Why Girls is vital 21st Century TV
TV shows can be really special. It doesn’t happen often – for every zeitgeist-capturing Seinfeld or The Thick of It, a thousand Two and a Half Men and Mrs Brown’s…
Spartacus: War of the Damned – Episode Seven: Mors Idecepta
After last episode saw Spartacus and the others cast out of Sinuesa en Valle, we see the slaves making camp upon the ridge that, as had been almost painfully made…
Pixar’s best moments
It started out as a means of digital film editing software that George Lucas hired in, something that would make blowing up the Death Star look more realistic. The software…
5 of the best James McAvoy performances
Ring the alarm bells, James McAvoy is back. He’s versatile, he’s gorgeous and he’s Scottish. After an inexcusably long absence (something about a baby), McAvoy’s everywhere. Eran Creevey’s Welcome to…
Danny Boyle Entrances Again
After helming the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony, and directing the National Theatre’s adaptation of Frankenstein, Danny Boyle returns to the big screen with a taut and thrilling drama. Trance…
No More Heroes
Humphrey Bogart. Fred Astaire. Marlon Brando. Male leads that came to define an era, flag-bearers of the golden age of Hollywood, and actors that have meagre equivalents (at best) in…
Review: The Spirit of ’45
Neoliberals should repress a individualistic shudder now for in The Spirit of ’45, veteran socialist and film-maker Ken Loach has produced an emotionally and politically resonant documentary which offers an…
Mission to (Veronica) Mars
An exciting thing happened last week, if you happen to be a supporter of the idea of crowdfunding – or of prematurely cancelled television shows. Nearly 6 years after a…
