When you put Guillermo del Toro’s name on something, it invites certain expectations. Whether he’s making superhero movies or gothic romance stories, the director’s works all share certain sensibilities: a love of outcasts, incredible attention […]
Tanya Tucker first hit the charts in the early 1970s while still a teenager, arriving at the tail end of a wave of powerhouse country divas, such as Loretta Lynn, Lynn Anderson, Dolly Parton and […]
“Take it right down to the sweet Mancunian ground,” instructs Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos. Telling the audience to drop before rocketing them back up like a firework by restarting the music is an old […]
To enjoy Gotham Knights you must make peace not just with the death of Batman – slain by an old enemy during the prologue – but with the passing of the Arkham series, perhaps the […]
As most recently proven by the Oscar-nominated Danish picture “Flee,” animation can serve as a vivid portal into events for which no visual record exists other than the memory of those who experienced them. That […]
Black Adam, Warner Bros.’ latest superhero movie based on DC’s comic books, has been in the works ever since the studio first came around on the genuinely inspired idea of casting Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson […]
With a spotlight shining upon him in a crowded LA auditorium, game developer Davide Soliani starts to sob uncontrollably. After years sworn to secrecy, Davide’s dream game is finally being unveiled to the public – […]
So long as there are literate young people trudging their way to school every morning, there’s always going to be an appetite for stories asking “what if the educational system, but magical?” That’s exactly the […]
What does it mean to be a hero? In most tales in the superhero genre, the answer to that question is a black-and-white binary. Reality is much more complicated, as someone’s protector is just as […]
Usher is just a few weeks away from ending the first leg of My Way – The Vegas Residency, and he’s going out on top. More than 5,000 people came from all over the world […]
Usher is just a few weeks away from ending the first leg of My Way – The Vegas Residency, and he’s going out on top. More than 5,000 people came from all over the world […]
When Arctic Monkeys sprang into the charts 16 years ago, they did so with a hurtling energy and an album name borrowed from Alan Sillitoe’s novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. At the time, the […]
A scene from “Minions: The Rise of Gru’ courtesy of Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures This week’s releases include a supervillain’s origin story; an ordinary woman who dares to follow her dream; and a collection […]
Logitech’s G Cloud Gaming Handheld is a heartbreaker. It’s a joy to game on: it’s much more comfortable to use than the Nintendo Switch, and when the conditions are right, it works like a dream. […]
This review was published in conjunction with the movie’s premiere at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio will debut on Netflix in December. From the opening frames of Guillermo del Toro’s […]
It’s extraordinary how unchanged Beth Orton appears, given the skirmishes over her very selfhood she has apparently fought in the six years since her last album. Clad in a mirrored dress and glittery shoes – […]
You might have encountered Edward Wakili-Hick in various guises over the years. As Eddie Hick, he has been a key figure on London’s jazz scene, drumming with the likes of Nubya Garcia, Gilad Atzmon and […]
Is it possible for a documentary to be too intimate, too personal, too painful? Well, by definition, it shouldn’t be. But in the case of writer-director Ondi Timoner’s immersive “Last Flight Home,” which counts down […]
I had to triple-check my benchmarks over and over during this review because I couldn’t quite believe my eyes. The RTX 4090 is a beast of a graphics card that marks a new era for […]
I had to triple-check my benchmarks over and over during this review because I couldn’t quite believe my eyes. The RTX 4090 is a beast of a graphics card that marks a new era for […]