A review of the Oscar winning film 'Gravity' considers the themes of isolation, death, sacrifice and rebirth.

The Lone Ranger (2013) has been such a flop at the US box-office that critics are heralding the death of the Western. Are these critics…

A review of the film The Great Gatsby.

M (Judi Dench) is nothing if not pragmatic. Before the opening credits of Skyfall have even rolled, she has allowed not one, but two of her…

Some thoughts about the film Prometheus and the human search for meaning.

Margaret Atwood is one of the most important and influential writers alive today. Her fiction explores and reflects the current cultural…

According to the Romans, ‘bread and circuses’ were the key to keeping a population content. As long as their immediate physical…

How do you begin to tell stories about a war which claimed more than fifteen million lives? For children's author Michael Morpurgo, the…

What happens when people are given free reign to do what they want with impunity? When there are no consequences for their actions because…