Movie Review: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
September 4, 2025Everything seems right about the setup. In a refreshing change from the norm, Sally is the...
Purity and Danger: The Many Lives of the Italian Renaissance
September 3, 2025More importantly, the good-for-you, vitamin-enriched Renaissance we know today is itself a fairly recent, and largely...
The Turn of the Screw at Glyndebourne, Live Streamed via The Guardian
September 3, 2025Glyndebourne: one of the names in the British calendar. Up there with Wimbledon, Henley and other...
Book Review: Carthage Must Be Destroyed by Richard Miles
September 3, 2025Carthage, however, was not merely conquered by Rome. As the title of Miles' book asserts, Carthage...
Video Game Review: El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
September 1, 2025El Shaddai is absolutely gorgeous. Each level of the tower of the Fallen contains unique and...
Movie Review: Fright Night
September 1, 2025Discerning “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” fans will have noticed Fright Night’s screenplay is written by Marti...
Movie Review: 30 Minutes or Less
September 1, 2025If 30 Minutes or Less weren’t so bogged down with gratuitous cursing, violence, and boobs, it...
Movie Review: Conan the Barbarian
September 1, 2025Marcus Nispel's Conan The Barbarian knows what it is, and, as a movie, it will probably...
The 39 Steps at the Criterion Theatre, London
September 1, 2025The fact that it can now boast of being the longest-running comedy currently in the West...
A Brief Apology To Final Destination 5
September 1, 2025My recent review awarded Final Destination a moderate "star" rating - for the benefit of the...




