Your February in London sorted: All the art, theatre and culture February 2, 2023 Whether you want to watch a bear maul many men or see a play for the ages, this month London has the culture for you. Watch Bernie Sanders get angry Everyone’s favourite mitten-wearing Presidential candidate takes to the Southbank Centre stage this month to do a talk on the pitfalls of capitalism. The Southbank is [...]
Brendan Fraser is imperious in flawed masterpiece The Whale February 2, 2023 One of the biggest stories of Oscar season 2023 has been the comeback of Brendan Fraser. In the Hollywood wilderness for years, the Mummy star returns this month in The Whale, where he plays a morbidly obese man mourning the death of his partner. The film has polarised critics, but now fans can make their [...]
2:22 A Ghost Story review: Can Cheryl act? She certainly shouts convincingly February 2, 2023 2:22 A Ghost story review and star rating: ★★★☆☆ Should X Factor and Girls Aloud’s Cheryl be cast as a lead in a major West End play when she hasn’t any acting experience? The question of ‘stunt casting’ – employing a celebrity that isn’t known for acting to sell tickets – is age old. Elvis [...]
Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons review: Jenna Coleman can’t make lemonade from this February 1, 2023 Review and star rating: ★★★☆☆ You’ve got 140 words a day to communicate with, the same as the number of characters in a tweet. How about that? This is the premise for Lemons Lemons Lemons, a show as abstract and provocative as its title suggests – but its contents can’t quite make lemonade. It’s a [...]
Bret Easton Ellis at the Southbank Centre this week: How to get tickets January 30, 2023 Bret Easton Ellis has been getting cancelled since long before the phrase “cancel culture” existed. His third novel, American Psycho, was so controversial it was dropped at the eleventh hour by his publisher and was subsequently sold shrink-wrapped in some countries. Then, in 2019, he published White, a meandering series of essays targeting things like [...]
Why We’re Just Normal Men is the best comedy account on Twitter January 30, 2023 It has taken me almost a year to come across the best comedy account left on Twitter. While the glory days of conceptual Twitter comedy appear to have passed, sometimes an account appears on your radar that still has the ability to floor you. We’re Just Normal Men is one of those accounts. Classics accounts [...]
I’m sorry but the internet is at it again. The real reason OnlyFans users are posting unsolvable riddles on TikTok January 30, 2023 The internet has been at it again. The lucrative sliver of Venn diagram between OnlyFans and TikTok has figured out that posting nonsense pseudo-riddles is a great way of amplifying engagement. Now there are loads of them, including the one explained below. As I bravely reported a few weeks ago, a (presumably) 26-year-old nursing assistant [...]
Gerard Butler new film Plane is a big dumb action movie January 26, 2023 Amidst all the complicated emotions of Oscar season, it’s a nice change of pace to see something as straightforward as Plane, starring Gerard Butler, on the release slate. The all-action Scot plays Brodie Torrance, a pilot in charge of a routine flight that’s forced to crash land on an island near the Philippines. While Plane [...]
The best shows to see at Vault Festival, London’s answer to the Edinburgh Fringe January 26, 2023 After a two year hiatus, the UK’s second biggest festival is underway beneath Waterloo Station. Adam Bloodworth spicks out the top shows T he UK’s second biggest festival has opened its doors in a hundred-year-old vault under Waterloo Station. The Vault Festival programmes features over 500 performers spanning comedy, theatre and circus, with shows running [...]
The Fabelmans is Steven Spielberg’s brilliant love letter to cinema January 26, 2023 A Best Picture Oscar nomination this week will be a welcome relief for The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg’s new family drama. When it debuted in the US last year, it became the Hollywood legend’s worst performing film, and an undeserved flop as audiences stayed away from prestige movies. Will the Oscar bump see a happier ending [...]