Posts In Category Review
Bad Lieutenant: A Masterpiece
on September 28, 2010 by admin in Review, Comments (0)
Take Nic Cage, an actor with more ups and downs than a manic-depressive yo-yo, throw him together with acclaimed directer Werner Herzog (Stroszeck, Grizzly Man) and Xzibit (yes, that Xzibit) […]
The Apple iPad is the Suckiest Hyped-Up Product in History
on April 8, 2010 by admin in Article, Opinion, Review, Zeitgeist, Comments (4)
So the iPad’s here, is it? Well the iPad can fuck right off. Let’s get the obvious shit out of the way with first. It’s a giant iPhone. It doesn’t […]
The Limits of Control
on February 1, 2010 by admin in Review, Video, Comments (0)
When is a film not a film? Well, arguably, when nothing happens, and when the (unnamed) lead character has approximately ten lines of dialogue in a little under two hours. […]
Lucas Price @ Black Rat Press
on October 16, 2009 by admin in Art, Review, Comments (0)
In a week that saw Damien Hirst’s career flushed down the toilet for a morbid obsession with skulls and death, Richard Allday visited Lucas Price’s new exhibit — also featuring skulls and death — and was pleasantly surprised.
Faster Than Sound Festival
on July 11, 2008 by Jimmy in Music, Review, Comments (0)
Jimmy Tidey reviews the Faster Than Sound Festival. Where else can you see a miniature mechanical orchestra perform in the darkened recesses of the nation’s cold war infrastructure?
The London Art Fair – An Outsider’s Perspective
on January 21, 2008 by Jimmy in Art, Review, Comments (0)
The London Art Fair reviewed from an outsider’s perspective. We hear the cocktails were nice and the eye candy was even better, not to be philistines about it, obviously.
Sonar or Later
on September 27, 2007 by admin in Music, Review, Comments (0)
Everyone has been to a festival this year. If you haven’t grappled with a chemical toilet, on acid and with welly boots full of mud, then you’ve wasted your summer. the thing is… reviews two of less mentioned festivals, neither of which involve camping in a puddle or taking out a mortgage to cover the burger bill.
Latitude Festival 2007
on September 18, 2007 by admin in Music, Review, Comments (0)
“We had two bags of grass, seventy two pellets of mescaline, five sheets of highly powered blotter acid…” not a sentence oft uttered at the very genteel Latitude Festival, according to this review by Richard Allday.
Gastronomically Improbable
on July 21, 2007 by admin in Opinion, Review, Comments (0)
Mark Edwards reviews The Fat Duck, an improbably exclusive restaurant owned by Heston Blumenthal. Of course, if you haven’t heard of it by now, you’re probably living in a cave and we’re very surprised you have an internet connection. Somehow we doubt you’ve been there, though. We haven’t…