Shen Yun at the Hammersmith Apollo
An evening of traditional music, dancers and singers from the Shen Yun school of performing arts. The dancing combines the elegance of ballet with the athleticism of gymnastics, all in […]
Avengers: Endgame
Since Iron Man first massacred those Afghans back in 2008, all manner of phenomena have come and gone: The DC Universe. Star Wars. Brexit. The MCU has survived them all, […]
Fiddler on the Roof
Actor, writer, director and magician Andy Nyman adds another string to his bow as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof at London’s Playhouse Theatre. Nyman (Ghost Stories, Dead Set) steps into […]
Addams Family Values
There’s an animated Addams Family feature coming out later this year, begging the question of why you’d bother when this 1993 sequel already got them so wrong it’s right. Opening […]
Hellboy (2019)
Imagine if instead of making The Return of the King, New Line had started a new Lord of the Rings trilogy, featuring Milla Jovovich and a song by Muse. That’s […]
Dracula Untold
There have been many, many big-screen incarnations of Bram Stoker’s blood-sucking bat-man, but precious few of them have tackled his origins. Enter Dracula Untold, which takes us back to when […]
Greta
Chloë Grace Moretz is stalked by Isabelle Huppert in Neil Jordan’s Greta, AKA FatElle Attraction. At his best the Crying Game director is a filmmaker unconstrained by genre trappings, which […]
I’ve never seen…The Goonies
In this 80s coming of age story a group of misfit kids discover a treasure map and go in search of riches. Think Stand by Me meets Indiana Jones, complete […]
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Is there a series with more ironic subtitles than Friday the 13th? The Final Chapter was only the fourth instalment, followed by A New Beginning which it wasn’t, because the next film […]
Houdini
Tony Curtis stars as the legendary magician and escapologist whose most remarkable feat is being the only Victorian-era entertainer to remain a household name into the 21st century. This biopic […]
