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…

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 Mamma Mia! - the movie.

'Whispers of Redemption' in Maleficent, Disney's makeover of Sleeping Beauty.

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

To my mind, one of the main interests of Philip Pullman’s controversial trilogy is not specifically related to the books. It lies in…

A review of the film Juno.

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

How can we be transformed through suffering? Surprisingly, the eighties cult film The Karate Kid offers some insights. If you're unfamiliar…