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 ]
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The Beginner’s Guide to Anime, No. 176 – Yuri!!! on Ice
It has been nearly a year since I last wrote one of these articles, mainly because I needed to cut … [ 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 ]
The League of Gentlemen: who in Royston Vasey have we seen, seen, seen, seen…
They were right: You’ll never leave!
The Last Jedi approaches
Rumour mongers are in overdrive at the moment casting out some rank implausible ‘ITK’ gossip on what happens in Star … [ Read More ]
How Dracula lost his X-rating
When Bram Stoker’s hero, Jonathan Harker, wrote a diary entry in the 1897 novel Dracula saying that the the “old … [ Read More ]
Should we be ashamed to watch a Kevin Spacey movie?
Enjoying the work of Kevin Spacey the actor doesn’t make you a bad person. Even now, knowing what you’ve read … [ Read More ]
Top picks – BFI London Film Festival 2017
The 61st BFI London Film Festival which has just ended, provided a true feast of celluloid treats, with more than … [ Read More ]
Preview – Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor
It’s the sporting event the world has been waiting for as Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor meet in the boxing … [ Read More ]
BBC announce new cooking competition with Mary Berry and Claudia Winkleman
BBC One has announced that it is launching a new cookery competition as Mary Berry leads the charge to find … [ Read More ]
Game of Thrones – Stormborn
Stormborn is a very neat and plot-laden episode that wastes nothing in its linking up of the parallel storylines. There … [ Read More ]
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Dunkirk
Christopher Nolan’s chosen subject for his latest grand scale project is the retreat and evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force … [ Read More ]
Film of the Day – Rock Dog
Luke Wilson voices Bodi, a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff charged with guarding his village’s sheep, in this 2016 animated adventure directed … [ Read More ]
New adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s My Cousin Rachel will leave you wondering long after credits roll
“She has done for me at last, Rachel my torment.” The last words of Ambrose Ashley, cousin and much-loved guardian … [ Read More ]
How The Handmaid’s Tale is being transformed from fantasy into fact
Don’t overinterpret The Handmaid’s Tale, warned a recent piece in The Atlantic. Comparisons between the dystopian United States crafted by … [ Read More ]
The QI boxsets: a pedantic look
As the Elves have called me their “chief pedant”, and soon they will begin researching Series P, I have decided … [ Read More ]
King Charles III: it’s about time the monarchy got a good ribbing
King Charles III (Tim Pigott-Smith). ©Robert Viglasky for BBC/Drama Republic The BBC is again under attack, this time for having … [ Read More ]
(NSFW) The Beginner’s Guide to Anime, No. 175 – Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist
If you want to watch you can do – just don’t say I didn’t warn you about its contents.
Doctor Who takes an ethical stance towards alien life – so why isn’t he vegan?
Since the Doctor Who series was rebooted in 2005 the television show has consistently presented the Doctor as a moral … [ Read More ]
The return of the Great British ‘manly man’
Nicola Bishop, Manchester Metropolitan University When ships were made of wood, men were made of steel. So begins each episode … [ Read More ]
The Beginner’s Guide to Anime, No. 174 – Otaku no Video
I know that I haven’t done this column for a long time now. The reason for this is that it … [ Read More ]
Taboo: the East India Company and the true horrors of empire
Andrea Major, University of Leeds “When you left London the East India Company was a trading company,” Tom Hardy’s troubled … [ Read More ]
SS-GB: BBC’s intriguing Adaptation of Len Deighton’s alternate history novel
Produced by Sid Gentle Films Ltd, SS-GB has been adapted from Len Deighton’s intriguing, alternate history novel of the same … [ Read More ]
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