Verdict: Sherlock - The Hounds Of Baskerville

Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch in SherlockThis review contains spoilersBuilding upon last week's excellent series opener, The Hounds Of Baskerville shows that Mark Gatiss' and Steven Moffat's take on the super sleuth is going from strength to strength. Whilst the first episode played with the idea of Sherlock falling for the seductive charm of femme fatale Irene Adler, this week we were introduced to something bigger; that Holmes could feel...

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The White Stripes - The Albums

Jack White's solo album 'Blunderbuss' is out April 23rd.It hardly seems like a year since the White Stripes announced that they would part ways. On an unofficial hiatus after the cancelling of their Icky Thump tour in 2007, Jack White (the lead vocalist and guitarist in the Detroit based duo) has since occupied his time with numerous other side bands and projects such as the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather. Now, in the past month (and at the time...

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Film Review: Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D

Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson in Phantom Menace(Image from imdb.com)Star Wars is back on the big-screen in three-dimensions, with George Lucas taking us back to where it all began (chronologically) with 1999's Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace. Set 32 years before the events of the original 1977 Star Wars, Phantom Menace charts the discovery of a young slave boy named Anakin Skywalker (Jake Lloyd) by two Jedi Knights Qui-Gon (Liam...

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Verdict: Sherlock - A Scandal In Belgravia

Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Lara Pulver as Irene Adler-  Courtesy of BBCThis review contains spoilersPicking up directly where the first series had left off, the first 90-minute episode of series two of the BBC's Sherlock hit the ground running and didn't let up for the entire duration. With Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Watson (Martin Freeman) facing off against Moriarty (Andrew Scott) in a tense and gripping finale, the first...

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TV Preview: Sherlock Series 2

Cumberbatch and Freeman as Holmes and Watson in SherlockThere was a time during my days in high school when just the thought of reading (and by extension, studying) one of the classic Sherlock Holmes novels would be enough cause for my eyes to bleed profusely in boredom. Ashamed to admit it now, at the age of 13 and 14, Conan Doyle's Victorian detective simply failed to spark my interest the in same way that iPods and Nickelodeon did. To the uninitiated...

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Film Review: Underworld Awakening 3D

Kate Beckinsale in Underworld: Awakening 3DMovie sequels can be tricky. As can movie prequels. But movie threequels? They are trickiest of the lot. Take Sam Raimi's hugely popular Spiderman franchise for example. The first and second films were both massively successful and celebrated, the only stumbling block came with the overly jumbled third instalment. The same can be said for numerous film franchises such as X-Men, Shrek and The Matrix.Which...

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Is Lana Del Rey worth the hype?

Firing out of (seemingly) absolutely nowhere late last year, American indie pop songstress Lana Del Rey has been one of the most talked about "up and coming things" of the last few months. Initially attracting a lot of attention with touching and stirring debut single 'Video Games', Del Rey has now released album 'Born to Die' and the record has shot straight to number one in the charts in both Britain and Ireland. Following in the footsteps of other...

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TV Preview: An Idiot Abroad Series 2

Stephen Merchant, Karl Pilkington and Ricky Gervais in An Idiot AbroadFollowing on from the success of the first series, An Idiot Abroad returns to Australian screens this weekend with series two: The Bucket List.Starring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant (stars of the Office and Extras) and round-headed buffon (Ricky's words, not mine) Karl Pilkington, this second series follows the same winning formula from season one with Ricky and Steve sending their dim-witted...

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