Jessica Brennan

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St. Andrews University

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Friends ’til the end

Take a tour of the best friendships to ever hit the screen.

Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Will this sequel make your spider-sense tingle?

Crimes against television

Explore the strange history of crime shows.

Silver screen to small screen

Movies which would make the best TV shows.

The Kickstarter Craze

Is crowdfunding the future of film?

Review: Noah

Get your Old Testament on.

Guilty Pleasures: Film Edition

The best films of a bad bunch

Review- Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Captain America is back for more.

Wonder Women

We explain why the world needs more superheroines

Get reel

Get to know the Reel Film Society

Five films you’re not cool enough to have seen

Movies for your inner hipster.

Review: The Book Thief

Does the film live up to the book?

Oscars Recap

The night Ellen DeGeneres became Queen of Hollywood.

House of Cards

Proving politics can be more exciting than our Sabb elections.

60 Hour Film Blitz

Channel your inner Spielberg

How to win an Oscar

The Stand’s guide to snagging that elusive gold statuette

Review: Her

Joaquin Phoenix gets busy with his computer.

The Lord of the Disappointing Trilogy

Why we love to hate The Lord of the Rings.

What to watch: Valentine’s Day

Our guide to films for the eternal romantic and the cynical singleton.

Outnumbered returns

The beloved sitcom’s days are numbered.

Reel Films

The Reel Film Society make their mark

Review- August: Osage County

Not the standard we expect from Queen Meryl…

Guilty Pleasures

The shows that are so bad they’re good

No love for Leo

Leonardo DiCaprio vs. The Oscars

The best film and TV of 2013 (that you didn’t see)

Finding those hidden gems so you don’t have to.

Defence of the film snob

Can film snobbery ever be a good thing?

And now for something completely different

The Monty Python crew have still got game.

Review: Catching Fire

May the odds be ever in Jennifer Lawrence’s favour.

St Andrews Green Film Festival

Move over, Al Gore.

Review: Lee Daniels’ The Butler

Proving once and for all that Oprah is queen.

Ready for a reboot

Which shows are crying out for a second chance?

Review: Gravity

In space, no one can hear you scream.

Here come the girls

Put some lady love in your Film & TV viewing.

Review: One Chance

Should you give the Paul Potts biopic a chance?

Review: Ender’s Game

More Hunger Games than board games.

Bring Sherlock Holme(s)

A UK air date would be Elementary.

How to survive a horror film

The only guide you’ll need this Halloween.

Zombie nation

Film and TV editor Jessica explains the success of The Walking Dead

Downton gets dark

Rape, lies and death: has Downton lost the plot?

50 shades of no way

A warning to the next actor who picks up Christian’s whip.

Oscars Recap: Who won big, and who failed hard?

Oscar Predictions: Who will it be?

X Factor Live: The Final

X Factor Live, week 9: In which we giggle at ‘Men’s Semis’

X Factor Live, week 8: ABBA Vs. Motown Vs. Good Taste

X Factor Live, week 7: even guiltier pleasures

X Factor Live, week 6: Best of Something

X Factor Live, week 5: Yes, we’re still watching X Factor

X Factor Live, week 4: Loose interpretations of the theme ‘Halloween’

X Factor Live, week 3: In da club, apparently

X Factor Live, week 2: Love, heartbreak, and earache.

X Factor Live, week 1: losing faith in the public?

Review: ‘Looper’, loved it or hated it?

X Factor Judges’ Houses and Final Results