How can we be transformed through suffering? Surprisingly, the eighties cult film The Karate Kid offers some insights. If you're unfamiliar…

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…

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…

Bill Maher, a well-known American comedian, satirist and religious sceptic has added this comedy-documentary to the growing number of…

‘What do you do when you're not sure?’ Father Brendan Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) opens his sermon with a question which…

A review of Lily Allen's CD It's Not Me It's You.

This essay attempts to do two things. Firstly, it seeks to offer a brief tour of some of the developments in western literature,…

Beyoncé is incredibly popular. What makes her music resonate so deeply with people?

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