Humour Reviews

Imagine the plot of the movie The Martian really happened. There was a NASA Mars Mission like ARES from the the film, and there was a tragedy where the crew legged it leaving one astronaut behind. He would be stuck on an arid planet, all on…

"Flaming Thunderbolts!"  Yes, it's the unexpected return of Gerry Anderson's Terrahawks! Terrahawks, for those who don't know, was something of an anomaly for Gerry Anderson; previously, every show he produced was bigger in scale (&…

I meant to write this earlier but then stuff got in the way. Here's a breakdown of my week since the Vodafone Comedy Festival ended. Monday - I pretended it wasn't over. Tuesday - I was sad. Wednesday - I watched videos of all the…

It seems pointless to give this movie any kind of review. Have you ever seen a Will Ferrell movie before? Then you probably know what to expect from this one. In fact, you probably know what to expect from this movie by simply looking at…

Welcome to the Time Out of Mind listening guide. First, pat yourself on the back. You dug way past the easy self-righteousness of 64’s Times They Are a-Changin’ and didn’t stop at the travelogues of 75’s Desire. You even shrugged your…

My dad bought me this book, Danger is Everywhere, and I read it in a day when I was taking a break from the fourth Harry Potter. Dr Noel Zone is a dangerologist. He made this word up. He made up loads of other words too…  Like…

It’s an odd crowd, in the Olympia Theatre tonight. A lot younger than the usual theatre crowd - in fact, the majority seem to be teenagers, dotted with geeky-looking types, the alternative crowd, and the occasional bemused parent. In other…

Alan Bennett went to Sunday mass in an actual church and livetweeted the entire event to give the rest of us an inside look at this strange other world. An atheist goes to church:

The connection of science and humour is one that may seem light-years apart; however, the very talented Helen Keen has merged the two brilliantly. Entering the third season, the BBC Radio 4 series, It is Rocket Science! is a delightful…

“It’s love Jim, but not as we know it” is what Star Wars fans might have to say about this exceptional movie. Not to be confused with the iconic film of the same name “Ben-Hur”,Her is a romantic drama set not in ancient Rome but…