The signs weren’t encouraging for Rogue One. The first Star Wars Story was beset by reports of onset troubles and extensive reshoots, let alone set with monstrous expectations after The Force Awakens set out the stall for this new stage of Star Wars last year, so there was every chance that Rogue One could have … >
Season 7 has been a rough ride. The Walking Dead’s attempt to build a larger world has resulted in a deeply lethargic run of episodes that have leisurely strolled from location to location, pushing out the frontiers of the show without actually progressing the plot in any meaningful way. It’s a pleasant surprise, then, that … >
Agents of Chaos is the third, three-disc boxset in Big Finish’s War Doctor series, with John Hurt once more in role as the Doctor we never knew existed. This Doctor Who set takes the story deeper into the Time War and for the first time this version of the Doctor feels more capable of the … >
Here, at last, is the one we’ve all been waiting for; the one that’s been building up for over two seasons ever since Winterfell fell into the hands of the Boltons. MASSIVE SPOILER WARNING IF YOU’VE NOT YET SEEN THE EPISODE! Possibly the most anticipated episode for a long time, ‘Battle of Bastards’ saw Jon … >
We love The Master. The Doctor’s wayward childhood friend has been a bearded cigar-smoking charmer, a snarling cross between Keith Richards and Marty Feldman, a giggling silent movie baddie, Julia Roberts’ less talented brother, a manic flesh eating jack-in-the-box and most recently a Scottish Mary Poppins. And each incarnation comes with a moment that shows … >
The Star Wars universe consists of planets that feature stunning terrain. From the sand-blasted Jakku, with its Star Destroyer graveyard and promising scavenger Rey, to the foreboding jungle of Dagobah, hidden retreat for Master Yoda, the conditions on each world vary greatly. In the real world, terrain also varies greatly – from the Sahara desert … >
X-Men stars Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will reunite on stage this summer in No Man’s Land. Harold Pinter’s masterpiece arrives at Theatre Royal Brighton from Monday 22 August until Saturday 27 August as part of a UK tour, before heading to London’s West End for a limited 14 week run. > Buy tickets at … >
Mr Selfridge writer Andrew Davies has adapted Leo Tolstoy’s 1869 literary masterpiece War and Peace for BBC One. Directed by Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders), the six-part series stars Lily James (Downton Abbey) as Natasha Rostova, James Norton (Grantchester) as Prince Andrei Bolkonsky and Paul Dano (12 Years A Slave) as Pierre Bezukhov. The cast also includes … >
Well, they do though, eh? It’s a shame, because in between miscasting, misjudged characters, non characters and tax embargoes there as some very typically Star Wars tropes which get lost in the soup of prequel bashing. > Buy the complete original Star Wars saga box set on Amazon. But let’s have a look at Episodes … >
2015 is clutching its chest, leaning on the TARDIS console and starting to glow at its fingertips. Any minute now, 2016’s a-comin’. Or, if you’re reading this a few days in the future, it’s already here, shiny and vaguely bewildered and not quite fitting into its clothes. Just like most of us post-Christmas, then. Either … >