One of the few things that pretty much anybody who knows me knows is that I like horror films. I’ve seen tons – probably a lot more than is good for me – and after you get watching for a while, you start to get wise to the tricks. Looking...
Read More
Couple of weeks back, I saw Creed – the best Rocky picture in years, and one that toed the fine line between carving out its own niche and harking back to the original. This is a necessary balance to strike to appeal to old fans as well as a newer...
Read More
What happened to the laugh track? Reece Goodall explores this lost staple of television.
Read More
Plus sized models, male and female! Reece Goodall and Lakshmi Ajay have their say about body diversity...
Read More
There are some actors who can do no wrong – Tom Hanks is the optimal example of this, a man who oozes niceness and always delivers no matter what the role. When I watched the trailer for A Hologram for the King, I thought it looked middling, but I resolved...
Read More
I like puzzle games and I like experiences that aren’t too unnecessarily difficult. As a gamer, the Nintendo Wii provided a lot of games that suited my tastes, and one of my favourites was the particularly inventive Dewy’s Adventure. Here’s a reflection on the 2007 game – the joy and...
Read More
In 1982, six episodes of Police Squad aired – sadly, its barrage of non-sequiturs and sight gags failed to be a hit with studio execs, but the show later spawned Airplane! and The Naked Gun. Angie Tribeca is very much picking up the baton, with a new world of daft...
Read More
When you think about it, there aren’t really that many disabled people in horror films. Racking my brains, I can only come up with a few examples – the sideshow performers in the 1932 film Freaks, the deaf kid who had his head blown up by Freddy Kreuger, and the...
Read More
A recent survey conducted by Warwick SU revealed that of the respondents, 83% were in favour of a 24-hour library outside of Term 3. Also, a total of 82% said that the library is their preferred choice of a 24-hour workspace. The survey was targeted at students in support of...
Read More
Reece Goodall looks at the literary world of TV spin-offs, and highlights some of the best.
Read More
Everyone loves a good gag, right? I mean, why else do people buy crackers? Seeing as this is science, here are a few relevant ones: A proton checks into a hotel and is asked if he needs any help with his luggage. “No,” he says, “I’m travelling light.” ...
Read More
Our Boar TV writers tell us about their favourite TV shows in foreign languages Wallander Reece Goodall A couple of years ago, I stumbled across a treat on BBC4 – the channel was airing the Swedish TV series Wallander, starring Krister Henriksson as the titular detective. As a fan of...
Read More
Mark Selby has won the 2016 World Snooker Championship, defeating China’s Ding Junhui 18-14 in the final. It is Selby’s second world title – his first came in 2014, when he beat Ronnie O’Sullivan by the same score line. Ding had hoped to make history as the sport’s first ever...
Read More