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ITV’s hugely successful and long-running Jeremy Kyle Show has been cancelled following the suspected suicide of a guest who failed a ‘lie detector’ test. Whilst a positive move, the myth of the accuracy of ‘lie detectors’ must be dispelled.
The latest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe Avengers: Endgame works both as a superhero film and as a celebration of one of Cinema’s biggest gambles.
Old Jud’s message is clear in the original Pet Sematary: “Sometimes dead is better.” Hollywood doesn’t show any signs of heeding this advice. It’s latest resurrections Pet Sematary and Hellboy. Which one will be the stinking dead cat?
As families get ready to see Warner Brothers action-comedy ‘Shazam!’ this weekend, they may be unaware of the lead character’s connection with another…
Rob Lea reviews Ricky Gervais’ After Life. Can the new Netflix series rise above the Reading comedian’s worst excesses, unlike Derek?
October 9-14 is Libraries’ Week, “the annual showcase of all the creative, innovative and diverse activities that UK libraries have to offer.” In a…
Mercurial and quite literally immersive, Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk constitutes a welcome thaw in British war cinema, yet the film’s non-linear sequencing and lack…
After an eventful three years of technological advances and growing existential uncertainty for our species, Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror has returned with an…
The mismanagement of the UK economy by both New Labour and Tory governments that followed the global financial crash of 2008 led to…
In these gloomy times of uncertainty, as we approach the endgame of neoliberalism, alternative creative movements are more crucial now than ever before.…