This Vanity Fair interview alleged comment has made a lot of Bond world see red, but really? Are Broccoli and Wilson really out to ruin a 60-year-old franchise with an emoting Bond? …

Think less shiny, sparkly, jokey Thor and more portly, grumpy Thor in dark and smoky halls, with goats that definitely don’t scream! This version of Thor is heavy on the mythic-ness; strange and beguiling in its darkened halls and forests where giant wolves or actual giants may suddenly appear. Røskva…

I’ve had a horrid virus (not COVID) for the last week, which has sapped me of energy and kept me shivering indoors. Cheering me up immensely are the nightly aerial acrobatics of one or maybe two urban bats — I prop myself in my kitchen doorway and watch them swirl…

Joe Wright’s Pan bombed at the box office; in truth, there is much to like about it. Whilst it isn’t the classic Peter Pan and Wendy story, it has many J M Barrie elements within it. Pirates! Crocodiles! Tiger Lily and pirate battles. Iridescent mermaids, a hint of twinkly fairies. …

In thinking about women in Bond movies (and if I get round to reading them, the books), deep tribute has to be paid to her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II who joined Daniel Craig’s Bond for an Olympic mission in 2012. From the beginning we (the audience) are thrown off…

Re-watching this movie as an adult (and making the most of £3 cinema ticket Saturday), I wondered what I’d remember or how I’d find it. The answer it turns out — not a lot, (I found it quite scary in the 1980s as an 8 or 9 year old), apart…

The scream. The dark colours. The distorted ghostly faces. Think you know Munch? Well with this exhibition, think again! There was colour, light, delicate Impressionism, almost Gauguin-like at times. The huge shame of it all is that the critics didn’t get his early works and ridiculed him. …

A look at rich people not appreciating what they have (beauty, good things, comfort and indulgence), and how indigenous populations can be othered and made strangers in their own land and times. …

I didn’t know anything about Surrealism beyond Dali and that lobster telephone. This exhibition was a great introduction to the wider world of surrealist artists and artworks, though best not to read the information cards — none of know really what the artists were trying to achieve!!!! The multi-layeredness of…