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Bah, humbug! It appears as though the cinematic holiday season begins with a lump of coal rather than a brightly wrapped, bow-tied gift. Around this time of year, we always get your average cheesy, hallmark romcom or family drama that audiences seem to eat up. I, however, do prefer the occasional festive flick that offers […]
I will repeat this more and more as time goes on, but going into a film entirely blind is always more rewarding than going in knowing everything; something I am never able to do as the desire to watch trailers is too great for me. For Piece by Piece, I was somewhat familiar with the […]
When it was announced that Hugh Grant would star in a horror film, many doubted whether his posh, charming reputation would translate to the genre. After all, similar attempts haven’t always been successful—take Hugh Bonneville, known for Downton Abbey, whose performance in Netflix’s horror I Came By fell short for some. However, with Heretic, this […]
Halloween season is finally upon us and what better way to celebrate than watching a scary film to give you a nightmare or two. Here are our top picks: 6: The Descent In 2005, Newcastle born director Neil Marshall took claustrophobia to a whole new level and gave us The Descent, a low-budget and stripped […]
When Borderlands came out earlier this year, alarm bells started going off in my head when the film began with some of the laziest plot exposition I could remember seeing. The unfortunate few who saw the film (I say this because of how catastrophically the film performed at the box-office) will know what a disaster […]
Indie sleaze is a music genre popular from the late nineties to the early tens. Encapsulating elements of indie rock, club and pop music with pioneers such as the Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, MGMT and M.I.A. and even some early Arctic Monkeys. While the music industry is forever changing and growing with the times, sometimes […]
Live music can sometimes be described as incredibly euphoric and it certainly was last Friday (18.10.24) when Divorce headlined Newcastle’s Cluny for only the second time and their first set in the city since they supported Self Esteem at the BBC Proms Glasshouse takeover last year. Firstly, a personal note to add context, I used […]
Fresh off the announcement that they’ll be supporting Sam Fender on his People Watching tour this winter, Wunderhorse rolled into Newcastle for the final leg of their own Midas tour. As the Cornwall-based band took to the stage at NX Newcastle, they carried themselves with all the pomp characteristic of the great 90s rock bands. […]
