When The Wire and The Sopranos were in their pomp, social networking wasn’t a dominant force. Breaking Bad’s reach is far further than any of its boxset predecessors due to two things: sheer quality and...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th September 2013
We got a glimpse of the titular and enigmatic mother from How I Met Your Mother at the end of season eight: a woman yielding a yellow umbrella. But it wasn’t until the very end...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th September 2013
For all of Kanye West’s assertions of his own prominence, it’s difficult to justify many of his outbursts. His latest – telling Zane Lowe in a BBC interview just what he thinks of his own...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 24th September 2013
It’s been called the first network superhero show to rival Arrow, which was a surprise success in its own right. That’s right, Agents of SHIELD debuts tonight on ABC, taking place after the monumental battle...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th September 2013
So, it was creative differences all along. The remaining band members - Roger Taylor and Bryan May – have revealed exactly why Sacha Baron Cohen was forced out of the Freddie Mercury biopic, but have...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 24th September 2013
It’s difficult to know exactly how to start this recap/review. As we reach the end of a show rightly categorized next The Wire and The Sopranos in terms of quality, a strange aura of serenity...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd September 2013
Since he burst onto the scene as a wee magician all those years ago, Daniel Radcliffe has become a global star. Eight Harry Potter films secured him a lifetime of wealth and fame, but the...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd September 2013
It’s pretty simple: if millions upon millions of people are playing a videogame, it’s time to push the envelope and turn that videogame into a film. The franchise is developing nicely, and Deadline has reported...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd September 2013
David Attenborough has travelled the entire globe, filming nature documentaries in a career that has spanned six decades, but Richmond in West London is officially his favourite place on this earth. The legendary broadcaster was...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd September 2013
The one true bastion of sanctity – in that humans have no knowledge of what happens after death occurs – is being challenged by Google, and even if they fail in their goal to solve...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd September 2013
If you’ve watched House of Cards, then you’ll know Kevin Spacey’s character – the unflinching Frank Underwood – doesn’t take kindly to anything less than perfection.Spacey's strong performance wasn't enough to bag an Emmy.And while...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd September 2013
Rihanna – if she’s not wowing thousands of people at once on a stadium tour or selling millions of albums within in weeks of release, she’s getting illegal animal owners in hot water with the...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 23rd September 2013
James McAvoy continues to assert himself as one of the finer actors of his generation. In his new film, Filth – one of Irvine Welsh’s fruitier novels – fans of the Scottish actor might just...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 23rd September 2013
Despite the seemingly crippling twin concerns of being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and undergoing surgery for prostate cancer, Scottish comedian and national treasure Billy Connolly has vowed to keep on working, in what can only...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18th September 2013
The Justin Timberlake comeback can’t really be called a comeback anymore, can it? After making a cryptic vid in which he announced his intention to make more music, he stormed the charts, collaborating with Jay...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 18th September 2013
A rather disturbing story has emerged regarding Whitney Houston, 1 year and 7 month after the singer died in a bathtub at The Beverly Hilton hotel in 2012. It is alleged that a police officer...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th September 2013
In Concussion, Abby (Robin Weigert) is a successful businesswoman, a good mother and a satisfied customer. But when she takes a hefty blow to the head from her son’s baseball, all of that changes. She...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th September 2013
Somehow, Shane Warne and Elizabeth Hurley’s silence on Twitter constituted rumors of a breakup. Even more unfortunately: it appears it may have been true, and the pair broke their social media silence to give their...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18th September 2013
Everything about the Nebraska trailer screams charming, except it’s so charming it doesn’t scream it; it just slowly and assertively says it in a cool American accent.Bruce Dern and Wil Forte in NebraskaStory: Woody Grant...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th September 2013
As one of the – if not the – seminal designer of this generation, Tom Ford deserves a bit of attention, especially when he’s talking about fashion. In his latest interview – a nice sit...
News posted in Fashion / Beauty on 18th September 2013
We’ve invested so much time and love into the characters of Breaking Bad, so when an episode like Ozymandian comes along, it’s important to deal with their separate demises with a considered touch. They’re family...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th September 2013
The modern, made-for-TV version of Sleepy Hollow is ridiculous. Everyone knows it’s ridiculous. Everyone likes ridiculous. That’s why 10.1m people tuned in to watch the pilot, providing a welcome spike in the ratings for Fox,...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 18th September 2013
For Marky Mark Wahlberg, growing up wasn’t exactly the drama-school adventure a lot of today’s Oscar hopefuls were lucky enough to enjoy. No, he dropped out in the ninth grade, and not because he wasn’t...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 18th September 2013
When you’re the son of one of the richest men alive, you can afford to be a bit flippant with your beliefs. That’s why Jaden Smith – son of Will – has begun somewhat of...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th September 2013
If the latest rumors are to be believed, then good ol’ Arnie Schwarzenegger will be making it four films with James Cameron, as he might be joining the Avatar 2 cast in the role of...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th September 2013
One of the most expensive, highly anticipated and controversial games in history launched today – at the stroke of midnight in many cases across the UK and America – but it was in the English...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th September 2013
There isn’t much room for error with sitcoms these days. Moments after their air, trigger-happy, sometimes-paid critics have their say, lamenting or eulogising the choices made. Brooklyn Nine-Nine takes a familiar format and blends it...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th September 2013
If you’re one of the people signing petitions and moaning about Ben Affleck being Batman – probably because something’s gone wrong in real life and you’re displacing your anger onto a man you’ve never met...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th September 2013
It was like something out of Game of Thrones; suddenly, everyone was gone. But while The Voice has lost many of its key players, the latest: Reggie Yates and Holly Willoughby, The BBC have already...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 17th September 2013
The movie version of Thomas Hardy’s 19th-century literary classic Far From the Madding Crowd will star Michael Sheen and Carey Mulligan. Production started this week, and the film will be shot in rural British locations...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th September 2013
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Oasis fans hoping to get tickets for the band's reunion shows are being asked a trivia question to secure access to a pre-sale ballot.
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
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