James Bond has been in the spying business for such a long time that he really ought to be up for a long-service award. But the…

A New Testament scholar reviews Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code.

David Cronenberg built his reputation on making challenging, boundary-breaking films which explore sexuality, violence and death. So…

I watched The Grey the other night, and thought it was disturbing, haunting, devoid of hope and the best film I'd seen in a long time. The…

‘I don’t know if the story I want to tell you is entirely true,’ confesses the narrator at the opening of Michael…

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…

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

Review of Amazing Grace in the light of whether religion is a force for good or for bad.

An in-depth look at cognitive scientist Steven Pinker's book Rationality: What it is, Why it seems Scarce, Why it Matters