Image: Videovision Entertainment A film based on Nelson Mandela’s autobiography, Mandela: A Long Walk to Freedom, was always going to be successful in the post-Christmas cinema listings. It was also bound to receive a plethora […]
Gielgud Theatre, London | Strangers on a Train – Good, but not Hitchcock
Image: Gielgud Theatre With stage decorations to fill any design student’s wildest dream, Strangers on a Train is not only a tense, emotive and dynamic play but a visual spectacle to remember. Based on Patricia […]
Art | D&AD: a design for life.
Image courtesy of TASCHEN D&AD is an originally British and now wholly international organisation that rewards commercial creativity, the self-titled Nobel Prize of the creative industries. Their yearly annuals bring together the work of those […]
TV | The 7.39 – A surprisingly enjoyable romance without the happy-ever-after cliché ending
For some reason re-reading Starter for Ten whilst at university has become a ritual to me. It’s set at university. It’s an easy read and has a satisfying ending. Thankfully it doesn’t follow the same […]
Comedy | Much A-Stew About Nothing
To his critics, Stewart Lee is little more than a champagne socialist: an audience-hating, Oxbridge-educated comedian who cracks cheap jokes at the expense of the establishment for an audience of similarly well-off lefties. To […]
Interview | Paul Sinha – "I’m not the kind of comic who’ll go on stage and slag off the Tories"
Any introduction to Paul Sinha usually contains one, if not all, of the following biographical details: a qualified GP, a keen quizzer, a sports obsessive and an openly gay man, he is perhaps most widely […]
Film | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues – Was it even that good in the first place?
Image: Paramount Pictures When Will Ferrell first appeared on the American talk show Conan as Ron Burgundy playing his jazz flute and announced that the sequel to the 2004 cult-classic was going to happen, the […]
Film | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – A formidable sequel
Image: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer And off we go! After An Unexpected Journey’s meandering start, the second part of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy jumps straight back into the action, and doesn’t relent for the entire 2 hours 41 […]
TV | Moonfleet – Geezers and gaffers galore
Geezers and gaffers is what springs to mind when Ray Winstone is mentioned. That’s all he seems to play these days and it’s all he’s ever really played though this is not necessarily a bad […]
Art | Wild Art – a manifesto for reconceptualising the art world
Wild Art is a manifesto. Wild Art is an argument. Wild Art is a radical plea for artistic inclusivity. It is also, more simply, an adventurous collection of non-traditional misfit artworks. Published by Phaidon in […]
TV Movie | Liz & Dick – Lindsey Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor was never going to end well
Expectation was high for Liz & Dick, a biographical tale chronicling the love affair between two of Hollywood’s most notorious characters: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. LSi had been following its development closely, with many […]
Film | Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones – A refreshing change of direction that ultimately falls short
Image: Paramount Pictures 2/5 Stars Paranormal Activity as a whole has become something of an addiction; I feel inclined to roll my eyes when each new film is announced, but I feel far too dedicated […]