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The Raid 2
We are, of course much too classy to go with the “Electric Boogaloo” joke for the standfirst. A review by Danni Glover, who is blameless in respect of the foregoing.
The Complete and Utter History of Britain
Michael Palin and Terry Jones’s 1969 sketch show is (incompletely) released today on DVD. Emma Street takes a look at the forgotten forerunner of Monty Python.
Divergent
Yasmeen Khan reviews the latest in YA-dystopia chic, from Limitless director Neil Burger
So. Farewell then, Stephen Ward.
Stephen Ward, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest musical, opened with the usual fanfare just before Christmas, only to close four months later, dogged by lukewarm reviews and empty seats. Viv Wilby caught the show before it suffered the same fate as The Beautiful Game and Love Never Dies.
They’d already buried Stephen Ward before I got the chance to praise it. News broke last month that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest musical would close at the end of March after less than four months. I saw it in a half-empty theatre and the curtain has already come down for the last time. Continue reading So. Farewell then, Stephen Ward.
Under the Skin
Under the skin/Under the skin/Nobody beat us/fry us and eat us/in fricassee.
We what the land folks loves to cook/Under the skin we off the hook
We got no troubles, life is the bubbles, under the skin
A review, of sorts, by Indy Datta.
Phantom of the Paradise
Brian de Palma’s cult musical – a riff on Phantom of the Opera, The Picture of Dorian Gray and Faust – Â is reissued in a typically spiffy new Blu-ray edition by Arrow Films today. Blake Backlash takes a look.
Her
For St Valentine’s Day, Niall Anderson reviews Spike Jonze’s, uh-heh, “singular” love story.
A sequel was a bad choice
Sam Clay, as a huge fan of the original, takes a look at the long-awaited sequel to Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and finds himself wanting less.
Monoglot Movie Club: What The Fox Said Next
Part of an occasional series in which Spank The Monkey travels to foreign countries, watches films in unfamiliar languages, and then complains about not understanding them. This episode: Norway, November 2013.
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