This week sees the revenge of the senior citizens. After my past ageism comments about romantic comedies for the older set, I’m happy to give Red a positive review. It just goes to show: romantic comedies equals creepy, action comedies equals win. We look at the second and third of John Carpenter’s “apocalypse trilogy” with special guest, Mark Noble, who returns to the show... 

We’ve talked about ageism on the website before – that discrimination against actors and storylines by both Hollywood and audiences simply on the basis of age. Tinsel town doesn’t afford many actors much leeway when it comes to getting older, disposing of many talented people (particularly women) when they start showing the signs of age. The few it does keep around are usually relegated to...