Poker Face, ITV’s new quiz show stripped across last week, looked relatively promising on paper. A head to head general knowledge quiz where, after five questions, the two contestants have to judge if they have done better than their opponents,[…]

It’s called Banlieue 13 in France – though the posters have B13 – Banlieue 13 on them. In Canada and the US its District B13, I guess the name Suburb B13 just doesn’t have the required Ooomph. And before the films started the […]

Shimura Curves: Pedal Powered Pristine Pink-Wine Propelled Pop! Playing tonight at The Garage, Sunday, at The Windmill.[…]

Adam and Joe should never have worked as a concept. The democratizing idea of getting cheap camcorder users to send in clips of home made sketches should have died a death for Channel 4. And on the whole it did. But they did get Adam and Joe out of i[…]

Now this is not a post about American Cheeses. No, the US may not have the cheese making history of the Old World but it can occasionally summon up some milky goodness. You want to know about American Cheeses I suggest a quick flick around ILoveChees[…]

I have never really read much historical fiction. Then recently I have stumbled on what seems to be a small but thriving subsection: which you could call “Victorian were a bit rubbish really but had grebt sea adventures” genre. This usualy mixes […]

Oh dear, poor old Andy Murray. Just by showing his allegiance to Scotland he has suddenly gone and made himself very unpopular with the English. When asked who he would be supporting in the World Cup, the freshfaced Tartan Tenniser joking said &#8220[…]

Jet Li has made his last Martial Arts epic. Whilst I am not here to rag on his acting talents as a surprising number reviewers do, one wonders what the USP of a martial artsless Jet Li will be. So let’s just say that Fearless might be Jet Li&#8[…]

Some of the reviews of 10th District Court (a film which doesn’t even really have an English title) have noted the storytelling majesty of a film which is completely set in a courtroom. Courtroom dramas have all the key points of decent drama a[…]

I feel very uncomfortable. VERY uncomfortable. I agree with Noel Edmonds. The BBC are making a massive mistake in axing Top Of The Pops. Perhaps I wouldn’t put it in such cold hard business terms as Edmonds, as just the loss of a brand. But hav[…]