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The Tree of Life

Posted 2:41am Monday 12th September 2011 by Jane Ross

Director: Terrence Malick (4/5) Audiences fervent for a visual assault on the senses will find Terrence Malick’s brave new epic film, The Tree of Life, remarkably awe-inspiring. Although this year’s darling of the Cannes Film Festival and winner of the coveted Palme d’Or, Read more...

Crazy Stupid Love

Posted 2:38am Monday 12th September 2011 by Tom Ainge-Roy

Director: Glenn Ficarra (4/5) Crazy Stupid Love is quite simply a pleasant romantic comedy. With moments of brilliant humour and a surprise twist, the story goes from convenient to engaging whilst neatly avoiding the pitfalls of most rom-coms. As a caveat I should probably mention that I am a Read more...

Bound, Vanda Symon

Posted 2:12am Monday 12th September 2011 by Feby Idrus

Bound is the fourth book in Vanda Symon’s crime novel series starring Detective Sam Shephard, and it opens with a hell of a bang (kind of literally; there’s a reason why the murder victim’s face is described as “just dripping meat, bone and brain”). In fact, the opening made me think “Wow, she’s Read more...

SARAH LUCAS: NZU SPIRIT OF EWE

Posted 2:01am Monday 12th September 2011 by Critic

Sarah Lucas was a central figure among the wave of young British artists (YBAs), such as Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, who took the international art world by storm in the Nineties. Lucas is an artist whose practice spans from photography, sculpture and installation. Her works are Read more...

Cult Film of the Week: Taffin (1988)

Posted 4:27am Monday 5th September 2011 by

Director: Francis Megahy Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Ray McAnally, Alison Doody Taffin resided in relative obscurity until early this year when the Adam & Joe Show unearthed what has since become an internet meme – Pierce Brosnan, as the title character Taffin, screaming: “Then Read more...

Dues Ex

Posted 4:25am Monday 5th September 2011 by Critic

  Choice. That, fundamentally, is the purpose of interactivity. 2000’s Deus Ex opens with a simple choice made by the player on an understated wharf on Liberty Island. The rickety wood panels are rendered in graphics that were archaic even when the game was released, but Read more...

Blocks That Matter

Posted 4:22am Monday 5th September 2011 by Critic

Platforms: PC, OS X, (2.5/5 Computers, even laptops, are bulky and cumbersome. You need to wrestle with the lid, then patiently wait as the internal programming of ‘the hive from 2005’ trips over itself, straining to open its own operating system. That’s the problem with Read more...

Woyzeck

Posted 4:19am Monday 5th September 2011 by Ben Blackface

Georg Büchner translated by John Mackendric; directed by Anna Parsons and Aaron Mayes; starring Joel Rees, Dianne Pulham, Sam Irwin, Jacob McDowell, Lockie Scott When I saw that Woyzeck was in the Lunchtime Theatre programme the word that came to mind was “ambitious”, not that I Read more...

Avenue Q

Posted 4:16am Monday 5th September 2011 by

Avenue Q is a simple coming-of-age parable about finding your purpose in life - oh, and it is also a Broadway musical. Marketed as Sesame Street for adults, Avenue Q is pretty much just that: cheerful (and not so cheerful) puppets and people interact, discovering how to deal with life and all Read more...

Nevernudes – Cereal EP

Posted 4:12am Monday 5th September 2011 by Richard Ley-Hamilton

After experiencing the Nevernudes’ First EP back in late 2009, I stared at my iTunes, somewhat unconvinced. Their abrasive and darkened delivery was quite discouraging, especially to my conventional-music-adoring ears, and left the idea of a second listen seem fairly daunting. However, Read more...