Mark Gill’s feature-length directorial debut dramatises Morrissey’s pre-Smiths musings from 1978 to 1982. The life and times of the musical icon makes for entertaining viewing, but the canvas of late-’70s Manchester […]
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Week by Week TV: Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 5
Game of Thrones is the adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s series of books A Song of Ice and Fire. The series is a medieval struggle between noble families for the Iron Throne, sets […]
Week by Week TV: Twin Peaks The Return Part 14
Twin Peaks: The Return is directed by David Lynch and co-written by Lynch and Mark Frost. It stars Kyle MacLachlan as FBI special Agent Dale Cooper. This new, third series takes […]
Reid’s Reads: ‘Tetris: The Games People Play’ by Box Brown
In 1984 Alexy Pajitnov released a highly addictive game called Tetris, and the uniquely tangled journey the game went from creation to commercialism provides a surprisingly fascinating read. Box Brown’s […]
Review: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
A bold Luc Besson aims high with Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, based on a French comic series, the most expensive French film to date. The film boasts […]
Week by Week TV: Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 4
Game of Thrones is the adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s series of books A Song of Ice and Fire. The series is a medieval struggle between noble families for the Iron Throne, sets […]
Week by Week TV: Twin Peaks The Return Part 13
Twin Peaks: The Return is directed by David Lynch and co-written by Lynch and Mark Frost. It stars Kyle MacLachlan as FBI special Agent Dale Cooper. This new, third series takes […]
Why late-night comedy routines are best kept stateside
I have a strong aversion to American comedy. Every year, American film corporations produce numerous pieces of cinematic trash posing as comedy. They tend to portray a trivial plot armed […]
Week by Week TV: The Handmaid’s Tale Episode 10
Offred is one of the few fertile women in what was once America. As a handmaid, her only function is to bear children. Based on the novel of the same […]
Week by Week TV: Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 3
Game of Thrones is the adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s series of books A Song of Ice and Fire. The series is a medieval struggle between noble families for the Iron Throne, sets […]