Review: Safety Not Guaranteed
From a production team who have between them brought us Little Miss Sunshine, Cyrus, and Jeff, Who Lives at Home comes another Indie comedy-drama. This one’s about some journalists investigating a man who posted an ad in a paper looking for someone to travel back in time with him. Aubrey Plaza (right) stars as Darius, a melancholic yet [...]
This week I was lucky enough to interview Tom Parry, Ben Clark and Matthew Crosby, 3 men who form undoubtedly Britain’s leading sketch group: Pappy’s. With a BBC3 series commissioned last week, an imminent national tour of their spectacular ‘Last Show Ever’ and a Chortle nomination for Best Show at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, it’s [...]
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Dir: Pete Travis. US-UK. 2012. 96mins 2000 AD Comics stalwart Judge Joseph Dredd gets another big screen outing in this British produced reboot. Dredd lives in Mega City One, a monstrous post-apocalyptic city of 800 million people, policed by the justice-dispensing ‘Judges’. On this particular day, veteran Dredd and rookie Anderson arrive at monolithic tower [...]
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Richard Ayoade is about to hit the big time. Having stolen not so much the show as an entire sitcom with his terrific turn as Moss in The IT Crowd, he went on to direct one of last year’s best British films, Submarine. But this is all going to seem like small fry compared to [...]
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There are shows that come with a good reputation, and then there are shows like Bound. Having stormed the Edinburgh fringe the year before last, Bound has been touring ever since and has gathered a steadily increasing collection of awards to go with it. With this in mind, it should be good…and it is. Brilliant, [...]
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Swedish garage rockers Royal Republic are midway through a UK tour. Having hit Bristol this Halloween night I was lucky enough to catch up with guitarist Hannes Irengård. Sat alone in a not too glamorous room in the bowels of Bristol’s The Cooler, he greets me with a tour-weary smile. But he’s generous with his [...]
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The pleasingly intimate surroundings of Park Street’s The Cooler house 3 bands this Halloween night. First up are Yes Rebels, a local rock outfit who come and go without much fuss, a few decent songs and a quietly appreciative crowd. Next up are Tracer, an Australian act who instantly win us over with some terrific [...]
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Previously at Metropolis and known as ‘Jesters’, this comedy night has migrated to the performance room of the Bristol Cathedral Choir School. With drab decor that only serves to remind that we are sitting in what is a primary school for 5 days of the week, your £12 ticket does not necessarily buy you glamour. [...]
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Swede Tomas Alfredson presents a gritty, unpleasant adaptation of Le Carré’s espionage novel. Though much can be said to be British about this film, it is Alfredson’s Scandinavian influence that is most apparent, as the attempts of George Smiley (Oldman) to catch a traitor at the top of the secret service are largely documented through slow conversations in living rooms [...]
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