Why Not Review: The Concept of Holidays
SOPHIE BAUER has no need to remember to wear sunscreen in a suburban summer.
Review: The Town
ROB YOUNG: ‘there is something oddly refreshing about a grown-up, anti-Danny Ocean heist flick held together by fleshed out, gritty characters.’
Review: Exit Festival
MAGGIE BROWNING on why you should go east for your festival fix next year, and possibly catch some culture rather than just fleas from the campsite.
Review: Devil
CHLOE MASHITER: ‘ultimately the only thing unholy about Devil is the transformation of a brilliant concept into a dull, uninspired and scare-free film.’
Review: Bestival
PHOEBE LUCKHURST, a Cassandra for the Ketamine generation, is cursed by her own foresight.
Review: Tamara Drewe
CHLOE MASHITER: ‘Tamara Drewe does, admittedly, have plenty of potential: a stellar cast, some well-observed writing, Dominic Cooper in eyeliner, and enough surprises to avoid being a by-the-numbers flick.’
Edinburgh Review: Silent Cannonfire
JASON FORBES goes twice & on aggregate decides it’s ‘one of the most absurd, fun, original and anarchic performances of the Fringe’
Edinburgh Review: Truly Medley Deeply
KATE MASON kneels before ‘all the aspects of the best Fringe shows: comfortable audience participation, singing, unusual costumes and bongo drums’
Edinburgh Review: The Love Story
ABI BENNETT finds that ‘for all of Syborn’s excellent writing, and the valiant attempts of Patrick Walshe McBride and Guilia Galastro as the two characters, this play had nothing new to say’
Review: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
JESS STEWART: Nicholas Cage attempts to channel his inner Aragorn. “Instead, what we’re hearing is, ‘Big Issue, anyone?’”
















