An old lady in a headscarf is buying a pint of milk in a local shop. She’s surprised by the price of the milk, and disturbed by the…

The second of the two films adapted from J.K. Rowling’s final Harry Potter novel begins at the place where the first left us hanging:…

There are many people who will have switched off during the first five minutes of Skins, E4’s notorious wild-child. The show is…

A review of the book and film of Watchmen.

It doesn’t take usually take too much persuasion to get me to try a new box set of DVDs, but I have to say that I was a little…

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 the film Inkheart.

This essay attempts to do two things. Firstly, it seeks to offer a brief tour of some of the developments in western literature,…

Fiona Stewart find worlds of light and shade in her review of the film Bridge to Terabithia. Every day before catching the bus to school…