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Brad Pitt is having a bit of a moment in 2019. Following on from his star turn in one of the other biggest films of the year, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, now he carries the much-hyped Ad Astra almost single-handedly on his hunky shoulders. Both performances are studies in restraint, portraying capable yet […]
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A well timed family holiday to Toronto meant I was fortunate enough to attend the 44th Toronto International Film Festival. It’s interesting to first note that every film began with a thanks to the indigenous tribes that owned the land where the theatre stood. This is was a welcome recognition of First Nation peoples, one […]
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Quentin Tarantino’s passion for cinema has always been a dominant presence in his work. It’s there in his use of pastiche, in his references to other films and in his gleeful engagement with genre tropes. In his latest effort, it’s more evident than it ever has been. His ninth film, Once Upon a Time in […]
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There is nothing I want more in the world right now than one of the pyjama suits worn in ‘Spooky Mormon Hell Dream’. The red, Grinch-like, pointy-toed costumes look cosy as well as fashionable. This dance number was accompanied by some of the most evil people from throughout history performing sex acts on each other […]
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Image description: The cast of the Cats musical on Broadway Hollywood’s recent obsession with CGI felines has me concerned. What with Disney’s entirely CGI realised remake of The Lion King, and Universal‘s first look at the rather disturbingly rendered humanoid cats of Cats (2019), they’re everywhere and they’re causing consternation amongst film fans, especially myself. […]
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I’m sure we all remember the pithy response that Georgia, in Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging, is given as a reason for why she shouldn’t have dressed up as an olive to a fancy-dress party. “Boys don’t like girls for funniness”. Although a throwaway line in an admittedly sub-par noughties romcom, this nonetheless taps into […]
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Ahhh, the long vacation. At last, examinations and coursework assessments are behind us and we are finally permitted to relax. Well, with the slight aside of vacation reading that is. In order to fully escape from the clutches of such texts and memories of those ever more muggy libraries, many of us may be tempted […]
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Warning: Major spoilers ahead. The online petition to remake the final season of the most expensive, illegally downloaded television series of all time has currently received over 1.5 million signatures. Its creator, Dylan D, implores viewers to remedy the ‘woefully incompetent’ writing of David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. But is all of this backlash deserved? […]
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The dishevelled set promises exactly what the voyeur is here to see: drugs; sex; cigarettes; fishnets and feistiness. There will be no taboo left unshaken here. The steady rhythm seeps onto the stage and the hustlers are infected, masterfully delivering their dance of life in the 1980s streets of LA. A captivating introduction into the […]
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It was a Saturday morning when I found myself sat waiting to preview The Oxford Revue’s Playhouse show playing on Monday 17th June. As I sat waiting for a fellow reviewer, I was told I would be privy to seeing a few sketches from the show. As I waited, all the comics were sat around […]
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Hoof and Horn Productions are excited to announce that they are putting on the visceral and compelling play Hustlers from the 11th-15th of June (7th Week) at the BT Studio before their run at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival. They can also reveal that they’ve been confirmed for one of the biggest stages at this […]
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With classic literature like Shakespeare, it can be difficult to provide a new outlook that gives age-old plays new meaning. As seen in the 2010 film adaption of Macbeth, which is set in the Soviet Union, it is not uncommon for directors to take creative liberties in order to retell stories in unique and original […]
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I never thought I would be one to write on the Oxford Student, but as an avid consumer of the film industry and one that truly enjoys trailers themselves as bite-sized entertainment, a shot of adrenaline, or a chance to yell excitedly in my kitchen, I also realized trailers are much more. There are many […]
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Summer is here and the sun is (hopefully) gracing the British Isles. You know what that means. It’s time to get out there and soak in those rays at the beach before the inevitable winter cold returns to plunge us back into desolation and despair. But remember to be safe out there, or disaster could […]
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This article discusses Pet Sematary and Us with spoilers The uncanny is the frightening knife-edge between the familiar and the unfamiliar. The idea of the uncanny used to concern psychologists; Ernst Jentsch and Sigmund Freud wrote about it. The idea of the uncanny still concerns roboticists; the uncanny valley hypothesis states that robots become more […]
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The musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is written by Tom MacRae, based on the real-life story of Jamie Campbell; a 16-year old lad from a Sheffield council estate who wants to follow his dream of becoming a drag queen, despite the bullies, homophobia, and disapproving, estranged father. With the support of his family, friends, and […]
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I went to see As You Like It at Stratford-upon-Avon a couple of weeks ago, which is running at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre until the end of August. Unfortunately the play is far from Shakespeare as I like it. The problem lies in the production’s sheer business – there is a glitter-sprinkling, spangle-vested jester, a […]
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Sizzling with chaotic, hilarious energy, ‘The Reunion’ promises to be an electric piece of theatre. Written, directed and masterminded by Tommy Hurst and Bernard Visser, the premise surrounds two funeral directors (satirically named Hearse and Cloak) attempting to piece together the story behind the death of a recently deceased big shot criminal Sebastian Coxcomb. This […]
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If you happened to watch the somewhat divisive Venom last year, you might have enjoyed Tom Hardy’s performance. You might not have enjoyed its feeble screenplay. Either way, one thing you may not have remembered is when Hardy’s Eddie Brock, shortly after hearing the voice of the parasite, is told in his own voice that […]
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