a review by Nalini Haynes Monty Python’s Life of Brian was originally released in 1979. IMDB summarises the story: ‘Brian is born on the original …
TV & movie reviews
Arrested Development: A review of seasons 1 – 3
A review by Nalini Haynes Arrested Development is a US comedy TV series about a wealthy family with entitlement issues. Michael (Jason Bateman), the straight …
Doctor Who (1973): The Green Death
A review by Nalini Haynes At the end of a particularly trying day the minion went to the post office to discover a package from …
Black Books
A review by Nalini Haynes Black Books is an iconic British comedic TV series about which I’ve heard much. Previously I tried watching an episode …
Man of Steel review by Daniel Haynes
A review by Daniel Haynes I had the opportunity to see the new rebooted Superman flick, Man of Steel, at IMAX recently. For all the …
Man of Steel review by Helen Stubbs
a review by Helen Stubbs Man of Steel was a surprisingly fresh and deep exploration of the Superman story. I don’t love many movies I felt …
Titans of the Ice Age 3D at IMAX
Titans of the Ice Age 3D at IMAX a review by Nalini Haynes Titans of the Ice Age is a 45 minute spectacular available in …
Danny Oz on Playing Safe in Doctor Who
a guest blog by Danny Oz Danny volunteered to write an article for Dark Matter’s Doctor Who special edition zine but due to life getting …
Star Trek Into Darkness
a review by Nalini Haynes I take my life into my hands as I review Star Trek Into Darkness in the full knowledge that too much …
Sons of Anarchy season 1 episodes1-4
A review by Nalini Haynes Sons of Anarchy is a TV series produced by FX about a motorbike club in a town called Charming in California. …
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – a review
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Movie Journey a movie review by Edward and Nalini Haynes The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was first and foremost a novel …
Skyfall: James Bond
a review by Nalini Haynes The Bond franchise is alive and well after 50 years in spite of doomsayers’ predictions that it was outdated. Part …
Charmed seasons 7 & 8
a review by Nalini Haynes This is the final in my series of reviews of Charmed, the TV series that ran from 1998 to 2006 (according …
Beasts of the Southern Wild
a review by Nalini Haynes I must confess I hadn’t noticed Beasts of the Southern Wild until the Oscar scandals brought Quvenzhané Wallis into the limelight. Hushpuppy is …
Weeds season 6
a review by Nalini Haynes Weeds is a comedy about Nancy, an incompetent human being, who fell into the drug trade to ‘make ends meet’ …