The dwarves have all the best songs. Whether they are singing raucous ditties about smashing Bilbo’s best crockery or low, mournful…

M (Judi Dench) is nothing if not pragmatic. Before the opening credits of Skyfall have even rolled, she has allowed not one, but two of her…

"Make them remember you." The Doctor’s advice to Amy and Rory as they faced the Parliament of the Daleks (episode 1: 'Asylum of the…

David Cronenberg built his reputation on making challenging, boundary-breaking films which explore sexuality, violence and death. So…

Some thoughts about the film Prometheus and the human search for meaning.

According to the Romans, ‘bread and circuses’ were the key to keeping a population content. As long as their immediate physical…

In The Writing on the Wall, Maggi Dawn sets about doing what John Stott called "double listening" – "it means that we’re called…

Vampires are currently one of the biggest phenomena in popular culture. They are central to hit television series like True Blood, Being…

‘I don’t know if the story I want to tell you is entirely true,’ confesses the narrator at the opening of Michael…