Natalie Vincent

Does anybody else's heart sink when you hear about protests in central London these days? Saturday's anti cuts protest saw another escalation taking place in Trafalgar Square; the ironic thing is that I was there the previous day with thousands of tourists enjoying the sunshine. What a difference a day makes. Again accusations flew back and forth between police and protesters of brutality and troublemaking; on both sides. It makes me almost wish for the days of the Iraq War and foxhunting marches; people marched, they made themselves heard, they went home afterwards. Today, Home Secretary Theresa May announced that she would consider allowing police to ban the use of masks and balaclavas at protests. Now, far from being a fan of our very own ConDem-ned government, I nevertheless found myself nodding vigorously at the radio. If protesters are there peacefully, why is there a need hide your face? Surely you should be proud to support your cause. Unless of course it involves sma...

This week in the midst of firing out CVs for subbing jobs, I came across the news that suddenly, despite over six years of development hell for the Wonder Woman film franchise, that American network NBC are currently filming a TV pilot ? With Liz Hurley playing a villain. Truly a villainous decision in itself, but I digress.....what was wrong with making the movie? I guess when faced with the risks between a live action multi-million movie or a smaller budget TV pilot, the studio financiers would opt for the latter. However, Watchmen was mired in purgurtory for over a decade, yet the movie was eventually made. Can you actually imagine Watchmen developed as a TV show? To me the WW TV pilot is a cop out; how is it that nobody seems capable of writing a big-budget movie script depicting one of comic's greatest superheroines? Let's look at the evidence. Pitof's lamentable effort Catwoman (2004) featured one of Gotham's wiliest anti-heroines without - wait for it...