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…

Swan Lake is a beautiful, tragic story. The delicate art of ballet sensitively describes both the joy and turmoil of its main characters.…

Vampires are currently one of the biggest phenomena in popular culture. They are central to hit television series like True Blood, Being…

An in-depth look at cognitive scientist Steven Pinker's book Rationality: What it is, Why it seems Scarce, Why it Matters

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

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…

Dawn Bundy is a fifteen-year-old English girl. She is not especially attractive, and she doesn’t really fit in. Her best friends are…

In 1959, the children of a new elementary school bury a time capsule containing their ideas of what they think the world will be like in…

A review of the film Inkheart.