2020s

Since acquiring the rights to Star Wars in 2012, Disney have released 6 feature films and 17 television series - not to mention the cartoons, LEGO spin-offs, short films and so on. It's almost as if the board of directors have stumbled upon some sort of magical money tree... CEO: "Hey guys, check this out. Every time you shake it, millions of dollars falls out" All: "Yaaaaay!" As for the quality of the output, it would probably be fair to say it's been a mixed bag. None

Okay here it is. The big one. The biggest director in the world adapting the epic to end all epics. Shot entirely in IMAX 70mm magnificence, starring possibly the finest actor of his generation, and filmed in locations all over the world. This is big. As big as big can get. And it's finally here.  Homer's original story, widely considered one of the most (if not the most) seminal works in the history of mankind, focuses on the time after the Trojan War. The Greeks have won t

Having gone from the slums of New York City, to active duty in the US Marine Core, to platinum-selling artist, to now BBC Radio 2 DJ who lives quietly in the suburbs of Brighton, it is safe to say that Huey Morgan has lived quite a life. With his band, the Fun Lovin' Criminals, Huey managed to carve out a sub-genre that really only contains one band. I'm not sure anyone else has ever considered putting out wiseguy-inspired, hip-hop-influenced, brass-band-led, punk music apart

Along with Quentin Tarantino, and arguably Steven Soderbergh, Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the last great auteurs from the 90s independent movement still making culturally relevant films today. Widely considered by critics as one of the greatest filmmakers of his generation, his canon is held in extremely high regard. From the wild exuberance of 'Boogie Nights' (1997) to the towering 'There Will Be Blood' (2007), to the criminally underrated 'The Master' (2012) this is some

As music biopics go, there are very few that truly live up to the hype. 2005's 'Walk The Line' is probably the best and most compelling of the bunch. The reason, you could argue, is because of the nature of Johnny Cash's life and the depth of his music. Although, in most cases, this doesn't really help because many of these efforts are documenting people with equally interesting upbringings and falling far short. Is it because a fictional re-telling never lives up to real lif

Sam Fender, also known as the Geordie Springsteen, has been blazing a trail since his 2019 debut 'Hypersonic Missiles'. Despite looks that could land him on Love Island, Fender is a unique beast. His music is what should be a very unfashionable brand of whole-hearted Americana, but instead of talking about the lost wheat fields of Kansas, the subject matter very much focuses on working class life in the UK, particularly his own upbringing living largely below the poverty line

M. Night Shyamalan's career has been an interesting one. The impact of his first few films was so incredibly strong that the mere mention of his name generates enough interest to get bums on seats. This is despite the fact that there have been some serious ups and downs in his canon over the years. For every 'The Sixth Sense' (1999) there is a 'The Last Airbender' (2010). Yet still, even here in 2025, we tune in. Why? Well, for better or worse, M. Night is an auteur who is ve

It's been 30 years since the murder trial of one Orenthal James Simpson where, despite a seemingly overwhelming amount of physical evidence, he was remarkably acquitted of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend Ron Goldman. The whole saga was really the first time something of this magnitude had played out mostly on live television and, at the time, was a watershed moment in not only American history, but in the history of media itself. You could even make the poin