Noel Yaxley

The most disliked Hollywood film trailer in history?

23 March 2023 6:00 am

Well, that didn’t last long. It seems my faith in Hollywood to tell a decent story bereft of identity politics…

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has restored my faith in Hollywood

19 March 2023 5:00 am

A few years ago, if you were to tell me that a sequel story about a retired swashbuckling cartoon cat…

Unfairy tales

18 March 2023 9:00 am

Leave our fables alone

From lockdown paradise to love island: Australia’s bizarre pilfering of UK doctors

6 March 2023 2:48 pm

Last week, whilst perusing the internet, I stumbled upon a rather amusing story. It turns out a delegation from Western…

Disney, an empire in decline

25 February 2023 9:00 am

The culture war is no place for cartoons and comic heroes

Why does everyone hate Velma?

11 February 2023 4:00 am

George Bernard Shaw once remarked that youth is wasted on the young. I have to disagree. Before discovering cigarettes, alcohol,…

Harry Windsor’s fickle fame and the death of celebrity cults

24 January 2023 6:00 am

The Duke of Sussex’s memoir caused a media frenzy in the weeks leading up to its official publication, with commentators…

Henry Cavill rightly abandoned Woke Witcher

7 January 2023 4:00 am

When I think about the state of modern entertainment, I often find myself referring to an old episode of Family…

Fan-baiting: the toxic culture of Hollywood progressives

27 November 2022 4:00 am

Bros is a gay romcom written by and starring Billy Eichner. The critics, we are told, love it. If you…