Writer / directors Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest cerebral masterpiece is a fable on the purpose of morality, and the reasons for…

Having suffered a drawn-out divorce, a failed rebound relationship and a debilitating bout of depression, Elizabeth Gilbert decides to go…

Based on the iconic 1980s cartoon series and film of the same name, Transformers is the story of Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), an ordinary…

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

It doesn’t take usually take too much persuasion to get me to try a new box set of DVDs, but I have to say that I was a little…

Chronicles of Heaven Unshackled examines the presence (and absence) of God in the English novel, with particular reference to Tolkien and…

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

A review of the film of Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass.

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