Article Archive for June 2010
A refreshingly light-hearted and action packed comedy with a twist of romance, ‘Heartbreaker’ , despite the title, is not just another Hollywood rom-com. For a fee, Alex Lippi (Romain Duris) can cry on cue and charm any woman who is “unknowingly in an unhappy relationship” opening their eyes to the possibilities of “love”. Unknown to [...]
8:47:18 PM: For the final time boys and girls, we launch Big Brother. Let’s all have a good cry/ sigh of relief
8:47:18 PM: For the final time boys and girls, we launch Big Brother. Let’s all have a good cry/ sigh of relief 8:55:57 PM: I predict that all of the housemates will be white, anglican heterosexuals who went to state schools and are broadly liberal. 8:57:16 PM: What’s the hashtag? is it #bb10 ? This [...]
Everyone loves summer, right? Great weather, holidays, ice creams…Yep, summer is great. NO! SUMMER IS AWFUL! Summer means that all your favourite shows have ended and the only sweet oasis in the TV desert is the prospect of Comic Con panels; evil, evil spoilers and the tie-in novel. Luckily for Supernatural fans there are three [...]
Young EoS is where we showcase the talents of writers under the age of 18. Neelam Shah reviews the DVD of the BBC’s ‘Life’ series. The ‘Life’ nature documentary filmed for BBC 4 and narrated by David Attenborough is a fantastic documentary series based on the different species that walk the Earth. One of my favourite [...]
Waiting Sucks as the True Blood marketeers will have it, but you can quench your thirst for more TB with ‘A Taste of True Blood’, a collection of essays on the show from the Smart Pop imprint of Benbella Books, released June 29th. Taking an in depth look at the series, this book is a must for all [...]
‘With regret, you’re fired!’ Lord Sugar is back with yet another series of The Apprentice. But this time we are faced by a team of arrogant, passionate, bratty, know-it-all’s, all competing to be the next winner, and above all – the next Junior Apprentice. What suprises me most is Lord Sugar’s attitude towards the young [...]
With the World Cup dawning upon us, it comes of timely convenience that Ralph Ziman’s Jerusalema: Gangster’s Paradise, a dramatic yet frank and personal account of South Africa’s criminal underworld is being released. We follow the story of how Lucky Kunene, a poor Sowetan boy, grew up to become the notorious hoodlum of Hillbrow. The [...]
