If you’re a fan of the Hugh Grant movie or the original Nick Hornby novel, then you will probably be slightly appalled by the new American sitcom adaptation of About A Boy. Upbeat, sentimental, full […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week – Time Bandits, Public Enemies & a giant peach
LSi has compiled our weekly list of the best films on TV. This week we ride an unstoppable train, encounter a giant peach and see WWII through a child’s eyes. MONDAY – Time Bandits (Film4 […]
TV | Made-up spoilers for Game of Thrones season four
**WARNING contains fake spoilers for Game of Thrones season 4 and possibly real spoilers for Game of Thrones seasons 1-3. But to be honest, if you’ve made this this far without knowing the spoilers for […]
Film | Berlinale – The Berlin Film Festival
Image: Berlinale The Berlin Film Festival, or Berlinale, is just one of the many highlights in a city that is full to the brim with culture. In February every year, for two weeks the capital […]
Film | Starred Up – Jack O'Connell is a rising star
Image: Sigma Films, Film 4 In my opinion, the vision of Film4 films and the situations they portray are like an actor’s version of a live musical performance: risky, personal, and if done well make […]
TV | The Walshes – 'Original, touching and very, very funny'
This new sitcom, from Graham Linehan deserves all the recognition it can get. What The Walshes does with this base is something original, touching, and very, very funny.
Art/Film | Kiss Kiss Kill Kill – the spy canon beyond Bond
Image: Kiss Kiss Kill Kill Archive The mention of spy films alone is enough to make people instantly think of James Bond. Beyond the suited and booted gadget-wielding Bond, though, lies a canon of European […]
TV | Inspector De Luca – Masterful Italian detective drama
First shown in 2008, Inspector De Luca is the new Italian detective drama to compete with the Scandinavian haven that we’ve all grown accustomed to on BBC4. The TV series is set in 1938 when Italian […]
Interview | Nina Conti – the ventriloquist standup chats to LSi
With a new live show, theatre piece, sitcom and documentary all in the making, Nina Conti is on a pretty tight schedule. This week, she heads to Mayrhofen for the skiing and comedy festival, and […]
TV | Louis Theroux's LA Stories
Louis Theroux’s work has taken him around the globe but it is his interest in the weird and wonderful subcultures of American society that has truly defined his career. In the past Theroux has always […]
TV | Freeview Flicks of the week – Sleepers, Submarine and good old King Kong
Our latest LSi round up of the best films on TV. This week we encounter Brendan Gleeson as an unorthodox Irish policeman, look after a baby with three bachelors and fight off a giant gorilla! […]
TV | W1A – Does it live up to it's predecessor, Twenty Twelve?
From the makers of Twenty Twelve, W1A is the new BBC comedy show recycling the Twenty Twelve the main character, Ian Fletcher (Hugh Bonneville). Fresh from screwing up his role as head of the Olympic […]