An evening to be Proud of
In less than two years, Proud Cabaret has become one of London’s most lavish cabaret and burlesque venues, fusing retro Hollywood supper club with the glamour of Weimar-era Berlin. [Read more...]
February 8th, 2011
Review: True Grit
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I have a confession to make: I have never seen the original True Grit, the western tale of revenge that earned John Wayne, playing the teak-tough US Marshal ‘Rooster’ Cogburn, an Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Actor in 1970. [Read more...]
January 18th, 2011
Film review — The Tourist
Take two of the most bankable stars in Hollywood — Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp — stick them in a luscious vintage-feel caper set in some of the world’s most photogenic cities — Paris and Venice — and let the audience feast on this cornucopia of beauty and charm. We were certainly excited by the early glimpses, but sadly The Tourist turns out to be one hot (OK, extremely hot) mess. So what went wrong? [Read more...]
December 10th, 2010
Film review — The American
The American, Anton Corbijn’s stylish follow-up to Control, his celebrated biopic of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, is as slick and beautiful as you might expect. Yes, “the mysterious hit man trying to lie low who gets sucked into one last job” plot couldn’t be more familiar, but when you’ve got Clooney up front and the sublime Abruzzo hills in the background, a lot can be forgiven. [Read more...]
November 25th, 2010
Who needs friends when you have business partners?
Last week, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, the world’s youngest billionaire, continued in the philanthropic footsteps of Bill Gates by pledging money to the Newark school system. Even though he’s got wealth and success beyond anyone’s wildest dreams, David Fincher’s excellent new movie The Social Network — a colourful account of the history of Facebook from Harvard dorm distraction to mega-bucks corporation — makes it hard not feel just a little bit sorry for him. [Read more...]
September 27th, 2010
Joaquin Phoenix is still here, but do we care?
Last night we watched a preview screening of I’m Still Here, Casey Affleck’s pseudo-documentary (pseudoc?) about his brother-in-law, the actor-turned-rapper Joaquin Phoenix. Much of the hype, and indeed much of the film, is concerned with whether or not it is a tragic observational portrait of a young man unravelling fast, or an elaborate hoax by two bored Hollywood hipsters. We’re pretty sure it’s the latter, but does that make the film more interesting, or less? [Read more...]
September 15th, 2010
The Wright stuff – Scott Pilgrim review
There were whoops at the opening credits. There were more whoops as the end credits. There were also whoops at the trailer for the soon-to-be-reissued Back To The Future — which should give some indication of the kind of crowd that gathered last week to watch an early screening of Edgar Wright’s latest movie, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World. [Read more...]
August 16th, 2010
Get yourself to Get Him To The Greek
It’s the stuff of nightmares. You’re in bed, getting down to business with your girlfriend, you’re wearing your favourite band shirt, she’s wearing those cute girl Y-fronts you like. And then you see it — out of the corner of your eye — a mop of black curls, a streak of pasty flesh, a flash of red pants… Yes, Russell Brand is slipping under the sheets behind her. He’s making a love sandwich and your girlfriend is his designated filling. [Read more...]
June 21st, 2010
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