Zootopia-inspired pet trade shows problem of portraying wild animals as cuddly companions
Apr 19, 2016 04:34 am UTC| Entertainment
Films and TV shows keep depicting wild animals as fun and friendly characters, with human-like personalities. Its better than representing them as evil monsters, of course, but sometimes films can have a bad influence on...
Dogs in Space, 30 years on – a once maligned film comes of age
Apr 14, 2016 23:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
A fairly unattractive bunch of bored and boring party givers, mindlessly driving around midnight streets waiting for pieces of Skylab to fall on them and searching for meaning in the TV test pattern, hardly makes for a...
Jungle Book reimagined: spectacular CGI crafts a whole new reality
Apr 14, 2016 15:19 pm UTC| Entertainment
Will it be a happy or a sad film? asks my 11-year-old son in anticipation of Disneys new reboot of The Jungle Book. The answer depends on your attachment to the famous 1967 animation. Parents looking to entertain young...
Led Zeppelin, plagiarism, and why we should be worried about the future of music
Apr 14, 2016 15:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law Entertainment
Led Zeppelins Robert Plant and Jimmy Page will soon face a jury trial in order to determine whether they copied the opening chords for their 1971 classic Stairway to Heaven from the song Taurus, recorded by the...
Inspiring Game of Thrones: Shakespeare's finest female role
Apr 14, 2016 05:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
Amid the tidal wave of events marking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeares death in 2016, it is still standout news that Labour party politician Glenda Jackson will be returning to the stage as King Lear, directed by...
Celebrities and politicians tell us their deepest, darkest secrets. Why?
Apr 14, 2016 02:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment Politics
Public figures sharing private information is the norm nowadays. Our thirst for information, combined with the wonders of the internet and lax approaches to privacy, is creating a perfect storm. News outlets, websites...
Books become films and films become games – stories can now be told without limits
Apr 12, 2016 11:54 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
What is it about videogames that keeps players spellbound for hours, days, even weeks at a time? Some offer players the freedom to explore a world beautiful to behold, one of rich geographic detail achieved through the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
The Mattei Plan: why Giorgia Meloni is looking to Africa
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight