Category: Culture

  • First look at Disney’s new The Lion King

    We have been given our first look at Disney’s new version of The Lion King. Star Wars and Atlanta star Donald Glover and music megastar Beyonce lead a big-name cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar and John Oliver as Zazu and the return of James Earl Jones as Mufasta. The trailer includes recreations of some…

  • First look at Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker – and an Avengers taster

    “We don’t need another film about – or featuring – The Joker.” I have said it a few times. Jack Nicholson did a brilliant job. Heath Ledger somehow revived it with a second startling performance. Since then the Clown Prince of Crime has appeared all over the place – most notably in Jared Leto’s divisive…

  • Hair at Wimbledon Theatre

    I have somehow managed to never see Hair before. I watched the film version at university for one of my modules, but I knew little about the stage show beyond the Age of Aquarius song and a vague outline of the plot. This situation was unacceptable to S, who is a huge fan of the…

  • John Wick 3: Parabellum new trailer has landed

    The new trailer for the third John Wick film has arrived – and life is not getting easier for our favourite formerly-retired assassin. The John Wick series took me by surprise. I didn’t pay much heed to the first one when it came out. Then I saw it on a plane and was hooked. I…

  • Toy Story 4 trailer is here

    The new trailer for Toy Story 4 has landed. We have not seen Buzz, Woody & co since they were left with Bonnie and looking forward the ‘happily ever after’ at the end of 2010’s Toy Story 3. But now, as the saying goes: “The toys are back in town.” This first full look at…

  • Game of Thrones Season 8 final trailer is here

    Just like winter, it is here. The final trailer for the eight season of Game of Thrones – and, therefore, the last trailer ever – has landed today. As you might expect it features a number of shots which promise something epic and could spell doom for big names and fan favourites, but I’m not…

  • Come From Away

    It has been a while since I was sat on the edge of my seat with the hairs on the back of my neck standing up, completely captivated by what is going on in front of me. That is not meant as a reflection on the film ,theatre and TV I have seen recently, it’s…

  • RIP Keith Flint: Reliving Prodigy at Snowbombing 2011

    Like most of you, I saw the news about Keith Flint’s death at the age of 49 on Twitter this morning. For many of us Flint and The Prodigy will have provided a soundtrack to numerous moments across our youth – both good, bad and hazy memories are often set to the thumping soundtrack of…

  • A piece of the pie at Waitress the musical

    It was a case of “more hot pies” as S and I headed to the theatre last night. No, not that sort of pies. There was less human flesh and more human feeling on show at Waitress at London’s Adelphi Theatre. The show is an adaptation of the 2007 film of the same name; it…

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    A tribute to Tintin at 90

    I love Tintin. My association with the Beligan boy-detective goes back to my youth. As a kid I used to grab the ‘Funday Times‘ out of my parents’ Sunday newspaper and devour the adventures which were serialised on the front page. Unwittingly, alongside my godfathers, he became my career idol, so much so that I…