Alan Bennett’s The History Boys returns to Brighton for a limited run next month. The winner of over 30 major awards since it premiered at the National Theatre in 2004, including the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best New Play, the show is playing at Theatre Royal in Brighton from Monday 9 February until Saturday … >
As the title suggests, this tale serves as a prequel to elements of ‘Death to the Daleks’, in which the TARDIS, along with the crew of a human space-craft and a Dalek ship, became trapped on the planet of the Exxilons due to a power drain caused by their “City”. On this occasion, random chance … >
Award-winning Gayle Forman’s heart-breaking new Young Adult story, I Was Here, is published tomorrow. A story of friendship, grief and self-discovery, the novel follows 18-year-old Cody Reynolds in the months after the shocking suicide of her best friend. As Cody looks for answers as to why Meg took her own life, she begins a journey … >
We’re now just past the halfway point of Broadchurch 2. What do you think of it so far? Are you one of the 140-character critics who hopped aboard the #Boredchurch bandwagon after Episode 1? Or do you love the show – and the way David Tennant’s DI Hardy emphatically says ‘Miller’ as ‘Millarrrrggh!’ – enough … >
Netflix has announced that new US drama Better Call Saul will debut in the UK next month. The Breaking Bad prequel’s ten-part first season will become available for streaming exclusively on Netflix on Monday 9 February and Tuesday 10 February, followed by every Tuesday at 7am UK time. Created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, Better … >
Hugh Laurie (House) and Tom Hiddleston (Thor) will lead the cast of BBC One’s new television adaptation of espionage drama The Night Manager. Adapted by David Farr (Hanna, Spooks) from John le Carré’s original novel, the six-part BBC/AMC co-production begins filming this spring. The contemporary interpretation will “bring together love, loss and revenge in a complex … >
After last week’s lacklustre episode, Broadchurch ups its game as it focuses on the Joe Miller court battle, continues the Sandbrook case and some provides some development for David Tennant’s D.I Hardy. It’s no shock that this season of Broadchurch hasn’t been anywhere near as gripping as its debut in 2013. A major gripe in … >
Directed by Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class, Kick-Ass), Twentieth Century Fox’s Kingsman: The Secret Service arrives in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on Thursday 29 January. > Read our review of the movie. To celebrate, we’ve got goodies to give away to five of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV … >
At the exact moment Jason Bourne was fished out of the Mediterranean Sea, in Doug Liman’s The Bourne Identity in 2002, the action genre changed. Gone were the campy villains, the outlandish set-pieces and the idealised heroes. Instead came a gritty, crunching realism, that was, at the time, refreshing. But in Jason Bourne’s wake came … >
It was well over a decade ago that Antoine Fuqua’s gritty, intense and shocking police-action film Training Day propelled Denzel Washington to an Acadamy Award and straight into the A-list. Their screen-fortunes have been mixed in the time that’s elapsed since, but with The Equalizer, we’re treated to a long over-due reunion between director and … >