Pain and Gain is a mixed bag of a film. Directed by Michael Bay, and starring Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Mark Wahlberg and Anthony Mackie, it sees a trio of bodybuilders from Sun Gym, Miami […]
Food | Gingerbread Lad – Serving Up Summer
What better way to spend the long weeks away from studying, than cooking up some treats to enjoy on a (hopefully) hot summer’s day? Breakfast – Avocado and Tomato on Toast Toast doesn’t have to […]
Film | Kick-Ass 2 – Fighting Style
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 […]
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 […]
What's On: Family Tree
In a world of Parks and Recreation, Twenty Twelve, and the ever-changing beast that is Alan Partridge (please, please look up Mid-Morning Matters before you buy your ticket for Alpha Papa, you’ll thank me), Christopher […]
Review: Latitude 2013 – Saturday
Along with the Rolling Stones headlining Glastonbury, Kraftwerk’s 3D show at Latitude has been one of the most anticipated festival slots of 2013. The German band did a huge amount in the mid to late […]
Film | Alan Partridge – Alpha Papa
From On The Hour (1991) to I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan (2011), Steve Coogan and co. have nurtured one of the most authentic and downright hilarious comedy characters of our time. Testament […]