Category: Review

Arriving in our multiplexes with little fanfare is the latest in a seemingly endless line of Young Adult dystopian dramas taken from literary sources. Based on Lois Lowry’s

If the novelist David Mitchell was not already best known for his epic 2004 work Cloud Atlas, defying description and ignoring the conventions of genre as it picked

When it was announced that there was to be a television series about Bruce Wayne before he became the Batman there was an understandable fear that it would

Director Joe Dante first made his name as a director of horror served with a twist of humour with Piranha (1978) and The Howling (1981) before embracing comedy

A change of career is something everyone should consider, and within the film industry the most common direction is towards the director’s seat as frequently demonstrated by actors

While some writer/producers can be relied on to consistently deliver viewing which is in equal measures challenging, demanding, compulsive and rewarding, Bryan Fuller alone channels a quirkiness into

The Scottish independence question is one on which this site maintains a neutral positision. Being based in Scotland, however, many of our contributors have a vote and an

The bold and vibrant career of Ronald D Moore has largely been built upon television shows originally devised by others, as a staff writer on Star Trek The

It begins with The Thief and the Last Battle, a misdirection from the opening chapter which lays the groundwork for what is to come. After two books of

The wind is harsh in Thorlby, capital of Gettland on the western shore of the Shattered Sea, and the news carried on the wings of the messenger birds