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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Stalker
In an post-apocalyptic future, a secret location known only as The Room promises happiness to those who find it. But the only way to get there is to hire a […]
The Sisters Brothers
The Goss brothers meets the Coen brothers in this Western about bickering siblings (Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly) chasing another pair of men (Riz Ahmed and Jake Gyllenhaal) for […]
I, Robot
Before iPods, iPlayer and I, Daniel Blake (but after I, Claudius) came I, Robot, based on the Isaac Asimov book of the same name. In the ludicrously near future (2035) […]
Screen Goblin 