REVIEW: The Beaver
Mel Gibson plus hand puppet… and this is meant to be his great return since he went biblical. That’s right, the man who decided that he never again wanted to use film as a means of just making money, he wanted to get his message across. Never mind the huge money making successes that ‘The Passion of the Christ’ and ‘Apocalypto’ were, he’s returned to being in front of the camera and firmly positioned himself in centre stage with his new role. BY LAURA SHEARER FULL STORY
June 17th, 2011 | No Comments
REVIEW: Bon Iver – Bon Iver
Bon Iver seems to be every hipsters dream. Everyone claims to have “heard him first”. Regardless of who heard him first, the 2008 album ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ written and recorded by Justin Vernon was without doubt one of the most refreshing, innovative and independent records of the last century. Having released synth/electronic influenced EPs since playing festivals as monumental as Glastonbury, and partnering up with Kanye West, how could we expect to have a repeat performance? How many bands have fallen victim to the curse of the second album? BY BRIAN MARTIN FULL STORY
June 16th, 2011 | Comment (1)
HOOD: HOOD Awards
BY THE HOOD FULL STORY
Since the year is finished, the time has come for the Hood to look back over the year and dish out some awards to the societies, people and so on that I feel deserve to have the cold light of day poured onto their pimply backsides. Unlike the SU awards, these awards have been well thought out, and will not be awarded based on good relations with staff. The recipients and nominees will not get a dinner, nor will any society receive more than one award. However, in a similar vein to the SU awards however, these are undemocratic, uncounselled and decided by a heavily breathing man sitting in the dark.
June 15th, 2011 | Comments (29)
OPINION: Corporation Tax: Time for Northern Ireland Uncut
BY ADAM MCGIBBON FULL STORY
On May 28th, activists protested across the UK against the dismantling of the National Health Service, and, more broadly, against cuts to public spending, the unfairness of which I don’t have to go into here.
June 14th, 2011 | Comments (3)
OPINION: Education for the elite
BY BEN FICNH FULL STORYThe philosopher AC Grayling has decided that the British system of universities is so bad that the only option is to set up his own in Bloomsbury, London. He’s even asked a few of his academic mates to come along. The students lucky enough to study under Richard Dawkins, Sir David Cannadine and Ronald Dworkin QC will be very lucky indeed, for they’ll be able to afford £18,000 per year for the privilege, with no student support.
June 13th, 2011 | Comments (2)
REVIEW: 13 Assassins
BY LAURA SHEARER FULL STORY
Picture the re-imagining of an old fashioned samurai film by one of the best directors in Japanese cinema to date. Director Takashi Miike is best known for his hyper violent films ‘Audition’, ‘Three Extremes’ and of course ‘Ichi the Killer’. Constantly behind the camera working on projects, Miike is one of the most famous and productive directors in modern Japanese cinema, yet most of his work goes unseen by audiences outside of East Asia. It’s a crying shame that only his most violent work makes its way across the globe and seeing as we Westerns haven’t heard his name mentioned since 2004, it’s about time he hit it big with his take on the classic samurai feature.
June 13th, 2011 | Comment (1)
NEWS: Peter Gregson Awarded Knighthood
Vice Chancellor Peter Gregson has been awarded a knighthood for his services to higher education on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Professor Gregson said, “It is enormously humbling to receive this honour.” BY BEN FINCH FULL STORY
June 11th, 2011 | Comments (5)
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