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‘The Lighthouse’ is a surreal, psychological escape into one’s nightmares

Daniel PattersonFebruary 4, 2020

There’s some films which you just know are going to divide general audiences. Even more so, I think writer-director Robert Eggers’ latest work won’t just divide...

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‘Flight’: Fringe Show or Fever Dream?

Eliza McPhailJanuary 29, 2020

Upon lining up to enter my first Fringe show of the season, it occurred to me that I could have probably done more to prepare myself for something as outlandish...

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ARADIA: Welcome to the Coven

Paris DoickJanuary 29, 2020

Inside the Kaos Room at the Blue Room Theatre, five girls strode around a simmering cauldron under red lights as the audience took their places around the thrus...

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Moonlight Cinemas – The best place to watch Frozen 2

Shalinn YeapJanuary 29, 2020

There's always something special about enjoying a film outdoors, rather than in your regular enclosed movie theatre. Stripping away the ceiling, eradicating the...

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‘Underwater’ pulls you in and doesn’t let go

Lindie NaudeJanuary 29, 2020

If you had told me ten years ago that Kristen Stewart would be staring in three major Hollywood productions released within 6 months of each other, with her rol...

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RAILED: flipping gravity on its head in the wild, wild, west

Paris DoickJanuary 28, 2020

Have you ever seen a horse receive a tasteful lap dance from a unicorn? No? Well, neither had I until RAILED and that is most definitely something that I won’t ...

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Séance: The Horror Experience That Makes You Question Your Senses

Charlie WrightJanuary 28, 2020

Séance is a show that eschews the bright lights and fun colours synonymous with Fringe. The premise is deceptively simple—twenty minutes of total darkness, just...

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‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ is a classic adventure tale infused with real melancholy

Daniel PattersonJanuary 26, 2020

While franchise fare may have dominated much of the 2019 cinematic landscape, The Peanut Butter Falcon was an original surprise sleeper hit which broke through ...

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‘Bad Boys for Life’ evolves the series in wholly unexpected ways

Daniel PattersonJanuary 23, 2020

Bad Boys is truly an enigma of a series. The original film released in 1995 was a low-budget vehicle for sitcom stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith to bring th...

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‘Krishna Istha: Beast’ transcends trans comedy

Paris DoickJanuary 23, 2020

Most stand up comedies don’t include pumpkins, bread rolls or dildo mics but in Krishna Istha: Beast, no combination is too strange. Hailing from the U.K., Kris...

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