Roma (2018)
2018-12-19
Alfonso Cuarón’s last two English-language films, Children of Men (2005) and Gravity (2013), reveal him to be an extraordinarily giftedContinue Reading
Stan & Ollie (2018)
2018-12-19
As a comedy it’s more smile-inducing than belly laugh-provoking. As a drama it’s more restrained than gripping. As a result,Continue Reading
THEATRE REVIEW: A Ladder To The Stars
2018-12-18
Visible Fictions and Aberdeen Performing Arts’ charming show for tots and toddlers fits snugly under the warm glow of theContinue Reading
THEATRE REVIEW: POGGLE
2018-12-12
A show which ends with an audience of toddlers and young children being told to take a run and jumpContinue Reading
THEATRE REVIEW: Kinky Boots
2018-12-12
There’s no denying that Kinky Boots is a feel-good crowd-pleaser. The standing ovation on the second night of the EdinburghContinue Reading
THEATRE REVIEW: Rapunzel @ Cumbernauld
2018-12-11
‘Twas the night before Rapunzel’s eighteenth birthday when, all through the tower, not a creature was stirring, not even aContinue Reading
The Old Man & The Gun (2018)
2018-12-11
Based on an article written for The New Yorker in 2003 by David Grann, The Old Man And The GunContinue Reading
THEATRE REVIEW: A Christmas Carol
2018-12-08
How are your fah-lah-lahs? Not Les Dawson’s double entendre enquiry into the well-being of Ray Barraclough’s nether regions, but aContinue Reading
THEATRE REVIEW: Cinderella @ Falkirk Town Hall
2018-12-08
Oh, the weather outside was frightful. Much like the hair-don’t of Craig Glover’s fabulously funny Sadie which in the stand-outContinue Reading
THEATRE REVIEW: Mouthpiece
2018-12-07
A world premiere at the Traverse Theatre tells of when the two sides of Edinburgh collide on the cliffs ofContinue Reading
The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018)
2018-12-07
Unlike Werther’s, it’s not original. The needle on the scare-o-meter seldom flickers. And when it does, it’s far too fleetingContinue Reading
THEATRE REVIEW: McGonagall’s Chronicles
2018-12-07
(Which Will Be Remembered For A Very Long Time) There’s no danger I’ll forget Gary McNair’s McGonagall’s Chronicles. It’s anContinue Reading
Creed II (2018)
2018-12-05
There’s a brief scene midway through Creed 2 which explains in a poetic manner why Sylvester Stallone has jumped intoContinue Reading
Plagi Breslau (2018)
2018-12-02
If you thought Columbo was dishevelled, compared to Polish homicide detective Helena Rus (Malgorzata Kozuchowska) he is as suave andContinue Reading