Critical Drinker After Hours

Cinematic heroes used to inspire generations of audiences to be better, stronger, see further and do more with their lives. But what happens when you take those heroes away? What's left?

Part 1 of our little behind-the-scenes insight into the making of Rogue Elements, the upcoming short film based on my Ryan Drake book series.

The Open Bar panel shares our thoughts on Gladiator 2, Pedro Pascal fatigue and hip hop soundtracks on classical Roman gladiatorial combat.

You just can't keep a good shill down, and in this case its everyone's favourite shill publication Kotaku - STILL trying to defend the Acolyte, this time claiming fans have been "watching it wrong" this whole time.

Could this be the dumbest, most poorly written piece of Star Wars media ever? Let's find out.

This one really took me by surprise. The true story of a small town in East Texas that took in kids stranded in the foster care system, and ended up changing hundreds of lives.

As we tried to work our way through the ridiculous, contrived and in many cases contradictory events of Episode 6, we came to one inescapable conclusion - nothing in this show makes a lick of sense.

You might have thought Disney Star Wars is in trouble because of terrible writing, poor acting and the relentless insertion of The Message into everything they do, but you'd be wrong. According to Collider, the real problem is YOU - the fans.

It's funny how relentlessly positive reviews are conveniently overlooked, while negativity towards any Star Wars project is immediately slammed as review bombing.

Wow, who knew we could still get good TV shows? House of the Dragon Season 2 has proven to be a strong continuation of the story from Season 1. Let's hope this continues!