Snuff Movie kept every guessing until the very final seconds of the film to try to understand it. Written and directed by Bernard Rose (of Candyman fame) the plot is very twisted and you often feel split as to what is actually happening and that’s exactly where the problem lies. Because you are detached trying […]
Chris Addison snubbed the show and quite rightly. He was favourite last year and this year and instead they give it to an actress who’s a newcomer to boot! The winner, Laura Solon, was awful. She seems to be a vaguely talented actress but she has no comic ability in her. The audience were […]
P is mid-ranking story of witchcraft and evil spirits. A young Thai girl has to go to the city to pay for care for her grandmother (back in the “jungle”) and so gets a job in a brothel / show bar for tourists. After being shunned she uses the spells her gran taught […]
Antikörper is very slick German serial killer film that keeps you thinking all the way through the film. The film starts with the brutal capturing of the serial killer and then takes us to a small German town which is the focal point of the film. A young girl was killed there and […]
Awesome show from a man with phenomenal energy. I hummed and harred regarding booking this show as I knew he would be a strong favourite to win the Perrier (and a certainty to be nominated). It’s a good job that I did book as not only did politics rob him of a justifable […]
This film gets a bit of leeway because there are two scenes using CGIs and because of the post-production costs they are not very impressive. The reason for that is this film was scripted and produced then scrapped. It has nothing to do with the Studio system (as Paul Schrader went to great […]
The first and only film British film made to the Dogme principles. Heard everyone of all ages (including Dave Fulton) coming out of this film (before I went in to see the appaling Robert Carmichael) chatting saying that this film was “excellent”. As if further proof were needed, take a look at IMDB. […]
Utter rubbish. Out of all the “emperor’s new clothes” films I’ve seen, this is the worst. The plot is paper thin, the dialogue flat and one-dimensional, the acting is so wooden as the actors are very green. The only reason why this film made it to Edinburgh is because they added in […]
Robert Newman just missed out on The Writers’ Guild award for Best Scripted Comedy. Instead it went to Dan Tetsell for a show about his grandfather being an SS officer. The Fairtrade Dubble Act Award went to The Pajama Men who were also nominated for Best Newcomers last year (under the name Sabotage). […]
This is just plain wrong. Instead of petitioning to get monkeys the right to vote, some activists have made so many threats to the people behind a guinea pig farm that breeds them for medical research that they’ve decided to close. I’m disgusted. What else can you do with guinea pigs except […]
Got a free ticket to see him last night, paid to see him tonight. I would have gladly paid £10 each night to see him perform. Put simply this guy is exceptional, he told jokes to us while playing a glockenspiel with one hand and a keyboard with the other. The show […]
Tonight’s film was the highly advertised and reasonably well praised Crash. First off the loose connection relating to car crashes is just that - loose. The whole film revolves around race and of course racism. My initial concern was when I saw the running time of 1 hour 57 minutes. Having […]
Anybody who’s willing to go up on a 60′ ladder and force open windows with gallons of smoke pouring out into their face is worth at least £30,000 a year in my view. I knew a girl once (honest) that joined the Fire Brigade and she was put through the most intense tests […]
Much bigger venue than last year, infact he’s playing in the biggest venue the festival has (as far as I know). Hundreds of people will be coming to see him having seen him on HIGNFY and the rather weak Mock The Week - usually not a good sign. Before I start, let me […]
Pre-dating Eddie Izzard’s idea for the gameshow “Whose Pig Is This?”, there is a logic puzzle where you have to work out who owns the fish. Despite the story, it was not created by Albert Einstein. If you can solve it within 20 minutes you are suposed to be in the most intelligent […]
Started and closed very strongly which is important. Last year the show was in Chambers Street and it was great. This year they have gone with the un-tried former Odeon on Clerk Street and it sucks, big time. Basically the stage is **considerably** lower than the front row of seats meaning everyone […]
Very good observational stuff from the best Scottish Comidean (I’m not a fan of Frankie Boyle and Billy Connolly is phenomeally over-rated). Very calm and relaxed on stage, clearly being doing it for years. It wasn’t a performance, more a friend ellaborating on his amusing thoughts. Interesting he started with the news […]
Great silent comedy that transcends language - thoroughly enjoyable. The opening 20 minutes was exceptional. Some great visual gags, magic tricks, mime and performance art (like going down escalators). Really and truly belly-shakingly funny for any age and any language. The only thing I’d prefer is to be in a better […]
Screw the Cavalcade and screw Rock Steady Security. We couldn’t cross Princes Street at the crossing point (other people had been waiting for an hour so we couldn’t get to the show). I wanted to see my old friend Mike McShane (I hear he’s really put on weight).
Standing on George Street at Midnight I got chatting with one of the Assembly Rooms’ staff and he told me the previous night the audience were waiting outside for 57 minutes! We only had to wait 15 minutes and saw Andy Parsons leaving the venue and Rob Gilbert arriving. Last year we had […]
First time I’ve ever seen a comic based on another comic’s reccomendation and probably the last. While a lot of his material is good it needs a lot more polishing and his presentation really needs working on. He really needed a projector as showing us print outs from the internet didn’t work for […]
Never seen a comedian like him, literally. That’s probably because I never saw him. We arrived and the guy said I’ve got space for one more and I said to KT “it’s okay, I’ll grab this chair”. The doorman then elaborate saying “no, I’ve only got space for one more and then […]
Very fast paced stuff from a man with buckets of material. The strongest act I’ve seen in any festival, after of course Dara O’Briain and at number one Demetri Martin. The show revolves around the periodic table of elements (cool I hear some of you cry, others just cry). We journey with […]
Heard him last year on BBC Four’s broadcast from the festival and in his 10 minute bit he was quite good and very posh (what do you expect if you live in Jersey?). He’s won a few nominations and a newcomer award over the past year so I decided to give him ago. […]
I don’t want free tickets to see shitty comic character, I want to continue my conversation with my friends in peace! If you can’t give the free tickets away to other people, what makes you think I’d want them? Sigh. In other news, what sort of idiot takes an 18 month old […]
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