Mostly Records – April 2012
by Jim Eaton-Terry Is that some kind of ostrich? One of the few certainties with Mostly Records is that, whatever date we schedule it, something absolutely fascinating will be released either the day...
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by Jim Eaton-Terry There are many great things about having small children and living in the country, but access to theatre productions isn’t one of them. The formula for touring family shows seems...
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By Jim Eaton-Terry It’s just a phase. After a few months of listening mostly to old hacks returning to form, I’m deeply tempted to devote this whole entry to Kitty Pryde, who takes the recent trend of...
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By Jim Eaton-Terry In retrospect maybe Tuesday wasn’t the best day for Dido to announce her comeback Obviously there’s only one story this week. Like everyone (OK, like everyone over about 35 with an...
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By Jim Eaton-Terry World-conquering pop juggernaut Speech Debelle I love awards. Film, music or books, they combine the fun of a race with the joy of a list of things to work through. for years I’ve...
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Jim Eaton-Terry is charmed by the 50th anniversary reissue of Jacques Demy’s classic New Wave musical In 1963, Jacques Demy set out to make people cry. Making only his second feature, and inspired by...
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Jim Eaton-Terry kicks off a week of music-related articles with a review of John Carney’s follow up to the world-conquering Once. One of Keira Knightley’s first spoken lines in Begin Again is “I’m not...
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Jim Eaton-Terry’s spirit is moved by Jude Law’s Pope Show When I volunteered to review the Jude Law Pope Show it was, I admit, largely for comedy reasons. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a more...
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Jim Eaton-Terry dusts off his percolator for the Gilmore Girls revival Like a lot of people, I suspect, one of the few glimmers of light I’ve been looking forward to in the ablation cascade of bad news...
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Jim Eaton-Terry is blown away by the pop art onslaught of John Wick: Chapter 2 No-one knows the dangers of an action sequel better than Keanu Reeves. Having dodged the bullet of the bloated Speed 2:...
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