length production Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered at the … [ Read More ]
The Last Jedi: latest Star Wars is a fable for our post-truth times
Warning: Spoiler alert The Star Wars universe is no stranger to political allegories. Many viewers have pointed out the parallels … [ Read More ]
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