Risen - a sceptic's perspective
Thoughts on the film Risen which looks at the resurrection of Jesus through the eyes of a sceptical Roman soldier.
Is There Freedom in Running Away with the Circus?
An exploration of the themes in The Greatest Showman, with questions for reflection and discussion.
Last Chance Saloon
The Lone Ranger (2013) has been such a flop at the US box-office that critics are heralding the death of the Western. Are these critics…
The Hunger Games
According to the Romans, ‘bread and circuses’ were the key to keeping a population content. As long as their immediate physical…
Inception
Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a very unusual sort of criminal. Along with the pragmatic Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), he is paid to…
Skins
There are many people who will have switched off during the first five minutes of Skins, E4’s notorious wild-child. The show is…
Avatar
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…
Transformers
Based on the iconic 1980s cartoon series and film of the same name, Transformers is the story of Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), an ordinary…
Lark Rise to Candleford
It doesn’t take usually take too much persuasion to get me to try a new box set of DVDs, but I have to say that I was a little…