Colombo Critic

Save Dan’s Blog!

Fellow reviewer Dan Rutter of Dan's Data.com and How to Spot a Psychopath has got himself into a spot of "legal" trouble over his articles on the (currently) Australian-based Firepower International. The latest tiff is over whether or not Dan has the right to link to, and/or distribute the brochure ...

Tom, Dick and Harry

Ray Cooney undone...!!!! Okay, seriously... the fact that this site allows you to freely signup and post articles isn't a license to abuse it on crap like this. This is the second time in a week that this has happened. Once more and I will be moderating all articles ...

I Aint’nt Dead!

Contrary to rumours, I am still alive... just barely. Thanks to all of you who mailed me out of concern that I hadn't been nasty to anyone in over a month. I plan to return soon enough. A few things to cover... but let's get this out of the way: "A merry ...

It’s Alive!!!

Yup, you asked for it... and now it's here! Forums! Don't say I don't give you nice things. :P New features and stuff will be added as and when required. Suggestions can be mailed to me. Details on this first post. Enjoy. :)

Schedule for August ‘07

Compared to last month my schedule's almost empty for August: 11th August: Young Soloists Concert (Ladies College Hall) As before the review will be out the next morning. I tend to be a little out of touch with things so any news on events in Colombo would be appreciated. I generally only ...

Schedule for July ‘07

Next month is shaping up to be a busy month for English theater, which means that I'm going to have to plan ahead. At present my schedule is as follows: 29th June: Chatroom (Punchi Theater, Borella) 6th July: Oleanna (Punchi Theater, Borella) 12th July: Pyramus and Thisbe (British Council, Colombo) 13th July: The Specialist & ...

And so it begins…

A while back I wrote a review, and while I despised it to the very core of my being I found that more than a few people related to it. That was where it started... What happened next was mostly inconsequential, but let me recount one of the more memorable events. ...

April 4th 2008
Tags: Review, Theatre 2 Comments

An Enemy of the People

Henrik Ibsen was a true great. No cast, no director should be allowed to desecrate that greatness by a mediocre performance of an Ibsen work. I am glad to say that the StageLight & Magic production team and cast are completely innocent of any such crime in their performance of ...
February 22nd 2008
Tags: Review 16 Comments

Caliban’s Rebellion

Caliban's Rebellion is a dramatic adaptation of a work of Shakespeare in typical CenterStage Productions' style. Drawing on The Tempest for inspiration Caliban's Rebellion attempts to paint Caliban in a more forgiving light and give a slightly different view from the traditional interpretation. So, you may be wondering… is it ...
February 21st 2008
Tags: Review One Comment

There Will Be Blood

This movie was the last of the Best Picture nominees I got a chance to look at. I was initially hesitant to seek this one out primarily because of Day-Lewis' performance in Gangs of New York. While I admired that performance it was completely at odds with everything I remembered ...
February 21st 2008
Tags: Review No Comments

Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton is the second Best Picture Academy Award nominated film for 2008 we'll be looking at before the night in question. And no, it's not about American Football (or 'Football' as the Americans like to call it), but rather a legal drama in which we see George Clooney, Tom ...
February 21st 2008
Tags: Review One Comment

Juno

Remember Knocked Up? Geek meets girl. Geek sleeps with girl. Out pops baby. Well, Juno is more of the same... except all the parent's to be are highschoolers. Usually, I wouldn't be interested by something as mundane and Oprahesque as a drama comedy about unplanned teenage pregnancy. However, Jason Reitman's ...

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