IN THE MIDDLE of October I was treated to a live performance by Dave Gorman, an event I can only describe as painfully enjoyable. Why painful? Because I remember clearly having a pain in my side...
‘I DON’T deserve anything, no-one deserves anything but I am owed, better’. – Clara Oswald. This series hasn’t really been the Doctor’s story; it’s definitely been Clara’s. For better or worse this has been...
‘I THINK it’s fair to say that I chose hopelessness, and inflicted it on the rest of us, but at least I’ve come to terms with my own mortality’. These are the words that...
Some things are easy to categorise as scary. Anyone who’s anyone will tell you that The Exorcist or Paranormal Activity are ‘scary’ films. Most people would agree that American Horror Story is a scary...
IT’S HALLOWEEN at the SCM living room offices tomorrow, and what better way to celebrate than to watch two completely unhinged pieces of acid-nightmare 70s obscurity? That’s right, folks: This week’s Torment and the monthly...
Young Fathers have won the prestigious Mercury Prize. The band beat the likes of Damon Albarn, Royal Blood, Kate Tempest, FKA Twigs and Jungle to claim the prize for the their album Dead. The...
THIS week’s Doctor Who episode made me think how continually good this series has been so far, I have come away from almost every episode saying that I enjoyed it. Since writing the review...
BENEDICT Cumberbatch has been reportedly cast as Doctor Stephen Strange in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. According to Deadline the Sherlock actor is the studios firm choice for the part, ahead of big names such...
HOW SOON can one decide that an album has attained the status of ‘classic’? With Kendrick Lamar’s 2012 LP Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City, some might argue that that status is well deserved so soon after release....
I MUST admit I’ve been rather disappointed with this series. Despite the charms of Peter Capaldi I’ve found it mediocre at best. Not that it’s bad per se, but it doesn’t exactly leave much...
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