“It is a lovely thing to see when two men has got a problem. It just gives you confidence that there is proper men out there still that’ll have a fair fight and sort it out like men.” Gone were their Gaga-esque flamboyant meringue dresses and provocative hip wiggling, and in its place were deadly [...]

After the disappointment of Great Expectations the BBC redeemed itself this week with The Mystery of Edwin Drood, an altogether more entertaining adaptation of Dickens’ famously unfinished novel. Edwin Drood Jr. is an orphaned young gadabout whose father was killed in a mining accident and is now under the watchful eye of his uncle. The [...]

December 27-29th, BBC 1 The BBC’s Christmas jewel in the crown for 2011 has been trailed since mid-July it seems and finally landed on Tuesday, three one hour programmes which concluded last night with a great deal of the book crammed in to the end as if the producers forgot how much they had left [...]

Even a murder trial couldn’t blight Christmas for one ordinary country-house family

With a bestselling original novel and smash-hit stage version behind it, Steven Spielberg’s take on this story of one boy and his horse and their experiences of WW1 could not be more highly anticipated. Opening with a swelling orchestra and chocolate-box shots of the British countryside, it is clear that we are meant to be [...]

‘Looking after white babies is what I do’, says housemaid Aibileen (Viola Davis), the film starts with a promising voiceover that leaves the viewer unsuspecting of the engrossing, hilarious and witty scenes that lie ahead.  The Help is an interesting title that immediately suggests despair, anguish but also a resolution. Based on the novel of the [...]

BBC One’s Frozen Planet is an amazing  and mind-blowing documentary broadcasting some of the world’s greatest Antarctic species including polar bears, killer whales, white whales and penguins. Sir David Attenborough along with the production crew takes you on a thrilling polar expedition into the frozen wilderness and polar wildlife is explored. My favourite episode of [...]

A behind-the-scenes documentary following the colourful lives of disruptive Essex schoolchildren began late last month. With tonnes of praise for being an eye opening challenge regarding the deteriorating control of teachers, I felt it shed light on a current concern.  However, the teachers merely damaged their professional reputations in the process.   Educating Essex allows viewers, [...]

At the risk of receiving an angry phone call from Ryan Murphy as so many TV reviewers have – all gleeks will recognise the trope of Good Glee and Bad Glee. Last night’s episode, ‘Asian F’, was Good Glee. Throwing the spotlight on criminally under-used Harry Shum Jr as Mike Chang the episode employed the [...]

You know you’re watching an indie film when it starts with a deep and meaningful monologue by apubescent teenager – not forgetting the Belle & Sebastian-inspired soundtrack and sunspots overthe New York landscape. But, add in adorably quirky characters (namely Charlie And The Chocolate Factory’s Freddie Highmore) and a handful of laugh-out-loud moments and it’s [...]

1hr 15 minutes of stale entertainment is what I endured last night watching this show, for a numberof valid reasons I and a few others agree it’s time to call it a day with its yearly occupation on ITV1. All faith is lost in the cause of this show, we are aware that its weekly [...]

ABC Family’s new show Switched at Birth comes as a pleasant surprise. The show unravels the lives of teenage girls Bay and Daphne as their worlds are turned upside down after finding out that they were mistakenly switched at birth having spend 16years growing up in a family that isn’t even theirs. The new situation [...]

It has been a week since the Singapore Toy, Games and Comic Convention 2011 (STGCC) wrapped up last Sunday at the Suntec Convention Hall. According to official reports, an estimated 30,000 people were at the convention last weekend. And based on indications from most exhibitors, artists, the guests and fans, this year’s show was visibly [...]

  As another instalment of X factor dominates the nation’s attention and opinions for the next few weeks it is impossible to ignore the new line up of judges. Whether we are going to miss the banter between Cheryl, Simon, Danni and Louis is yet to be discovered, but one thing is for sure they [...]

The latest episode on E! Entertainment UK features the embarrassing revelation of Kris Jenner’s bladder issues and as there is never a dull moment in the Kardashian household the viewer gets intrigued into this pressing issue through the teasing and vulgar cheekiness of both Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian who consistently pressurise Kris into going to [...]