The sequel was never going to live up to the first which was outstanding, but sadly it could have been better. With Jeff Wadlow writing and directing, we do miss out on the talent of […]
Arts | Freeview Flicks of the Week
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview. And seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
Film | Plein Soleil – The New Wave Restored
Plein Soleil is a forgotten classic of 1960s French cinema. It’s a bold and captivating noir-thriller with a Hitchcockian vibe. This year, to mark the centenary of director René Clément’s birth, StudioCanal has beautifully restored […]
Film | You're Next – Fighting Back
About half an hour into You’re Next, the couple sitting across from me in the cinema walked out, loudly declaring as they reached the exit, ‘Crap!’ I’m going to go out on a limb and […]
Photojournal: Winter Days in Buenos Aires
It’s 6am and LAN Airlines Flight #461 from Santiago de Chile to Buenos Aires is turbulently scaling the Andes Mountains. As the sun rises and illuminates their peaks, long shadows are cast through the snow. […]
Film | Elysium – Another Film, Another Planet
Neill Blomkamp’s feature-film debut, 2009’s District 9, garnered widespread acclaim for blending its science fiction thrills and high-octane action with a serious message about apartheid. Whilst not a straight forward sequel, Elysium is a film […]
Film | We're the Millers: Cheap Laughs
When he’s not appearing in music videos for Mumford and Sons, Jason Sudeikis has graduated from Saturday Night Live regular to a fully fledged leading man. His last role in Horrible Bosses established him alongside […]
TV | I (don't) Love My Country
It’s Saturday night. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade has just ended but you’re not ready to give up on a night of easy viewing television. You turn over to the BBC and find I […]
News | Filthy Leeds takeaway shut down over cockroach crust
A Leeds takeaway has been fined for food safety offences after a child found a cockroach in their pizza. Environmental health officers were called to investigate Munchies on Harehills Road and immediately closed the premises […]
Arts | Freeview Flicks of the Week
There’s always a wide selection of great films available on Freeview. And seeing as staying in is the new going out, TV presents the ideal opportunity to catch up on what you might have missed […]
Comment | Pass the Book
Last month, the coalition’s whipping boy Danny Alexander announced that the student loan book was to be sold off. You don’t have to look far to see that this will seriously damage confidence in higher […]
Film | The World's End: A Very British Apocalypse
The final scoop in the Blood and Ice Cream trilogy has been a long time coming, especially for die hard fans of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright, who promised a fitting conclusion […]