The King's Speech is book-ended by two speeches. The first is a disaster, a deeply humiliating experience for Prince Albert, Duke of York…

What would the world be like if no one had ever lied? Ricky Gervais's new film, The Invention of Lying, explores this question with the…

A historical argument for linking the growth of freedom with the development of Christianity.

'Whispers of Redemption' in Maleficent, Disney's makeover of Sleeping Beauty.

In 1959, the children of a new elementary school bury a time capsule containing their ideas of what they think the world will be like in…

The Shawshank Redemption has earned a reputation for being one of the most popular films of all time. Despite an unimpressive performance…

Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel The Kite Runner, set in the author’s homeland Afghanistan, became a Hollywood blockbuster…

An examination of a life falling apart in the film 'Locke'.

To my mind, one of the main interests of Philip Pullman’s controversial trilogy is not specifically related to the books. It lies in…