Gimme Danger – movie review
There have been at least three great music documentaries this year - Amy Berg's insightful and comprehensive Janis Joplin: Little…
Circus 1903 (Regent) – theatre review
A year ago I was totally captivated by The Illusionists 1903 and now the producers of that magic show have…
The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble – movie review
From the director of the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom and the critically acclaimed Best of Enemies, comes The…
The Edge of Seventeen – movie review
Another scintillating performance from Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) is one of the distinguishing features of The Edge of Seventeen, a…
Rosalie Blum – movie review
Life throws up curve balls. You just never know when one will be pitched your way. So it is when…
Drama – HE review
Desire is a powerful emotion. Perhaps the most powerful, alongside hunger, but sometimes it leads you in directions that aren’t…
Passengers – movie review
Passengers is set in a distant future where the Earth has become overcrowded and resources are drying up. The colony…
Faithful by Alice Hoffman – book review
Life throws curve balls when we least expect them – and we never know how we’ll react to them. We…
The top movies of 2016
Let's face it, 2016 was a tough year. Despair, hopelessness and rancour were all around us, and those feelings simply…
Ten podcasts you need to download in 2017
Here at The Blurb we usually concentrate on music when it comes to aural entertainment. It would however be remiss…