Month: December 2015

Celebrating the centenary of the publication of the general theory of relativity, “famous for its story-like thought experiments,” in the manner of spacetime itself an invitation was issued

When Daredevil was released a mere six months ago it was universally praised for its excellence with words like “gritty,” “dark” and “mature” amongst the adjectives frequently found

Published in May of this year and riding high on a number of Best of 2015 lists, Uprooted is the first novel of Naomi Noviks which I have

Reinventing a beloved icon for a new generation may delight a younger audience, but it can be a traumatic event for the elders who see their childhood memories

With an introductory crawl which speaks of the continuing fight for peace and justice in the universe, an ongoing quest requiring daring missions rather than the opposition of

In the fifty one years since the first episode was produced – and rejected – Star Trek has been almost everything to everyone. A failed television show, a

With his introduction inspired by the words of Alvin Toffler a warning on the changes of too much change in too much time, the past century has seen

By the time it is released next summer it will be an astonishing twenty years since Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day was released, grossing ten times its budget, putting

Following directly from 2014’s Days of Future Past which featured both the “original” cast from Bryan Singer’s original films and their younger counterparts from Matthew Vaughn’s 2011 First

With almost fifty films adapted from or inspired by it, it takes a man either brave or foolish to approach one of the most famous texts of both