Have you noticed Dundee audiences love to laugh? The Rep Ensemble’s second offering in their twentieth anniversary production line-up caters perfectly to this characteristic. A-Z of Dundee is a brilliant evening of tales, jests, history, and even a quiz, during which there are plenty of opportunities to giggle, chortle, chuckle, and guffaw. Opening with an Read More
(New Zealand, 2016) 16th – 29th September, DCA Taika Waititi’s hilarious yet heart-warming comedy Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a delightful tale of whimsical fun, told through the eyes of our thirteen-year-old hero Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) and his ever-irritable, highly irregular foster carer, Hec (Sam Neil). After a number of previously unsuccessful attempts, Read More
Woody Allen’s yearly addiction to making films continues. As anyone who follows Allen’s work knows, its quality has been steadily dropping as the years pass. Since the millennium there have been only a few gems hidden amongst a sea of mediocre, dull or downright bad movies. How does Café Society stack up against expectations, then? Read More
The Coen Brothers return with another beautifully set and engrossing piece of cinematography to add to their long list of triumphs. The staple quirky wit that The Coens are known for comes through perfectly; the direction and dialogue is riddled with “inadvertently” satisfying comedy that makes for a truly enjoyable cinematic experience about cinematic experiences. Read More
After recently viewing the Marvel film Deadpool, I noticed that the actor portraying the titular Deadpool was Ryan Reynolds, who also played him in another Marvel film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Even during his first pass as the mercenary it can be seen that Reynolds, despite the incredibly little screen time afforded to him within that Read More
The 2007-2008 financial crisis stands alongside 9/11 as one of the most impactful events of the last decade. But, while the after effects of the latter were subsequently made obvious to the public by a deluge of media analysis and the spectacle of two foreign wars, the financial crisis remains largely unanalysed and un-commemorated. Despite Read More
Forty-eight years after its television show introduction, Dad’s Army is a film burdened by audience expectations. It is not necessarily a remake or a re-telling, but nearly half a century later, the television sitcom that inspired the storyline is still considered one of the nation’s favourites and with that will surely come followers who would Read More
