The worst thing about Fantastic Four (or, more idiotically Fant4stic) isn’t the terrible CGI (which ranges between 10 years ago-bad and Sci-Fi channel bad), the nonsensical structure or the stop-start pacing, nor is it the […]
Ed Fringe Update – The Leeds Tealights: Discuss… A Sketch Show
A colourful carpet of flyers and leaflets lines the medieval roads of Edinburgh’s old town. Art-aficionados from across the globe buzz to the venue of their next play, cabaret, or stand-up gig. Circus escapees perform […]
Mission Improbable – Or, The Resurgence of Physical Filmmaking
Buster Keaton clasps to the cattle guard of a speeding locomotive, one small slip away from falling beneath the wheels. The year is 1927, and the actor is no stranger to risking life and limb […]
Psychology Students will have a field day on Pixar’s Inside Out
Inside Out, Pixar’s new release is an intelligent and witty insight into the human mind. Psychology students will have a field day as the creators delve into cognitive thinking, bringing to life the extraordinary workings […]
Southpaw pulls no punches
Southpaw is a hulking brute of a movie. It batters you, relentlessly, until you give in to its melodramatic script; it quite literally pulls no punches. Boxing metaphors aside, it is a powerful, engaging movie, […]
Robin Williams: An Underappreciated Star
Robin Williams holds a curious place in the cultural memory of the millennial generation. For an audience far too young to have any memory of the manic quick-fire impressions of his eighties stand-up heyday, he […]
Jackson Pollock: Blind Spot
Summertime Number 9A is a painting that longs to be understood. The black swirls fall like letters on the canvas, desperate to be read, and the subtle strokes of aestival colour signal a summer’s scene […]
Plenty of Claps for the Von Trapps
Tuesday 21st July: Leeds Grand Theatre. The Sound of Music has been a household name and musical icon since its Broadway debut in 1959, and its recent debut at Leeds Grand firmly supported this with a standing […]
Leeds set to be Alive with The Sound of Music: Preview
Leeds Grand Theatre will be welcoming a brand new production of The Sound of Music on Monday 20th July as part of its national UK tour. Arguably one of the most well-known musicals of all […]
Jurassic Competition: Park VS World
After its gargantuan success at the box office, Jurassic World has proved that now, as ever, children love dinosaurs. Jurassic World is on the brink of making $1.5 billion at the worldwide box-office, a huge […]
Amy’s Voice Finally Heard in Controversial Documentary
Four years after Britain’s greatest jazz artist passed, Asif Kapadia (Director of Senna) has released a revealing docu-film about the life and work of our beloved Amy Winehouse. In the past, many directors have tried […]
Jesus Christ Superstar is resurrected at Leeds Grand Theatre
Jesus Christ Superstar returned to Leeds this week as part of a new touring production. Never a stranger to reinvention, this particular production welcomed back Glenn Carter whom reprised his role as Jesus alongside new […]