Movie marketing, baby! It’s an art form all of its own. And while commercial films with significant budgets tend to have more impressively cut trailers, it’s still a form of cultural hype-building worthy of recognition, in my opinion. So here are my ten favourite trailers of 2022. Some of these…

It can be hard to determine what TV shows are ‘better’ than others in a given year. With films, it’s one contained project that can be reassessed easily a number of times. With TV, it’s many hours that may have ups and downs in quality; often part of a multiyear…

If I had a nickel for every time in the past 5 years somebody either from my own life, or on Twitter Dot Com (a good website owned by very ethical and normal people), has complained that “they” don’t make “rom-coms” anymore, I’d be a wealthy man. As a stiff…

She always keeps us on our toes. And this Friday, Taylor Swift will drop her 10th original studio album with not a single, music video or even a snippet of a song to be spoken of. It’s a thrilling anticipatory period for a major pop record, and a perfect opportunity…

It’s been almost two years since I last published a list of the best actors working, and a lot can change in two years. Career paths change direction, exciting new faces arrive and legends find new oxygen. …

When I was 12 and the radio still had an antenna, I discovered a low quality frequency of BBC Radio 1 on my little portable FM radio in my parents’ house in Galway, Ireland. It was life-changing. Suddenly I had access to round-the-clock high energy pop radio, outrageous personalities and…

Although frequently the target of unparalleled levels of cynicism and contempt from my left-wing peers for the white liberal condescension his work often pushes, Aaron Sorkin remains probably my favourite writer working in Hollywood today. His grasp on character and dialogue in contexts typically seen as dull — political meeting…