It’s safe to say that boy bands are taking over the charts currently with the likes of One Direction and The Wanted – and who doesn’t love a good boy band? Lawson, however, are just a bit more than a boy band. Despite having all the standard boy band characteristics – being extremely easy on… Continue reading REVIEW: Lawson – Chapman Square
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REVIEW: Skyfall
It’s been four years since Daniel Craig graced our screens as Ian Flemming’s secret agent 007 and now he has finally returned. Like Craig’s former Bond movies – Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace – Skyfall definitely lives up to the previous films and even manages to pull off some surprising plot twists. The Plot… Continue reading REVIEW: Skyfall
REVIEW: Taylor Swift – Red
It seems the name on everyone’s lips these days is Taylor Swift; and with good reason too! The cute 22-year-old is one of the top five selling digital music artists worldwide, and boasts an impressive collection of awards, including six Grammies! Taylor’s fourth studio album Red, released on 22 October, was bound to be a… Continue reading REVIEW: Taylor Swift – Red
REVIEW: Cheryl: My Story
For the first time Cheryl Cole tells all in her only official autobiography. For those of you who don’t know who Cheryl is (you must’ve been hiding under a rock), she shot to fame in TV’s Pop Stars: The Rivals, winning a place in girl band Girls Aloud. Since then, Cheryl has gone on to… Continue reading REVIEW: Cheryl: My Story
REVIEW: Twin Atlantic, Glasgow Barrowlands
Twin Atlantic Glasgow Barrowlands – 26/10/12 The self-styled “last hurrah” for latest album Free brought the jock-rock juggernaut back home to Glasgow for a slick and passionate set comprising tracks from their first two studio albums as well as a collection of live favourites and B-sides which introduced a bit of much-needed variety into proceedings.… Continue reading REVIEW: Twin Atlantic, Glasgow Barrowlands
REVIEW: Taken 2
In 2008, retired CIA agent Brian Mills (Liam Neeson) used his ‘particular set of skills’ to kick and punch his way through Europe to rescue his kidnapped daughter. Taken was a box office smash, with Neeson reinventing himself as the new action hero of the 21st Century. Now Brian Mills is back. However, things aren’t… Continue reading REVIEW: Taken 2
REVIEW: Sinister
I love a good horror movie. I also love the nail-biting, edge of your seat, sick-to-the-stomach feelings that come with a particularly good horror movie. So, when I saw the trailer for Sinister, and the words “from the producer of Paranormal Activity and the director of The Exorcism of Emily Rose”, I knew it was… Continue reading REVIEW: Sinister
REVIEW: Dog is Dead – All Our Favourite Stories
The debut album from Nottingham five-piece Dog is Dead is an assured if uninspired first step into a music industry that has not been kind to indie music of late. In fact, so desolate is the alternative music landscape that five years ago was a cornucopia of opportunity that there really is only room for… Continue reading REVIEW: Dog is Dead – All Our Favourite Stories
REVIEW: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Every now and then, you’ll hear someone mega pretentious harp on about the book, the film, the song, the play, the art exhibition, the whatever that changed them. It moved them to their very core. Made them re-evaluate their whole life. It really changed – You get the picture. It’s pretty annoying. But I’m about… Continue reading REVIEW: The Perks of Being a Wallflower