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
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Always been a fan but never seen them live. I was ecstatic to be part of this epic event. WOW!
London,
Derek Malcolm's rating
Reader rating
Dir: Karyn Kusama.
Cast: Johnny Simmons, Kyle Gallner, JK Simmons, Megan Fox, Amy Sedaris, Amanda Seyfried, Chris Pratt, Adam Brody
Description: Needy Lesnicky is a geek with a loving boyfriend, Chip, plus a best friend, Jennifer Check, who just happens to be the hottest and most desirable girl at school. In a freakish series of event, Jennifer is transformed into a flesh-hungry menace to male society. As her appetite grows, the teen sinks her teeth into buff classmates. However, when she sets her hungry eyes upon Chip, Needy steps in to protect him.
Country: US. 2009. 102mins
She-demon: Megan Fox in Jennifer's Body
“Hell is a teenage girl,” says Needy (Amanda Seyfried), the shy and appropriately named best friend of Jennifer (Megan Fox), a beautiful high school tease who turns into a vampiric she-demon.
The pair live in Devil’s Claw, Minnesota, where Jennifer rules the roost until she sucks up to a visiting rock group who calmly sacrifice her to the Devil.
You might judge the film’s tone by the fact that the leader of the band says, just before stabbing her: “You don’t know how hard it is for an indie band to make it.”
This is no ordinary splatter movie but one written by Diablo Cody, who penned Juno, and directed by Karyn Kusama, who made Girlfriends.
Its stylised teen dialogue and off-centre world view would have been refreshing if Cody and Kasuma had made up their minds about its purpose.
Is it about female empowerment or is it a slasher story? Probably both, but it doesn’t work as either.
This is despite a good performance from Seyfried and a good-looking one from Fox.
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