All Is Lost
In the past 12 months there has been a spate of sea-faring movies, starting with Life of Pi, through A Hijacking and Captain Phillips, and now we have what is perhaps the most remarkable of them all, All Is Lost.… Continue Reading
Saving Mr Banks
Mary Poppins is an all time classic film beloved by adults and children around the world, but it’s journey to the screen took over 20 years and the finished product wasn’t loved by the author of the book upon which… Continue Reading
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
I don’t get it. This film has been widely and wildly praised and I just don’t get it. I quite liked the first film, although it was a good half an hour too long, With some good editing it could… Continue Reading
Alex Horne/The Best of Chortle
The Best of Chortle Comedy Tour, feat Alex Horne – 23 November, 2013 – Berry Theatre, Hedge End [Part 3 in the ongoing series of short, late reviews] Compered by John Robins and headlined by Alex Horne, this show was… Continue Reading
Lucy Porter – Northern Soul
Lucy Porter – Northern Soul – 21 November, 2013 – Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham [This is part of my ongoing series of ridiculously late, and thus shorter, reviews while I catch up] When she’s not labelling me a sexual predator,… Continue Reading
Jeremy Hardy 2013
Jeremy Hardy – Nuffield Theatre, Southampton – November 15, 2013 This is running very late, so I’m going to make it short and sweet. Jeremy Hardy is a very funny man but, as he acknowledged, he’s been doing stand-up for… 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
Suede – Southampton Guildhall
Suede – Southampton Guildhall – 22 October 2013 Suede’s new UK tour kicked off with a great performance only inhibited by the terrible sound quality that has always been a feature of Southampton Guildhall. Obeying the rule that the support… Continue Reading