Film & Books
In Review: Total MK's film critic assesses Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
A fellow critic I know once ruminated on the question 'What is wrong with Tom Cruise?' as she watched Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, a question I found myself asking whilst watching this, the second instalment in what will almost certainly be a series of Jack Reacher films, based on the books by British author Lee Child....
Horror at Milton Keynes Gallery as The Witch appears
One for horror fans to get excited about, The Witch is as exquisitely made as it is terrifying, and pulls together black magic, witchcraft and possession to tell the intimate and riveting story of one family’s frightful unraveling in the New England wilderness, circa 1630....
Milton Keynes past is the perfect way to celebrate Christmas present - and here's how...
This November shoppers can grab a bargain in the half price book sale with most items costing less than £10, Living Archive's online shop is ideal for stocking fillers. What's more, every penny spent on its unique gift range is also a gift to the charity - which uses the funds to help it continue its work of capturing the city's stories from the mouths of those who live here...
In Review: Trolls is 'very silly, but with just the right amount of 'smart' and cute charm'
Bang on time for the half-term weekend is Dreamworks' latest animated spectacular which, if you like cheesy song and dance routines and vivid dayglo, fluorescent colour schemes, will certainly hit the mark....
In Review: War on Everyone is 'rip-off copy of Pulp Fiction'
Despite the promising start... this derivative Tarantino-wannabe film ultimately ends up as just a crude and nasty way to spend an hour and a half. ...
In Review: The 'intriguing jigsaw puzzle' of The Girl on the Train
Is the modern, glass and steel, Prosecco-latte swilling world the most dangerous place and time in our history to be a woman? Watching movies like this post-Gone Girl thriller, based on the book by Paula Hawkins, you would certainly think so, with the threat coming not only from the common or garden office lothario or wine bar stud, but more than likely the life partner who shares her bed....
