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Mainstream horror is losing its appeal, but there is hope yet!
Study leave: a time to spend one’s days inside, working at past paper after past paper before emerging milky-eyed, blinking in the sunlight, naturally distrustful of humanity, from which one has segregated oneself, to frantically perform exams in petrified silence. At least that’s what it’s been for me, anyway. In my opinion, one of the few advantages of leave is that I can adjust my … Continue reading Mainstream horror is losing its appeal, but there is hope yet!
Review: Owen Jones
Owen Jones – columnist, political writer, blazing socialist – has been talking at the Apex. I went to see him on the 23rd. He walked on stage in his usual clothing, which helps to afford him the look of a bright teenager: “I know you’re wondering what the Milky Bar Kid is doing here,” he said first, in what he later called “my plastic northern accent.” … Continue reading Review: Owen Jones
Benjamin Clementine
Almost exactly two years ago, I and a group of friends went to see a concert by Woodkid, a French musician. Despite his worldwide acclaim as both a music-video director and a singer, we were lucky enough to see this performance in the fairly small, intimate venue of the Norwich Theatre Royal. Our tickets read: “Woodkid and Support.” We didn’t find out the supporting act’s … Continue reading Benjamin Clementine
The Easter Essay: Does politics matter?
Walking around a town, a person can see that each body seems to be doing and thinking different things. Two women might burst from shop and into a street, talking about their dinner last Sunday with Audrey, left arms weighed down by awkward bags, right hands gesticulating about the air. With his mother drifting behind him, thinking about the day and gazing at a distant … Continue reading The Easter Essay: Does politics matter?
Why do we love Star Wars?
Warning: contains mild spoilers It’s been announced. It’s coming. Ladies and gentlemen, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will soon be here. The first Star Wars film in 7 years, the first live-action Star Wars film in 10 years and the first non-prequel Star Wars film in 32 years. When the world was first told by Disney that they were producing new Star Wars films, generally … Continue reading Why do we love Star Wars?
Are you all about that bass? I’m not.
“You know I’m all about that bass, ‘bout that bass, no treble.” Despite the fact that until recently I thought that lyric was ‘no trouble’, aren’t you getting a bit sick of Meghan Trainor’s novelty ‘female empowerment’ hit? I honestly thought it would have disappeared by now, but still the radio airtime goes on. And I have had enough. The first time I heard this … Continue reading Are you all about that bass? I’m not.
Song Review: What Kind Of Man // Florence and the Machine
Before the 11th of February 2015, fans of Florence had found themselves in a dry spell of over three and a half years, with no sight nor sound of the English rock group. The previous two albums, released in 2009 and 2011, were received extremely well. ‘Lungs’, the debut Album, reached number 1 in the UK chart, and sold more than 100,000 copies in under … Continue reading Song Review: What Kind Of Man // Florence and the Machine
Film Review: Skeleton Twins
Courtesy of Abbeygate Cinema, Tom Caruth reviews the ‘tragicomedy’, Skeleton Twins. While set against an inexorable backdrop of clinical depression and attempted suicide, Skeleton Twins – the latest film by little-known director, Craig Johnson – manages to be a surprisingly joyful analysis of sibling relationships. After ten years of being apart, twins, Milo (Bill Hader) and Maggie (Kristen Wiig) are reunited unexpectedly following Milo’s attempted … Continue reading Film Review: Skeleton Twins
Terrorism, National Security and Surveillance
Most recently ISIS burnt a Jordanian pilot alive in a cage. Nobody will refute that the people who lit the petrol on the man are barbarians. Similarly, nobody will deny that the men who attacked Charlie Hebdo were immoral people – much worse, even. Of course terrorists are bad, so we should realise the irony of President Obama’s saying, like a fat Soviet leader, while … Continue reading Terrorism, National Security and Surveillance
Film Review: Ex Machina
There’s something off about Ex Machina, the latest film by ‘28 Days Later’ director, Alex Garland. It’s something indefinable but omnipresent, a sense of unease that permeates through the entire film. In my view that’s what makes this latest effort in a long line of science fiction films about the true nature of artificial intelligence stand out from the crowd. The movie follows Caleb (Domhnall … Continue reading Film Review: Ex Machina
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