The most recent strain of Brontemania, at large throughout 2011, included major film versions of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights and 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:…

Perhaps a society truly becomes lost when it doesn't know how lost it is. This is the eerie suggestion put forward by Never Let Me Go,…

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

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

A review of the film of Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass.

English literary history is a curious thing. And one especially curious thing about it is that it contains very little of importance which…

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

Yet another film foray into Wonderland demonstrates the abiding charm of Lewis Carroll’s Alice stories. But Tim Burton’s…