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Shattered reputations, political wrangling, incestuous urges, religious corruption, madness, cannibalism and murder – oh, that all theatre was like this. If you are fan of the bloody tradition of the Renaissance revenge tragedy, taking inspiration from the gore-drenched works of ...

Since Neill Blomkamp’s stellar debut, District 9 (2009), he has continued to be an active voice in science fiction cinema. While Elyisum (2013), with it’s heavy handed moralistic metaphors, was a disappointment (knowing Blomkamp was capable of producing so much ...

In March 2014, Dark Horse comics began publishing the miniseries Veil. This creator-owned comic series comes from the mind of the Eisner Award winning writer Greg Rucka with the artistic talents of Toni Fejzula. The hardcover collection of all issues ...

Love is Strange tells the story of Ben and George, a gay couple together for nearly forty years, newlywed under New York’s gay marriage legislation. However, the public announcement of their union loses George his job at a Catholic school; ...

Ex Machina is the latest film by writer-director Alex Garland. It is essentially a three-piece between reclusive social media mogul Nathan (Oscar Isaacs), the A.I. Ava (Alicia Vikander) who he has built, and Caleb, an employee brought in to test ...

On February 19th, a new sitcom starring Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon aired on CBS, The Odd Couple. The new series has apparently been a passion project of Perry’s for some time. He serves as exec producer, staff writer, and ...

The premise of Liam Brown’s debut novel Real Monsters is intriguing, tapping into a general worldwide malaise when it comes to misplaced anger, pointless war, and a widespread fear of this ungraspable ‘terrorism’. A tale in two halves, a soldier ...

You would be excused for having blinked and missed The Guest during its cinema release. The closest place I could have seen the film was either in London or Milton Keynes during its very brief UK cinema run. It had fairly ...

To quote so many women throughout the ages, ‘was that it?!’ Fifty Shades of Grey was a piece of erotic fan fiction, subsequently released as a novel, written by a borderline illiterate with no knowledge of BDSM culture, no idea ...

After reading Joe Hill’s brilliant comic book series, Locke & Key (review here), I couldn’t wait to try one of his novels. Having seen the film adaptation of Horns (and I really enjoyed it, review here), I thought I’d try ...