Tag: Review
Time Bandits review – the gloriously fun return of a fantasy classic | Television
TV review Taika Waititi! Jemaine Clement! Lisa Kudrow being the absolute master of the muttered aside! This remake of the 80s film is a confident, hilarious romp through history Wed 24 Jul 2024 05.00 BST Kevin’s bedroom quakes. His wardrobe starts to shudder. It opens … on to a scene of a Viking warrior being …
‘Time Bandits’ review: Apple TV+ series jumps from one historical era to another with spirit and sly wit
Terry Gilliam’s wildly creative 1981 fantasy adventure “Time Bandits” is often referred to as a “cult classic,” but it was actually a pretty big hit and garnered laudatory reviews back in the day, opening in the No. 1 position at the box office and eventually grossing the modern-day equivalent of $145 million, more than eight …
Julie’s, London: ‘Its time has clearly come again’ – restaurant review | Restaurants
Jay Rayner on restaurants Known as a hotspot for celeb parties, Julie’s is now also serving up great food for its own beautiful people Sun 21 Jul 2024 06.00 BST Julie’s, 135 Portland Road, London W11 4LW (020 7229 8331). Starters £6-£19, mains £12-£40, desserts £8-£10, wines from £30 It’s very tempting to discuss Julie’s …
Simone Biles: Rising review – the greatest gymnast of all time sets the record straight | Simone Biles
TV review Through extraordinary access to Biles, this dramatic docuseries takes on the dark side of being an elite athlete. It’s a touching plea for compassion that sets up her Olympics return beautifully Wed 17 Jul 2024 05.00 BST If you watched Simone Biles: Rising only to marvel at what the most decorated gymnast in …
Big Time by Jordan Prosser review – a lush, drug-fuelled adventure in a future Australia | Australian books
Australian book reviews Blending dystopic soothsaying and raucous imagination, Prosser’s debut novel is a bit Philip K Dick, a bit Jennifer Egan and a bit entirely unique Thu 11 Jul 2024 16.00 BST A man named JW Dunne once had several troubling dreams that came inexplicably true: his watch stopping at an exact time; a …
Bushman review – amazing real-time evocation of a Nigerian’s life in 70s America | Film
Film Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam plays a lightly fictionalised version of himself in David Schickele’s restored 1971 film reflecting on race and nationality Here is a unique document: a 1971 work by US musician and film-maker David Schickele, long neglected but now restored and reissued. It is a vividly beautiful and dynamic monochrome work resembling …