The Best Films of 2014
OK. I made a mistake. I wrote out most of my top 10 films of the year and then, apparently, didn’t save the post. That means I now have to do the whole thing again, which is a bummer, because… Continue Reading
Reviews
How I Fell In Love With How I Met Your Mother And Why The Break-Up Hurt So Much
(The beginning of this post features very minor and general spoilers from How I Met Your Mother, however, half way through I launch into total spoilers of the last season, and I recommend you don’t read it until you have… Continue Reading
The Wolf of Wall Street
The greatest opening line to a movie comes from Goodfellas: As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster It sets the scene, it draws you into the journey of how Henry Hill became a… Continue Reading
The Best Films of 2013
So this year I inadvertently conducted an experiment, writing reviews of everything I saw (including stand-up and music, but centred around films). I didn’t intend to do this when the year started, but that’s how it turned out. By the… Continue Reading
Gravity
Imagine you dislike cucumber. Maybe you do, maybe you don’t, but for the sake of this, you really dislike it. In your mind, it’s essentially flavourless and makes everything around it soggy, so while, in and of itself, it isn’t… Continue Reading
Simon Munnery – Fylms
Simon Munnery – West End Centre, Aldershot – 2 November 2013 Simon Munnery is a criminally underappreciated comic, and his latest show, Fylms, is both ingenious and hilarious. And, as Munnery himself points out, stadium ready. The concept is deceptively… Continue Reading
Thor: The Dark World
The original Thor film was a curiosity of 2 parts. Directed by Kenneth Brannagh, the scenes on Asgard, the home planet/realm of Norse God Thor (Chris Hemsworth), were treated as weighty drama filled with Shakespearean import while the scenes on… Continue Reading
Escape Plan
This should perhaps be considered an addendum to the B movies post of a few weeks back as it’s a continuation of that theme. It’s not quite the big dumb action movie that Sly and Arnie used to specialise in,… Continue Reading
Sunshine on Leith
Everybody knows one or two songs by the Proclaimers. If nothing else, you could 500 Miles out of your locker, and probably Letter From America too. After that you might be struggling. I was a bit, I have to say.… Continue Reading
Stewart Lee – Much A-Stew About Nothing
Stewart Lee – Much A-Stew About Nothing – Mayflower Theatre, Southampton – September 15, 2013 Honestly, this isn’t going to be much of a review. Stewart Lee is one of the best comedians around, but he operates on such a… Continue Reading