Film & TV

1. Introduction Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant (2017) is a continuation of the mythos he began to reshape in Prometheus (2012). While Prometheus asked metaphysical questions about creation, divinity, and the …

The Siege of Jadotville is a 2016 Irish war film directed by Richie Smyth, based on the true story of the 1961 siege of a United Nations peacekeeping force in …

Introduction “The Big Short” is a 2015 film adaptation of Michael Lewis’s non-fiction book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, which chronicles the events leading up to the 2007–2008 …

Adapted by screenwriter Peter Straughan from Hilary Mantel’s acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, the BBC’s television adaptation of Wolf Hall is a six-part historical drama that …

’71 is a 2014 British war thriller film directed by Yann Demange. Set in 1971 during the early years of the Troubles, a conflict in Northern Ireland, the film follows …

Introduction Kajaki: The True Story is a 2014 British war drama directed by Paul Katis. The film is based on real events that took place in 2006 in Afghanistan, focusing …

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), directed by Martin Scorsese and based on the memoir of Jordan Belfort, is an ambitious film that captures the reckless spirit of the 1990s …

Marc Forster’s World War Z (2013) is a high-octane, apocalyptic thriller that reimagines the zombie genre through a global and political lens. Loosely based on Max Brooks’ 2006 novel World …