The World’s End
The World’s End comes with some rather large baggage, namely the two previous movies in the ‘Cornetto Trilogy’, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, two of the best comic films of this century. Added to which, just a few… Continue Reading
Comedy
Monsters University
Monsters, Inc. is one of the most beloved Pixar animation films, but it is a long time since it came out. Twelve years, in fact. Pixar have shown they can do sequels to their standout films, with Toy Story 2… Continue Reading
Despicable Me 2
My friends and I have a long standing joke (pilfered from elsewhere) about not seeing sequels if we’ve not seen the originals for fear of not understanding the film. It is always applied to ridiculous fare such as the Fast… Continue Reading
This Is The End
This Is The End is a strange beast. Definitely funny enough to be worth seeing, it still suffers from the kind of over-indulgence that can plague this kind of project – one that could easily be labelled ‘vanity’. So, the… Continue Reading
Behind The Candelabra
Is this Steven Soderbergh’s last movie? I hope not, but if it is, it’s a brilliant way to go out. I knew nothing of Liberace before this film, aside from the extravagant dress sense, that he played piano, and that… Continue Reading
Populaire
Populaire is a curious film. Almost anything set in the recent(ish) past nowadays has to do so with a sly nod and wink in some way, acknowledging how the world has changed, or glorying in the way things used to… Continue Reading
Matt Parker – The Number Ninja
Matt Parker – The Number Ninja – The Spring, Havant – Friday May 24, 2013 There’s a chance you recognise Matt Parker’s name from The Festival of the Spoken Nerd (reviewed here). You may also have heard him on Radio… Continue Reading
Lucy Porter – People Person
Something struck me early on in Lucy Porter’s latest show, People Person, and that was the lack of cynicism, anger or snark, all of which seem to infuse so much of modern comedy and comedy performance. It is something which… Continue Reading
I’m So Excited!
Pedro Almodovar is one of the giants of European cinema, starting his career back in the mid-70s, and rising to fame in the late 80s with films such as Women On The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and Tie Me… Continue Reading
Henning Knows Bestest
Henning Knows Bestest, Henning Wehn – Nuffield Theatre, Southampton – April 28, 2013 Coming towards the end of a run of stand-up comedy I’ve seen, Henning Knows Bestest was probably the show I laughed at the most, but that doesn’t… Continue Reading