The statistics are every bit as mind-boggling as the spectacle. A reported budget of $280,000,000 makes James Cameron’s Avatar one of…

What would the world be like if no one had ever lied? Ricky Gervais's new film, The Invention of Lying, explores this question with the…

Having suffered a drawn-out divorce, a failed rebound relationship and a debilitating bout of depression, Elizabeth Gilbert decides to go…

Dawn Bundy is a fifteen-year-old English girl. She is not especially attractive, and she doesn’t really fit in. Her best friends are…

A review of the film of Dan Brown's Angels and Demons.

In Fictional Absence, Pete Lowman considers the presence and absence of God in English literature. It has been slightly revised for…

In 1959, the children of a new elementary school bury a time capsule containing their ideas of what they think the world will be like in…

The Shawshank Redemption has earned a reputation for being one of the most popular films of all time. Despite an unimpressive performance…

A review of Russell Brand's My Booky Wook.