This December marks the release of Peter Jackson’s ‘Desolation of Smaug’, Or The Hobbit Part II. Admittedly this is set to be the film of the festive season, but given it is Christmas time, when frantic materialism often clouds the true meaning of the season, it seems only right we […]

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues opened in cinemas December 18th as one of the most anticipated box office releases this year. Fans of the moustachioed, wise-cracking narcissist news anchor Ron Burgundy, played by Will Ferrell, have waited nine long years for writer-director Adam McKay to get the gang of field reporter […]

Marshall Mathers LP, the one that became a classic and represented what the hip-hop / rap industry should’ve been. The genre returned to the hood, once Eminem picked up the mic. Released in 2000, MMLP introduced content that was overwhelming with controversy. It showcased conflicts conjured from his personal life […]

The announcement that current Doctor Who Consul Mark Gatiss, with the help of Terry McDonough as Director and Matt Stevens as Producer, was recreating the show’s earliest days for the small screen led many (including me) to conclude that An Adventure in Space and Time would be yet another polished […]

Any Astronauts watching would have considered the events in Gravity to be a bad day at the office. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is on her first space mission which goes horribly awry after her space shuttle is torn apart from the debris of a destroyed satellite. Along with Matt Kowalski […]

This week sees the second instalment of the Hunger Games trilogy reach our screens in suitably magnificent style. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, Catching Fire begins with the aftermath of Peeta and Katniss’s victory in the 74th Hunger Games with the dawning realisation that the manner of […]

Starring: Jason Bateman, Paula Patton, Frank Grillo, Andrea Riseborough, Max Thieriot and Alexander Skarsgard. Duration: 1hr 55 mins Year: 2012 Cert: R/15 Director: Henry Alex Rubin Disconnect portrays our modern world exactly as it is, technological advancements and all. Whether they have taken over our lives, or made our existence […]

We’re all used to Hollywood’s wildly varying predictions of the nature of fire and brimstone apocalypse may rain down on humanity. Of these, Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer’s 1998 blockbuster Armageddon starring Bruce Willis is perhaps the most instantly recognisable. The plotline, for the uninitiated, revolves around a team of […]