A recent study showed that 60% of women who play video games regularly don’t want to be associated with the term ‘gamer’. The term has become loaded, suggesting someone who will play for extended periods of time, probably male, probably young.  When the player is female, we need the qualifying term to go with it [...]

What is the first thing you think when you see Rider Strong? I believe there are two main choices: 1. It’s that guy from Boy Meets World! or 2. Who?! If you’re around my age – mid twenties, give or take a few years – then you’ll probably fall into the first category. So when [...]

In 2011, cable network Starz plan to take you to the end of civilization with former Doctor Who producer Russell T. Davies.  Don’t worry – we will hold your hand. Late last year, I reviewed Starz original series ‘Spartacus: Blood and Sand‘ - a show I thought had incredible potential to suck an audience into a new [...]

Clare Balding has been nominated as Stonewall’s ‘Hero of the Year’ after her complaint to the PCC about AA Gill was upheld this week. Gill had called Ms Balding, a journalist and  horse racing commentator, a ‘dyke on a bike’ when reviewing her programme Britain by Bike. Gill had attempted to plead his innocence by [...]

As the clock struck midnight on Tuesday 14th September, millions of people all over the world were queued outside their nearest game shop or supermarket to get their hands on the most anticipated game of the year : Halo: Reach. Halo: Reach is the 5th game in the franchise, but takes you back to where [...]

The opening shot of I’m Still Here , one of the Phoenix siblings swimming in Panama, is shot on location in Hawaii with actors. The final image of a bearded, overweight and broken Joaquin Phoenix sinking into the  water is also shot on location. Cue his name appearing on screen to a black background – [...]

In Ann Hui’s, All About  Love,  two women (Macy and Anita) who once dated as teens cross paths again, years later.  Although their lives have taken varied journeys, both find themselves unexpectedly pregnant.  At the same time, the connection they had felt years before is still there and they are drawn to each other again, [...]

It’s not often you get moral dilemmas on End of Show, not with such liberal use of the word ‘cock’ in many of our articles. but I found myself on the horns of one last night as I prepared to watch my friend David Dawson play writer Tony Warren in BBC 4’s drama The Road [...]

Next time you feel like a hero for dumping some pennies in a collection tin, spare a thought for Misha Collins, star of the CW’s Supernatural. This past Sunday he ran over 50miles to raise money for his non-profit organisation Random Acts, and EOS, as in, me, were cheering him on from the UK. Collins, [...]

Canadian comedienne Carla Collins’ show CarlaWood, her adventures in LA as a jobbing actress,  is into its second season but she still somehow found the time to educate the world with her new book “Angels, Vampires and Douchebags’, a self-help book in her own inimitable style. We tracked her down and bring you her thoughts on [...]

‘Certified Copy”s very essence is in its interpretation.Written and directed by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, Certified Copy’s strength lies in its reluctance to be pigeonholed into one particular genre, it gives us drama, romance and comedy all delivered through the complex dialogue between academic author James Miller (played by William Shimell in his debut film [...]