From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022
Channel 5’s Anne Boleyn – ‘Grumble all you like, this is how it’s going to be’ Film & TV June 12, 2021
Unboxing The Studio Ghibli Howl’s Moving Castle Madman 10th Anniversary Box Set C S Hughes Film & TV December 24, 2014
From ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to ‘Persuasion’: Can Jane Austen Survive the Millennium? Film & TV July 29, 2022
From ‘Wicked Wife’ to ‘Insane Traitor’: The Continued Slander of Jane Boleyn History January 25, 2021
His Dark Materials Book to Screen Analysis: Episode 8 Season Finale ‘Betrayal’ His Dark Materials December 29, 2019
The Mythology of Jane Boleyn: What was Jane and Anne Boleyn’s Relationship Like? History September 13, 2022
Love Is A Dagger – In which we ponder whether for Shakespeare love is mere words, or an altogether more penetrating object. Shakespeare August 5, 2023
The problems of Richard III’s Y chromosome; the problems relating to the burials at Clare Priory, and the problems of working with Historic England HistoryRichard III May 22, 2017
The Third Plantagenet: George Duke of Clarence with John Ashdown-Hill Olga Hughes HistoryInterviewsRichard III March 3, 2014
Mt Best Short Film Event To Feature Gippsland Filmmakers C S Hughes October 28, 2017The Mt Best Short Film Event will be presenting a terrific showcase of films by Gippsland filmmakers. One of the...
There’s One Thing The New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Proves… C S Hughes October 20, 2015To say that most of us have been inured by a film and TV diet of pointless and often glorified...
EVEREST – Behind The Scenes C S Hughes September 10, 2015Because it’s there. We all know the easy reason why people climb mountains. A challenge not only to physical endurance,...
Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight Will Be Scored by Ennio Morricone C S Hughes July 13, 2015Ennio Morricone’s scores for Sergio Leone’s films are as iconic as the films themselves. Many agree that The Good The...
Monsters Dark Continent Monster Movie Giveaway! C S Hughes July 1, 2015Monsters was the surprise genre hit of 2010, the first feature directed by special effects wiz Gareth Edwards. On a...
You Won’t Believe Who Drew This Doodle Of Indiana Jones In May, 1980 C S Hughes June 27, 2015He’s the sardonic, whip-cracking adventurer who brings together the quest for knowledge, treasure hunting, scientific curiosity with skin-of-your-teeth breakneck adventure....
Why We Won’t Be Watching Avatar 2 C S Hughes June 3, 2015James Cameron’s Avatar was a brilliant piece of epic sci-fi entertainment. A hero overcoming both injury and tragedy, finding a...
The Minions Of Boorool! C S Hughes April 20, 2015Further proof that South Gippsland is the nerdiest, and therefore the best part of the countryside. Not only is it...
Wow Wachowskis “Jupiter Ascending” Giveaway! C S Hughes February 17, 2015Perhaps you remember Rutger Hauer’s soliloquy near the end of Ridley Scott’s 1982 masterpiece, Blade Runner, in which the rogue...
With Jupiter Ascending To Opposition, We Share Some Exclusive Movie Artwork C S Hughes February 4, 2015In Jupiter Ascending Mila Kunis plays Jupiter Jones, a very ordinary girl from Earth suddenly informed by a genetically modified...
The Wachowskis’ Epic Space Opera Jupiter Ascending C S Hughes January 31, 2015Get you telescopes ready. The Wachowskis who brought us the non-stop mind-bending sci-fi thrill-ride of The Matrix Trilogy, cult classic...
One Does Not Simply Walk Into Erebor – A Hobbit Trilogy Watching Guide C S Hughes December 27, 2014There have been complaints from some quarters of the Internet about The Hobbit Trilogy, and especially the final magnificent instalment,...
Mad Max: Fury Road Tormentor Trailer C S Hughes December 13, 2014I think Max has graduated from Mad to fully Insane. Found it necessary to change the term ‘teaser trailer’ to...
The Tale Of Studio Ghibli A Not To Be Missed Cinematic Showcase C S Hughes September 6, 2014For two weeks in October put away cynicism and worldly concerns and prepare for wonder, joy, guileless laughter, profound tears...
The Miracle Of Silence – The Seven Wonders Silent Film Festival C S Hughes April 12, 2014There is something particularly entrancing about silent films, not only as a reference to the origins of film, but also...
Belle – Surprise And Prejudice In Regency England C S Hughes April 8, 2014Belle is a story that turns the usual pattern of Regency romance upside down, at once presenting a love story...
Game Of Thrones Kit Harington in Epic Pompeii 3D C S Hughes February 26, 2014The utter destruction of the Roman town of Pompeii, buried under layers of ash and rock during the massive and...