TV & Film

BBC Three? Not For Me

 Steven Kellow    TV & Film

Comedians and teenage telly advocates are up in arms about yesterday’s news that BBC Director-General, Lord Hall, has has decided to move BBC Three away from TV to an online-only version.  I know that public service cuts are always met with opposition, and more often than not for good reason, but I don’t really see the problem with this latest change. The BBC has to cut £100 million from its’ budget to remain financially sound it has been told.  BBC Three’s budget for 2013-14 was — Read more →

House of Cards – Season 1: Review

 Steven Kellow    TV & Film  ,

TV shows need to do a lot to draw my interest and compel me to watch them.  For House of Cards, it was another round of major award nominations, great reviews and an ad campaign at the cinema that pushed me over the edge onto the couch.  It’s not technically a TV show, being produced and aired exclusively on Netflix, but it is one of the best serial shows I’ve watched in a while and, with season 2 around the corner on the 14th of — Read more →

12 Years a Slave: Review

 Steven Kellow    TV & Film  

Perhaps the front-runner for the coveted Best Picture Oscar this year, 12 Years a Slave is a stunning depiction of one man’s horrific experiences with slavery in the American Deep South.  With sublime acting performances, a strong artistic style and great direction from Steve McQueen (not the late American actor), 12 Years a Slave was well worth its praise and hype. The story follows the life of Solomon Northrup, a free man living in upstate New York with his wife and family.  Northrup lives a — Read more →

The Wolf of Wall Street: Review

 Steven Kellow    TV & Film  

Last year, when I saw Filth in cinemas, I thought I had seen the limit of debauchery that could be found in a film.  It was funny, well-acted too and had a plot that was different and interesting.  Filth was a film that was fun to watch from start to finish. The Wolf of Wall Street takes the Filth model of movie, although not intentionally, and ramps it up to eleven.  There’s more drugs, more sex, more crime and the main character, Jordan Belfort, is — Read more →

It’s Called The West Wing

 Steven Kellow    TV & Film

The last few years have brought many American TV dramas that have hit some level of cult success over here in the UK.  Shows like Dexter, Game of Thrones and, perhaps most of all in the last year, Breaking Bad, have all captured people’s imaginations.  I’ve never really watched any of these shows, with one exception.  During my first year of university, some friends and I watched a show from the beginning of the first season to the end of the seventh – and loved — Read more →

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