Reviews
Why Not Review: The Concept of Holidays

Why Not Review: The Concept of Holidays

8:07 am, Saturday October 2nd 2010

SOPHIE BAUER has no need to remember to wear sunscreen in a suburban summer.


Review: The Town

Review: The Town

5:44 pm, Sunday September 26th 2010

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

Review: Exit Festival

9:46 pm, Thursday September 23rd 2010

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

Review: Devil

5:00 pm, Wednesday September 22nd 2010

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

Review: Bestival

12:58 am, Friday September 17th 2010

PHOEBE LUCKHURST, a Cassandra for the Ketamine generation, is cursed by her own foresight.


Review: Tamara Drewe

Review: Tamara Drewe

6:49 am, Thursday September 16th 2010

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

Edinburgh Review: Silent Cannonfire

11:14 pm, Wednesday September 8th 2010

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

Edinburgh Review: Truly Medley Deeply

5:44 pm, Saturday September 4th 2010

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

Edinburgh Review: The Love Story

5:34 pm, Saturday September 4th 2010

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

Review: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

6:00 am, Thursday September 2nd 2010

JESS STEWART: Nicholas Cage attempts to channel his inner Aragorn. “Instead, what we’re hearing is, ‘Big Issue, anyone?’”