I don't talk about comics much on this blog, but they are one of my favourite ways to escape and unwind. When S and I head up to London,...

The new film from those folks over at the Wizarding World is coming. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is set to continue next...

Whether the arrival of the next Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: No Way Home, interests you or not, you are unlikely to have been able to...

The trailer for the new Guy Ritchie film, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, has landed. The film focuses on the adventures of super-spy...

I can't quite believe it's been four years since I started this blog. In the last few weeks I've been pretty quiet as work and the rest...

Netflix's new show Lupin has dropped and I cannot recommend it highly enough. I love the Arsène Lupin character. He is a gentleman thief,...

“It’s a shame we even have to discuss.” That was Will Smith’s reflection in his song If You Can’t Dance (Slide) from his 2006 album Lost...

There is no other fictional character who has shaped me or who means as much to me as Tintin. I first discovered the adventures of the...

Let's not sugar coat it; this year has been rough. It has been equal parts trying and tragic, with a global pandemic causing millions of...

Culture has never been more important than it was during this year. Ironically, at a time when the arts were being widely abandoned by...

Image by Banquet Records “Food for the soul.” That is how S described Jamie Cullum’s gig at Kingston’s The Rose Theatre yesterday. On the...

There are 24 days until Christmas - and we are going to be digging out a slice of festive film goodness every day. But these are not just...

All lockdown and no play makes Chris a dull boy. All lockdown and no play makes Chris a dull boy. All lockdown and no play makes Chris a...

It appears that being Peter Parker is not franchise potential enough for Tom Holland. The incumbent Spider-Man recently reignited his...

Dwayne Johnson recently announced that he has passed 200 million followers on Instagram. This makes him the most followed man in America...

The Emmys took place last night and, I'll be honest, for a while I thought my invite had got lost in the post. But then I realised two...

I know it was well promoted, but the first season of The Umbrella Academy on Netflix was something of a sleeper hit for me. I love a...

Today is May 4th. To the non-Star Wars literate among you, that makes it ‘Star Wars Day’, the unofficial holiday in recognition of the...

Last month, Nicholas Bowman-Scargill and his Fears watch brand gave the world the message we all needed from a luxury brand, taking the...

We all had that one teacher at school who inspired us – one way or another. For me it was Clive Marshall, he was the English and sports...