A Serious Man makes comedy out of a crisis
Joel and Ethan Cohen's A Serious Man isn't just a comedy - the serious edge of human enquiry is there too.. more | Add your review
An awesome and ridiculous film that leaves you thrilled beyond the point of your natural endurance
2012
Theatre
The show has suddenly become quite wonderful, and the galvanising factor is the terrific stage debut of Melanie C
Blood Brothers
Music
The British pop music industry may be eating itself but if Muse are the pick of what it can offer the world in 2010 then British music is in rude health indeed
Muse
I was smitten by both Gilberts enormous luxuriant moustache and the intelligence and nuance of this highly entertaining play
I totally recommend Babbo to anyone who is looking for really good and traditional Italian food
Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!

The creepiest thing about the second adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books - New Moon - is its obsession with teenage celibacy... more | Add your review
Joel and Ethan Cohen's A Serious Man isn't just a comedy - the serious edge of human enquiry is there too.. more | Add your review
British period pieces are regularly mocked as pretty pieces of cinema devoid of real bite. But you couldn't call Stephen Poliakoff's first film for more than a decade, Glorious 39, namby-pamby.. more | Add your review
Steven Soderbergh's ironic, beautifully acted comedy, The Informant! is based on the story of one of the highest-ranking whistleblowers in American corporate history.. more | Add your review
This smash hit at the French box office, The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life, is an extended portrait of an ordinary family, sketched out over 12 years.. more | Add your review
With some gusto, Manchan tells the astonishing true story of a group of illegal immigrants.. more | Add your review
The Sea Wall is culled from Cambodian director Rithy Panh's own experiences as a young woman in the French Indo-China of the Thirties.. more | Add your review
Roland Emmerich's latest epic of impending doom, 2012, is perhaps the most intelligent and exciting example of the genre.. more | Add your review
Michael Haneke's tale of mysterious events in a deeply religious village, The White Ribbon, digs deep into the soul.. more | Add your review
Sir Michael Caine's central performance in Harry Brown is as impressive as anything he has recently done.. more | Add your review
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The Men Who Stare At Goats, taken from Jon Ronson's non-fiction book about the US Army's attempt to use paranormal powers, doesn’t quite cut it... more | Add your review
Jane Campion's Bright Star is full of confidence about its artistic vision and genuinely poetic, says Andrew O'Hagan.. more | Add your review
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Made on the unlovely streets of Birmingham, 1 Day has been labelled the first British hip-hop musical.. more | Add your review
Robert Zemeckis's A Christmas Carol is splendidly mounted and visually imaginative animated 3D version of the classic novel.. more | Add your review