Reviews by Denise Power
Puzzle [15]
Denise Power
Trainspotting fans will immediately recognise ‘that’s easy for you to say, Diane’ Kelly MacDonald (who made her debut in Danny Boyle's Brit hit) stars in this puzzling film. Puzzle is about a ...
6 years ago
Puzzle [15]
Gomez
Denise Power
It’s twenty years since Bring it On hit our CD players when we were fresh-faced freshers in uni, so there was always an element that this was going to be a nostalgia tour. But OH MY GOD - last ...
6 years ago
Gomez
The Apparition [12A]
Denise Power
This is a very long film. If you go to this and it’s a late show (for example, 9pm), don’t be surprised to glance at your watch in horror several hours later and see that it says 6am. The ...
6 years ago
The Apparition [12A]
A. M. Homes 'Days of Awe'
Denise Power
A.M Homes was in Oxford last summer finishing off the already-late collection of 13 short stories entitled Days of Awe which has now been published and is available to buy everywhere. The title, ...
6 years ago
A. M. Homes 'Days of Awe'
Things We Chose To Save
Denise Power
Sooner or later, the dramatic form was going to move its attention to the corporate wholesale of memories, and the effect that this has on people.
Clown Funeral is an emerging theatre production ...
6 years ago
Things We Chose To Save
Jack Barry: Tango
Denise Power
'Sunlight is the enemy of comedy', squawked Jack Barry, as he sweated profusely minutes before the show was due to start. This was a preview show where you get to be the test cases for a comedian's ...
6 years ago
Jack Barry: Tango
America's Cool Modernism
Denise Power
As a chronic sufferer of museum foot (that agonising ache in your feet that only happens in museums) I was reluctant go to this exhibition. The only good thing about it was that I did not get museum ...
7 years ago
America's Cool Modernism
Deborah Levy: The Cost of Living
Denise Power
I don’t feel qualified to write this review. I sort of need a good two months to catch up on feminist literature and then, then I can write it with authority if I can remember the event with any ...
7 years ago
Deborah Levy: The Cost of Living
Softball
Denise Power
Softball, for those who don't know, is a bit of a mix of baseball and rounders. Obviously I can't let anyone who plays softball hear me saying that - they get really offended for some reason - but if ...
7 years ago
Softball
Oxford Literary Festival 2018
Denise Power
It was fitting that this talk was hosted in the Oxford Martin School, a centre that addresses global challenges. Biodiversity conservation is something that affects us all so it was a shame that this ...
7 years ago
Oxford Literary Festival 2018
Oxford Literary Festival 2018
Denise Power
I’m going to just come out and say it. I hate the Sheldonian Theatre. Yeah, the first few times I was in there I was blown away but now I see it for what it is. A fire hazard with bits of narrow ...
7 years ago
Oxford Literary Festival 2018
Landscape With Weapon
Denise Power
Given my fairly laughable mathematical ability, it was unlikely that I would ever be welcomed into the lush architectural wonder that is the Mathematical Institute. But now, thanks to Ronin Theatre ...
7 years ago
Landscape With Weapon
Craig Ogden
Denise Power
There was 'looting' in Oxford last night; not the scary type that involves theft during riots but rather that of the musical variety when a guitar is played in a manner, not unlike that of a lute. ...
7 years ago
Craig Ogden
Four Seasons
Denise Power
Clapping etiquette when listening to a symphony is generally terrifying unless you’re of high breeding and can naturally resist the urge to clap at the end of a movement rather than the end of the ...
7 years ago
Four Seasons
The Shape of Water [15]
Denise Power
When my friend suggested we go see a film about a woman who falls in love with a fish, I understandably scoffed. It should be completely ridiculous – on a par with Snakes on a Plane but it somehow ...
7 years ago
The Shape of Water [15]
Jericho Comedy and Friends
Denise Power
Jericho comedy at the Jericho Café on Saturdays (next show 10th Feb) is run by TightFive and is a cheap way to laugh your head off whilst contributing to Oxfordshire Mind. All profits go to this ...
7 years ago
Jericho Comedy and Friends
A.M. Homes and Neel Mukherjee
Denise Power
The Blackwell Presents Events rarely disappoint and, as an added treat to seeing A.M. Homes in the flesh, she brought her friend and fellow writer Neel Mukherjee along to structure the event (and ...
7 years ago
A.M. Homes and Neel Mukherjee
William Boyd Talks to Richard Ovenden
Denise Power
William Boyd is a prolific novelist and a good one at that. All you want from these literary events is an opportunity to see your idols in the flesh, be dazzled by their eloquence, maybe ask them a ...
8 years ago
William Boyd Talks to Richard Ovenden
