The latest release from M. Night Shyamalan was a truly mixed package. After fifteen years of no contact, teenage Becca and her younger brother Tyler receive an invitation to visit their maternal grandparents. Hopeful, the […]
Review: Richard III at the West Yorkshire Playhouse
The West Yorkshire Playhouse’s adaption of Shakespeare’s Richard III is likely to be one of their biggest draws this season, as it should be. After all, Shakespeare can be argued to be the linchpin of […]
A Taste of China in the Parkinson
As part of Chinese Culture Month, the Business Confucius Institute has put together an exhibition of Chinese watercolours at the Stanley and Audrey Burton gallery. The Institute, whose focus is to facilitate relationships between the […]
Review: Made You Look at the Hyde Park Picture House
On the first of October, the Hyde Park Picture House hosted a screening of Made You Look, a largely Crowdfunded documentary about graphic designers and illustrators in the UK, directed by Paul O’Connor and Anthony […]
Review: Convenience – Attack the Block meets Hot Fuzz
Convenience premiered on Friday 2nd October with a real bank of talent behind its production, including Keri Collins, BAFTA winning director and writer for film and television, Adeel Akhta (Shaan) BAFTA Nominee, Ray Panthaki (A.J.) […]
Review: Macbeth – An emotionally draining spectacle
The latest adaptation of Shakespeare’s most famous of tragedies, Macbeth, from director Justin Kurzel, is a grimly tense two hours of stunning visuals and ominous sound. Led by the effortlessly magnificent Michael Fassbender, it’s a harrowing masterpiece […]
Review: The Martian – A triumph in blockbuster filmmaking
Legendary director Ridley Scott has been through a weaker patch lately. Once the craftsman behind a whole string of relentless and innovative hits and cult classics including Blade Runner and Gladiator, his recent slew of films […]
Woman Crush Wednesday: Kate Bush
My woman crush Wednesday (and woman crush all other days of the week) is Kate Bush. It might seem puzzling because a woman mostly famous for donning a white, lace number and swanning about on […]
Review – Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials: More lukewarm than scorching
The second instalment of the Maze Runner franchise begins mere minutes after the previous film ended. Thomas (Dylan O’Brian) and his friends are transported by helicopter to a fortified outpost. There, they find themselves in […]
MENTAL HEALTH A-Z: A is for Anxiety
When 4.7% of the UK population are currently experiencing an anxiety disorder, it is hard to understand why such conditions are still such a taboo in our society. Being part of the special club of […]
Drenge @ The Wardrobe 18/09
After witnessing the opening date of their first UK tour at the infamous Brudenell Social club two years ago, I was eager to catch the Drenge boys in Leeds once again. With a second LP, […]
Pagans In Vegas by Metric
“Las Vegas looks the way you’d imagine heaven must look at night” Chuck Palahniuk once wrote. A view shared by tycoon Steve Wynn, who states Las Vegas is how God would do it if he […]