Category: Culture

  • Guy Ritchie presents The Gentlemen

    The first trailer for Guy Ritchie’s new film landed a few days ago and it appears the Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels maestro is heading back to his best. Or at least the arena where he performs at his best. Make no mistake, Ritchie is no cinematic midas; King Arthur: Legend of…

  • Jurassic World 3: The Originals Return

    “Life,” Dr Ian Malcolm once told us, “finds a way”. And it appears the open-shirted, mathematical cynic was right on may levels as yesterday the universe found a way to reunite the stars of the original Jurassic Park film for the latest in the series. Yes, the irrepressible Jeff Goldblum will be joined by Sam…

  • Cats, Top Gun & His Dark Materials

    It has been a big day for new trailers hitting our screens. Or YouTube. Hot on the heels of Wednesday’s The King’s Man first look, today we have the first look at both Tom Hooper’s Cats and the long-awaited Top Gun sequel, as well as the San Diego Comic Con trailer for His Dark Materials.…

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    The King’s Man: First look at the Kingsman prequel

    “Since 1849, Kingsman Tailors have clothed the world’s most powerful individuals. In 1919, a great number of them had lost their heirs to World War I. That meant a lot of money going un-inherited. And a lot of powerful men with the desire to preserve peace and protect life. Our founders realised that they could…

  • Jazz in the park at Love Supreme

    Summer can mean lots of things to lots of people. For many of us in Britain it often means disappointing, rain-soaked barbecues and the odd moment of sunny glory in a pub garden. But there is one other thing which goes hand-in-hand with the British summertime: live music. From the moment it all kicks off…

  • Bond in Motion: Behind the wheel with 007

    Daniel Craig is back at work on the new Bond film and the arrival of another outing for the world’s favourite superspy can mean only one thing – some more great cars. I mean, really, can anyone boast a better film car collection than 007? As a kid I really wanted to be James Bond.…

  • A night with Mark Ronson in Kingston

    “This is cool, I like this vibe for a Monday night.” Mark Ronson is enjoying himself; dressed in a grey sweater, the superstar producer is behind the decks at Kingston’s Pryzm nightclub – that’s Oceana to many of us – overseeing a party to mark the launch of his new album. The album itself, Late…

  • Game Of Thrones: The person who should sit on the Iron Throne

    “When you play the Game of Thrones you win or you die.” Cersei Lannister’s words to Ned Stark are a pretty much perfect summary of the whole series. For almost a decade we have been watching the Starks, Lannisters, Targaryens and others battle to sit on the Iron Throne. Oh, before we go on…spoilers. Obviously.…

  • Game of Thrones fans, we need to talk about Daenerys

    Game of Thrones was on last night. It was the penultimate episode ever. Before I go on, obviously, spoilers. Don’t come at me for writing about something which happened on TV last night, you’ve been warned and I’ve made my thoughts on spoilers very clear already. So, this morning I woke up having not seen…

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    Spoiler Rules Version 2.0

    A few years ago I wrote about my Madden’s Laws on Spoilers. It was a fairly simple directive for what is and isn’t acceptable regarding sharing spoilers on social media in public. Like everything else in the world, things have become rather more complicated since then. The influx of blockbusters and’must-watch’ TV has muddied the…