Why are so many of the films and TV shows we enjoy obsessed with the end of the world?

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…

A review of the book and film of Watchmen.

A review of Mamma Mia! - the movie.

What does J.B. Priestley's play An Inspector Calls have to say to us about sin, responsibility and being human?

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

A review of the recent Sherlock Holmes films and BBC TV series.

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…