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Image description: A chessboard seen from above. A player is moving a piece. When I saw that there was a new show on Netflix, set during the 1950s and 1960s, and starring Anya Taylor-Joy (star of Emma) I was excited. I was less excited when I realised The Queen’s Gambit was about chess- a game […]
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It seems like Netflix has been churning out some excellent television recently. It is difficult to understand how a show with a concept as bold as Sex Education has managed to worm its way into our hearts. But I am not mad about it. In fact, the second season was so terribly delicious that I […]
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Warning: Spoilers ahead. Big budgets aren’t unusual with Netflix; millions of dollars can be invested in a single episode. Reports from Variety suggested that each episode in Star Trek Discovery’s first season cost over $8 million. If the visual spectacle of the show’s sophomore season is anything to go by, the budget will have received […]
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Image Credit: Gage Skidmore (cc-by-sa-2.0) If you thought plots were often confusing in the films of Christopher Nolan, then you won’t get any relief from his younger brother. Preferring the small screen, writers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy deliver a patchy return to the futuristic domain of hosts and humans in the second series of […]
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Well, it was only a matter of time wasn’t it? I couldn’t write a column on film locations in Oxford without giving a nod to the 2nd highest grossing film franchise of all time. When confronted by a group of tourists perhaps the next most common question – after where’s the university?’ – that students […]
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The Case for Daenerys Stormborn – Jack Cooper Daenerys Stormborn. House Targaryen, first of her name. Rightful heir to the Iron Throne, Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, Mother of Dragons, Breaker of Chains, she-who-frequently-emerges-from-burning-structures-before-overturning-prior-social-structures. Westeros, say hello to your future Queen. Daenerys is a divisive figure amongst the GoT fandom. Her ability to conquer, and […]
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Just three weeks into Trinity term and the BBC has once again decided to make it virtually impossible for me to meet my Friday morning essay deadline, by scheduling the new season of Peaky Blinders at a critical stage in the essay-crisis panic. Procrastination is a cruel mistress and, of course, every week I’m easily […]
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I must preface this article by admitting that I’m something of a fraud – I have actually watched The Fellowship of the Ring before, but I hadn’t yet seen the extended version, in all its 228 minute long glory. One of the first things I realised was that nobody feeling even a little stressed about […]
Continue ReadingThe Thick of It continues to live up to its name, despite what the naysayers may claim. Three weeks in to the long-awaited fourth series, it’s clear that The Thick of It has lost none of its potency. The early days on BBC Four, featuring alongside an inexhaustible supply of educational documentaries, foreign films and […]
Continue ReadingNow post production and only a few months away from widespread theatrical release, Peter Jackson’s long-awaited ‘Lord of the Rings’ prequel, ‘The Hobbit’, has already generated considerable hype. It hearkens back to the success of the original ‘Lord of Rings’ series while at the same time tapping into contemporary cultural trends, particularly with the inspired […]
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