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

An old lady in a headscarf is buying a pint of milk in a local shop. She’s surprised by the price of the milk, and disturbed by the…

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

The colour red suffuses We Need to Talk About Kevin. Red paint is smeared across walls and car window screens, red jam oozes out of…

Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a very unusual sort of criminal. Along with the pragmatic Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), he is paid to…

Big Mike walks as though every step is an effort. Head and shoulders taller and a good few inches broader than everyone he passes, dressed…

The Shawshank Redemption has earned a reputation for being one of the most popular films of all time. Despite an unimpressive performance…

Towards the end of God on Trial, broadcast on Wednesday 3rd September 2008 on BBC2, a group of Auschwitz prisoners concluded that God was…

William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer in the English language - yet we know little about his personal life. Jerram Barrs…