Vue and Showcase cinemas chose to ban the Peckham-set gang film ‘Blue Story’ from its 91 UK cinemas after a spate of 25 separate serious incidents across 16 of its cinemas within the first 24 […]
LIFF: Short Film Reviews
This year the Leeds International Film Festival (LIFF) provided a shelter from the rainy weather in the north. As always, as well as blockbusters and big-money movies, LIFF shon through with its short film competitions. […]
Review: Theatre Group’s Cock
Cock premiered in 2011 in the Royal Court Theatre, it was written by Mike Bartlet, an University of Leeds alumni, and this year it completes 10 years since its creation. The play defies expectations of […]
A love letter to Would I Lie To You? on its thirteenth birthday
Would I Lie To You? is a rare entity in today’s oversaturated panel show market – it manages to entertain without being callous, and can genuinely be enjoyed by the whole family. Now in its […]
Sleeping Beauty at the Carriageworks: A Review.
This review was a collaboration between Marit Foekens and Hannah Cox. Tired students, Drag Queens and a children’s fairytale. It was a trio we never knew we needed until last week. When walking into the […]
Frozen 2 Takes Us Into the Unknown.
When it was announced that 2013’s Frozen was getting a sequel, the main question on everyone’s lips was ‘how are they going to follow the first film?’. It was a cultural phenomenon, it earned over […]
Newsround to be dropped by BBC?
The iconic children’s news show’s time on TV is going to be dramatically reduced in 2020, with a new focus on the Newsround website instead. Newsround has been a consistent, reliable source of news for […]
Our Favourite Christmas Films, From 1946 to 2000.
As University of Leeds’s gigantic Christmas tree went up in Beech Grove Plaza a few days ago, it was almost impossible to ignore the smell of hot chocolate and Bratwurst sausages drifting over from the […]
Review: Harry Styles on SNL
Filling the highly coveted role of host/musical artist, legendary Harry Styles made his return to Saturday Night Live last week amidst much anticipation – heightened significantly when the pre-released clip saw Styles and Kenan Thompson […]
Drag Race UK, Shantay you stay!
The debut season of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK recently finished much to fans’ dismay. Featuring 10 of the UK’s best drag queens, the hit reality TV show had been long overdue a UK edition, and […]
Review: Open Theatre’s Elevate
Imagine finding yourself trapped in a lift with four strangers, all from completely different walks of life; what would you do? Would you wait it out in awkward silence, or would you pass the time […]
5 Of Our Favourite Books From 2019
Twas The Night Shift Before Christmas – Adam Kay Kay’s stories from his time as a junior doctor are as funny as they are heartbreaking. His witty style is undercut by an unflinching look at […]