Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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Clubs
Richard Grey - Warped Bass
Grey's version includes Marc Almond's vocal from the original along with that infamous and unmistakable 'bleep bleep', side-by-side with a house beat certain to get feet tapping Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Film
The Harder They Fall
Yipee-ki-yay motherfucker. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Film
HOW TO DO (ALMOST) ANYTHING - WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM REALITY TV
A big, bottomless cookie jar we know we should walk past, but that just keeps offering us things we never knew we needed. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Film
Die Hard 4.0
A pretty decent action film that's not necessarily a great Die Hard film. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Theatre
42nd Street
anything that might be considered a problem is resolved so instantly that the tone is one of constant jollity and optimism Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Film
Beyond Videodrome
No less than ten years after the introduction of DVD, we're already being presented with the choice of a new generation in the Second Format Wars. But do you remember the first time? Read more »| 10 Jul 2007
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Film
Alphabet Video July
If... caused plenty of controversy on release but is now rightly regarded as one of the finest British films of the 60s Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Film
Transformers: Beast Wars
Recalls that moment in Big where Tom Hanks questions the point of a robot that turns into a building, asking why it couldn't just be a bug instead Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Film
Titanic
The script may be weak and the fateful romance overly sickly but it's hard not to be swept along by the epic grandeur. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Film
Bullet Boys: Pigs In Mud
The overpowering reaction to this film is one of disgust towards the music industry of the time, and occasionally humanity as a whole Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Film
Beverley Hills Cop I & II
The best part of this Beverley Hills Cop boxset? No Part III Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Books
Author Event: Maggie O'Farrell at the North Edinburgh Arts Centre
O'Farrell was lively and engaging, with some poignant stories. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Music
The Aggrolites - Reggae Hit LA
Would set feet tapping for anyone with an ounce of humanity in them. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Theatre
Cyprus
an intense and satisfying drama which skilfully weaves a tangle of mystery and offers real insight on the roots of international terrorism Read more »| 10 Jul 2007 -
Theatre
The Brick Award
We want to encourage people to take a risk… we want to provide 'the right to fail'. Andy Arnold, Creative Director, The Arches. Read more »| 10 Jul 2007