I like historical episodes of Doctor Who and the third episode of the 2018 series – Rosa Parks – dealt with a difficult period in Earth history. Parks was the black bus passenger in 1950s America who became a world famous civil rights activist after refusing to give up her seat on a racially segregated […]
Doctor Who: The Ghost Monument – Review
There was a moment at the end of the Jodie Whittaker’s first episode of Doctor Who when I realised that I had made it to the end of the “The Woman Who Fell to Earth” without having seen the opening credits. There was the merest hint of the titles during the end credits and when […]
Doctor Who: The Woman Who Fell to Earth – Review
The thirteenth Doctor being a played by a woman from Skelmanthorpe (near Huddersfield) might have been a controversial one for a section of the fanbase of Doctor Who in new show-runner Chris Chibnall’s first episode. But Jodie Whittaker (Broadchurch) claims her place as the Doctor after her opening performance in the role with the show […]
Venom is more Blade than Black Panther – it’s got bite for a dated looking action film
Venom (2018) – Film Review How do you make an anti-super-hero movie about a Marvel comics character (Venom) who is closely entwined with one of the most famous Marvel super heroes without actually mentioning that super hero? It’s something that director Ruben Fleischer just about managed to pull off with a little plot rewriting and […]
Christopher Robin – Great nostalgia, but perhaps not as much fun for the kids
Christopher Robin (2018) – Film Review While last year’s Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017) was an interesting exploration of the creation of a children’s classic and the effects on the creator and his household, the ‘official’ Disney adaptation plays much more to the nostalgic elements of the Disney version of the Winnie the Pooh stories. Legendary […]