Author: David Mitchell-Baker


  • Marvel’s Cinematic release slate: Is it removing all the fun?

    Marvel knows what movie they’re releasing in 2019; I don’t even know what I’m having for lunch yet. Is this taking the joy out of superhero cinema?

  • Review: American Crime Story (Season 1)

    ‘The knockout punch of the year has arrived’ according to David Mitchell Baker.

  • Nostalgic News: Game of Thrones first aired five years ago today

    The acclaimed fantasy show first aired on HBO five years ago today on 17th April 2011.

  • Review: Deftones – Gore

    The American metal band return with their eighth album and they bring the heavy once again.

  • One To Watch: Everybody Wants Some!!

    Richard Linklater’s spiritual follow-up to Dazed and Confused should be on your radar, says David Mitchell-Baker.

  • Biffy Clyro

    Review: Biffy Clyro – ‘Wolves of Winter’

    Scot-rockers Biffy Clyro return with the lead single from their new album Elipsis.

  • How to Fix: Family Guy

    David elaborates on how Quahog’s famous dysfunctional family needs some work.

  • Why UK music festivals need to stop playing it safe with their bookings

    Coldplay again!?! Why UK music festivals need to re-evaluate their headliners.

  • The book that changed my life: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

    “Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody.” The life changing impact of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

  • 10 films to look out for at next year’s Academy Awards

    From throwback musicals to gritty dramas, stark realism to Chris Pratt, we look at what’s soon hitting our screens that the Academy will eat right up this time next year.

  • Actor In Focus: Brie Larson

    David Mitchell-Baker takes a look at the career of Brie Larson in our latest Actor In Focus.

  • In Defence of The Hateful Eight

    David Mitchell-Baker steps in to defend Quentin Tarantino’s recent underperforming western.

  • Nostalgic News: The Silence of the Lambs was released 25 years ago today

    “Well, Clarice – have the lambs stopped screaming?” Today is the 25th anniversary of Jonathan Demme’s magnum opus, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster.

  • A definitive ranking of all my secondary school English books

    Being an English Literature student, it goes without saying that English had long been one of my favourite school subjects during my time in secondary school. However, that doesn’t mean that I enjoyed every book I had to read and study. But how do they all compare to each other? Here is a definitive ranking of […]