Friday 25 October 2013
Film review: Ender's Game (12A)
FILM
Ender's Game
(12A) 114mins
★★★★✩
IN A NUTSHELL
More intelligent than your average glossy shoot-em-up, Ender's Game has an earnest undercurrent.
Labels:
abigail breslin,
asa butterfield,
ender's game,
film,
films,
gavin hood,
review,
reviews,
spiral notebook,
Viola Davis
Friday 18 October 2013
Exhibition: Nelson, Navy, Nation at National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
From this distance, Britain's unrivalled national hero Horatio Nelson appears to embody the entire span of glittering age of naval dominance such is his pre-eminence in our cultural consciousness.
And yet, definitive though his actions were, they spanned only a few years at the tail-end of the 1700s through to his victory - and celebrated death - at Trafalgar in 1805.
And yet, definitive though his actions were, they spanned only a few years at the tail-end of the 1700s through to his victory - and celebrated death - at Trafalgar in 1805.
Labels:
exhibition,
greenwich,
national maritime museum,
navy,
nelson,
review,
reviews,
spiral notebook,
trafalgar,
victory
Wednesday 16 October 2013
Stage review: The Commitments, Palace Theatre
STAGE
The Commitments
Palace Theatre
★★★★✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Roddy Doyle has re-created his tale of Dublin soul band as a full-on gig with banter.
The Commitments
Palace Theatre
★★★★✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Roddy Doyle has re-created his tale of Dublin soul band as a full-on gig with banter.
Labels:
dublin,
jamie lloyd,
killian donnelly,
palace theatre,
review,
reviews,
roddy doyle,
spiral notebook,
stage,
the commitments
Saturday 5 October 2013
Spiral Notebook: Breaking bad news for schedulers
I took to humming last week.
Not the usual dirges that are necessary to keep the skull-headed gorilla safely ensconced in my bedroom cupboard but, instead, a chirpy tune, lacking in melody but delivered with considerable oomph.
Not the usual dirges that are necessary to keep the skull-headed gorilla safely ensconced in my bedroom cupboard but, instead, a chirpy tune, lacking in melody but delivered with considerable oomph.
Friday 4 October 2013
Exhibitions: Royal Museums, Greenwich
EXHIBITIONS
Yinka Shonibare /
Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Royal Museums, Greenwich
★★★✩✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Two contemporary exhibitions of very different visuals ask the visitor to think again about what they see.
Yinka Shonibare /
Astronomy Photographer of the Year
Royal Museums, Greenwich
★★★✩✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Two contemporary exhibitions of very different visuals ask the visitor to think again about what they see.
Labels:
astronomy photographer of the year,
greenwich,
review,
reviews,
royal museums,
spiral notebook,
yinka shonibare
Thursday 3 October 2013
Film review: Sunshine On Leith (PG)
FILM
Sunshine On Leith
(PG) 100mins
★★★✩✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Director Dexter Fletcher does it again - courtesty of The Proclaimers - with a life-affirming celebration of love, family and Scotland.
Labels:
dexter fletcher,
film,
films,
jane horrocks,
peter mullan,
review,
reviews,
scotland,
spiral notebook,
sunshine on leith,
the proclaimers
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