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…

James Bond has been in the spying business for such a long time that he really ought to be up for a long-service award. But the…

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

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

Pete Atkinson considers the difference the Christianity made to the Roman Empire. 'Are You Not Entertained?' – The Gladiator Who…

When newspaper columnist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) meets homeless, schizophrenic Juilliard-dropout Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Jr. (Jamie…

‘I don’t know if the story I want to tell you is entirely true,’ confesses the narrator at the opening of Michael…

The statistics are every bit as mind-boggling as the spectacle. A reported budget of $280,000,000 makes James Cameron’s Avatar one of…

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…