In a world in which HBO are the darlings of the boxset generation, AMC represent the plucky underdog. They’ve got Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead up their sleeve, and they’re not afraid to milk...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th September 2013
Redemption can be a subtle thing. We’ve seen a heavy-handed approach in Hollywood blockbusters and the procedural crime shows that litter networks everywhere. But AMC, for all the gripping, fervent manoeuvres Breaking Bad takes, has...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17th September 2013
Being within inches of other human beings is becoming increasingly dangerous for Beyonce, especially when she’s plying her trade. Her latest incident occurred in Brazil, where a crazy fan decided a bear hug-drag movement was...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th September 2013
Ladies and Gentlemen: welcome another runner in the race for decoration at the Oscars, Nicole Kidman in Grace of Monaco. The Australian actress leads the cast in this biopic surrounding the extravagance, revelry and mystery...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th September 2013
The Arctic Monkeys are riding a wave of high praise. Their fifth album, AM, was met with critical acclaim from far and wide, which, judging by their artistic prowess, is all they really wanted from...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 16th September 2013
The GTA V release date is tomorrow, September 17th. The GTA V reviews are yet to be released. GTA V pre-orders have been dispatched early by Amazon and retailers have been allegedly selling copies early....
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th September 2013
Late night sketch series Saturday Night Live carries on its shakeup as Cecily Strong – one of the most popular members of the show – jumps on the news desk to bring you a satirical...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th September 2013
The legendary filmmaker Woody Allen is set to have his achievements and influence recognized as the organisers of the Golden Globe Awards have announced that the director will receive the 2014 Cecil B DeMille Award....
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th September 2013
Elton John is possibly the busiest person in music right now. He’s recorded a brand new album, and made his first festival appearance in decades at the only festival worthy of his penchant for fancy...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16th September 2013
Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave has secured a place as ‘Oscars favorite’ following its triumph at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. The Steve McQueen-directed epic – based on the memoir of Solomon Northrup...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 16th September 2013
Some people actually go to festivals with their parents; the bond is that strong they can either forgo the temptation to get really drunk and act like an idiot in front of those who raised...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 12th September 2013
Brad Pitt has lopped off those locks for his new film Fury, a World War II epic featuring Shia Lebeouf. In it, he – we presume – heads up an elite taskforce to undertake a...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12th September 2013
In one of the more bizarre stories to come out of Hollywood this week is the news that an unnamed prince paid $500,000 for a 15-minute chat with Kristen Stewart. The sum was donated to...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 12th September 2013
'Starships' may have broken Billboard records for Nicki Minaj, propelling her into the world of ‘hip-pop’ in a seamless yet at the same time jerky movement, but it won’t go by without complications, as the...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 12th September 2013
In the 1940s, a group of men unite to try and save history in the alternative World War II epic that is The Monuments Men. They’re not attempting to bring down the Fuhrer, infiltrate a...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12th September 2013
With J.J Abrams off gallivanting around the universe of Sci-fi-ice-skating – that’s what we like to call ‘directing dangerously popular films’ – there opens up a spot for the next Star Trek movie, which, considering...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12th September 2013
From our first Saul Goodman experience, Bob Odenkirk’s character has been a vital part of Breaking Bad. Plot-wise, he develops things nicely with some of his ‘criminal lawyer’ work, but it’s the comic relief he...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12th September 2013
Seemingly from nowhere, Daft Punk were the biggest band in the world. Stagnant for nearly a decade, they managed to concoct the catchiest song of all time, and suddenly their album was the soundtrack for...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12th September 2013
For those of you who thought that Jurassic Park’s fiction could ever wake up one day and find itself fact will be disappointed. Just as the latest entry into the franchise is announced – Jurassic...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12th September 2013
Having offered up his sizable sixpence on human evolution and the Chinese ‘one child’ policy, seminal voice of a generation David Attenborough has moved on to the high wages at the BBC. He, of course,...
News posted in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 11th September 2013
Here’s the crux of this story: it’s funny when people who shouldn’t really be swearing, swear. Bob Orci – the writer behind the Star Trek sequel, Into Darkess, told a fan to “F*ck off” on...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11th September 2013
When a band gets to five albums, they’ve usually done something awful along the way. Since 2006, when the Sheffield outfit took the Internet by storm with their album Whatever People Say I Am, That’s...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 11th September 2013
Officially, and this is from Jerry Bruckheimer’s mouth: Pirates of the Caribbean 5 has been delayed to 2016 because of a scripting issue. He and everyone involved want to get it right. Sounds plausible enough....
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11th September 2013
Perhaps the danger of the instant access to fans Twitter bestows upon oneself has never been realized before now. Gucci Mane crystalizes that danger; his tirade against anything and anyone reached the masses, and offended...
News posted in Music / Festivals on 11th September 2013
Irresistibly smug, Joseph Gordon Levitt manages to match his irksome smile with an abundance of talent. The guy who ‘girls wanna be with and guys wanna be’ actually plays the guy who ‘girls wanna be...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11th September 2013
It turns out, James Corden isn’t a world-class opera singer, so his turn as Paul Potts in the upcoming feel good movie One Chance doesn’t feature his voice, no; that’s Paul Potts you can hear....
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11th September 2013
In twenty-five years, The Killing will be viewed a cult hit; not appreciated in its time – the generation of television fanatics - and people will snigger yet adore its few shortcomings. Currently, though, fans...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 11th September 2013
The popular swords n' dragons drama Game of Thrones – yet another string to HBO’s impressive bow – has added the Icelandic band Sigur Ros to the cast of season four, which is set to...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10th September 2013
With an all-star cast – an overused but truly relevant phrase for this film – and a hit, Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway stage play providing the architecture, August: Osage County looked to be nailed on for...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10th September 2013
Justin Timberlake’s wish to carry on acting after his high profile return to music is realised in Runner Runner, a thriller that sees him play a student burned by online gambling. But instead of giving...
News posted in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10th 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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