This year’s E3 convention was the best entertainment I’ve watched all year. Summed up in three words? Creativity, freedom and nostalgia. It’s renewed my faith in the gaming industry’s direction by returning freedom and power […]
The Producers set to take centre stage at Leeds Grand
Almost fifty years since Mel Brooks’ original film was released, The Producers is taking to the stage again, and will be making a stop in Leeds at the Grand Theatre from 8th June until the 13th. Telling the […]
Monsters: Dark Continent reduces the all important monsters to background noise
Monsters was one of those rare films that totally surpassed expectations; it made a conscious decision to explore further than its B-movie sci-fi roots, was a character study and critique of US foreign policy and was heartfelt, intelligent […]
After the End has the apocalypse scheduled for 12 o’clock this Tuesday
If you knew when the exact moment the world was going to end, what would you do? This is a question I was left pondering after Tuesday evening’s showing of “After the End,” a student […]
Political parties explained through film
‘My Case, My Journey’ Exhibition at Armley Mills
Image: Laura Cummins As I catch my first sunny glimpse of Armley Mills, tucked beneath a viaduct overlooking the river Aire, I know it will be an afternoon of discovery. With exhibits ranging from a […]
‘After the End’ Press Release
Image: Camila Castaneda The apocalypse was scheduled for Tuesday at precisely 12 noon, but when the clock finally struck the end did not come. Frances and Zelda hooked up after an office flirtation and were ready […]
Vin Diesel plays it straight against sheer silliness in Furious 7
Vin Diesel is a man with no sense of irony. Whilst the majority of his Fast and Furious co-stars spend the non-car chase scenes in this 7th(!) entry in the long-running street racing/ 80’s action […]
Interview ‘The 56’ director, Matt Stevens-Woodhead
Image: Joseph Priestley As Bradford City prepares to commemorate the 30-year anniversary of a fire that killed 56 people, a young theatre company based in Yorkshire is re-telling the tragedy through the eyes of those who […]
‘The 56’ is respectful and compelling
Image: Joseph Priestley 11th May 1985 is a date that will be deeply engraved in West Yorkshire history, for all the wrong reasons. It was supposed to be a day of celebration for Bradford City […]
The Hepworth Wakefield held a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, but perhaps the idea has yet to develop its potential
Sunday 8th March marked International Women’s Day. The event in question has been celebrated globally since the early twentieth century and its relevance in society remains as strong as ever in 2015. Across the world, […]
A feminist fairy tale – Interview with ‘Mermaid’ director Polly Teale
Of all the best-known European fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid is arguably the most problematic. The story of a young mermaid who leaves behind everything she has ever known, changes her appearance, […]