Toy Story 4: Is it a good idea?
First we got The Incredibles 2, now we get Toy Story 4. Pixar! Stop spoiling us! So it’s time to act like a child again and relive our childhoods, and hold on tight, to infinity…
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The Hate U Give: A young adult film that will stir conversation
The YA movie (Young Adult) has been a much more prominent form of a film over the last decade or so. We have had the boom of the Nicholas Sparks’ book adaptations, featuring young people…
The Shining: one of the most divisive films of all time
The Shining as a movie has not only become an iconic piece of filmmaking from the legendary director and auteur Stanley Kubrick, but also has over time moulded itself to become a platform of debate,…
Freshers’ Showcase 2018: promising talent from new up-and-coming students
They say variety is the spice of life, if that’s true, this year’s Fresher’s Showcase was positively ablaze. The gig, held at Cheltenham’s Frog and Fiddle last week, saw five young acts from right across…
Halloween film review: Michael Myers return evokes a sense of dread
“The night he came home”, even after 40 years on, John Carpenter’s horror classic remains an endearing part of Horror cinema. Not only changing the concept of the genre but just how marketable and financially…
Review: The Band – Take That’s debut musical
Take That are back with a brand new musical called ‘The Band’. The musical was written by Tim Firth and produced by David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers with some input from the boys themselves. Within…
Review: Murder on the Orient Express
Twelve apparent strangers on a train. 1 victim, 11 suspects. Murder on the Orient Express, arguably one of the most famous books ever written, and one of the most popular novels featuring Agatha Christie’s Poirot….
Comedy star Steve Speirs turns his hand to theatre and tells us why we should watch opera!
As some of you may already know, I am a huge advocate for young people within theatre. Whether its watching, acting or reviewing I believe the disconnect between the performing arts industry and younger generations…
Exclusive Competition: Win tickets to see Matt Forde
Comedian Matt Forde is coming to Gloucestershire with his new show, “A Show Hastily Rewritten in Light of Recent Events – Again!”. Forde, who is originally from Nottingham, is a political comedian and satirist who…
Tongue Fu at the Cheltenham Literature Festival Review
BANG. Not loud enough for your mind go to something terrible but loud enough to startle the entire auditorium. This was closely followed by me waving my arms and legs like a looney in the…