Reviews by Rain
The Flower
Rain
What if you lived in a world that was grey? Where every minute of your life was repetitive and unchanging? You awake in a grey room, surrounded by sparse, grey possessions; you commute through a grey ...
3 years ago
The Flower
Cult Screens - Oxford
Rain
Stand by Me, Oxford Castle Unlocked, Thursday 30th July 2015 If there is one film that benefits from being watched under the stars, it’s Stand By Me. What better way to be immersed in the journey ...
9 years ago
Cult Screens - Oxford
Aida
Rain
Ellen Kent is famed in theatrical circles for bringing opera to the masses, and this goal was evident in her staging of Aida at the New Theatre. It was what you might call 'Opera-lite'. ...
11 years ago
Aida
Arcadia
Rain
Student theatre can be a mixed bag, and Arcadia was no different, but that doesn't mean there were no hidden gems in the Milk and Two Sugars production.
Tom Stoppard's Arcadia is set in the early ...
11 years ago
Arcadia
Lovelace [18]
Rain
When does pornography become abuse? This is the question I suspect this film wanted to provoke and its pre-determined answer is as predictable as any tale that begins with ‘Once Upon a ...
11 years ago
Lovelace [18]
Trance [15]
Rain
With the likes of Danny Boyle, it's difficult not to have preconceptions. I was expecting something special, and the cast alone lead me believe this was going to be one to remember. James ...
12 years ago
Trance [15]
An Evening Of Flanders And Swann
Rain
Fully aware of my personal bias towards the flamboyant duo, I arrived at the Playhouse with a secret weapon designed to temper any preconceived enthusiasm: a (relative) Flanders and Swann virgin. For ...
12 years ago
An Evening Of Flanders And Swann
Babur In London
Rain
The concept of opera as a form of political or social expression is not new, but is certainly much less commonly encuontered in our modern age. There’s so much potential in this vein ...
12 years ago
Babur In London
The Taming Of The Shrew
Rain
Traditionally The Taming of the Shrew has brought all sorts of controversy and discussions on sexism and the submission of wives to their husbands. However, for this particular experience, I ...
12 years ago
The Taming Of The Shrew
The Woman In The Fifth [15]
Rain
Where to begin with The Woman in the Fifth? Billed as an intriguing mystery thriller, it certainly wasn't what I was expecting. My previous encounters with Pawel Palikowski's work (the ...
13 years ago
The Woman In The Fifth [15]
The Ides Of March [15]
Rain
I can't help but be mighty sceptical whenever actors dabble in writing. Bless them, their talent for crawling into another's skin is undeniable and admittedly those who work a lot in films often have ...
13 years ago
The Ides Of March [15]
The Help [12A]
Rain
As I sat through the two hours and seventeen minutes of The Help, I was more than aware that my emotions were being thoroughly, albeit crudely manipulated. However, it was done so obviously and ...
13 years ago
The Help [12A]
Greenberg [15]
Rain
Ben Stiller returns to our screens in a pseudo-serious role as an angst-ridden 40-year old trying to crawl back to life after a stint in what his sister-in-law refers to as a mental hospital, by ...
14 years ago
Greenberg [15]
