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Jamie Mathieson

Clare, History

Jamie's favourite films are The Lady Vanishes, Don't Look Now and 10 Things I Hate About You. The first movie he ever saw in the cinema was The Flintstones in 1994, and the first 12 his Mum allowed him to see was The World is Not Enough in 1999. He views the generation that were able to go and see 12As the way people who fought in the war look at kids who grew up in the sixties.


Breathing

Breathing

5:00 pm, Friday April 20th 2012
★★★★☆

JAMIE MATHIESON thinks you should hold your breath for this moving portrayal of young lives gone wrong.


The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

12:00 pm, Saturday March 3rd 2012
★★☆☆☆

JAMIE MATHIESON may be a walking stereotype, but he ain’t got nothing on this movie.


Oscar Predictions

Oscar Predictions

4:00 pm, Sunday February 26th 2012

JAMIE MATHIESON stakes his credibility on Hollywood liking gays, white people and Meryl Streep.


Preview: Watersprite

Preview: Watersprite

9:00 pm, Thursday February 23rd 2012

Film Editor JAMIE MATHIESON previews the Student Film Festival, and learns the origins of its silly name.


Top 5: Oscar Meltdowns

Top 5: Oscar Meltdowns

12:00 pm, Wednesday February 22nd 2012

JAMIE (gasp) MATHIESON (gasp) would like to (sob) thank the Tab for the opportunity (sob) to write this article…


The Muppets

The Muppets

1:00 pm, Sunday February 12th 2012
★★★★☆

JAMIE MATHIESON describes The Muppets as ‘profound and moving’, and asks himself – am I a man or a Muppet?


Carnage

Carnage

12:30 pm, Tuesday February 7th 2012
★★★☆☆

JAMIE MATHIESON observes drinking, chundering and intellectualism. A standard day in Cambridge.


Coriolanus

Coriolanus

10:25 am, Monday January 30th 2012
★★★☆☆

JAMIE MATHIESON challenges his readers to fisticuffs and asserts an uncomfortable truth: Shakespeare isn’t cool.


Top 5: Stage to Screen

Top 5: Stage to Screen

9:30 am, Sunday January 29th 2012

Why do great plays so often flounder on film? What makes Amadeus better than Mamma Mia? Enter JAMIE MATHIESON.


War Horse

War Horse

10:00 am, Wednesday January 18th 2012
★★☆☆☆

JAMIE MATHIESON sends Spielberg’s equine epic to the knacker’s yard.