Kevin Ibbotson-Wight
@weaklemondrink
Borders-born Edinburgh based worker/ writer/ runner/ sleeper. A good book, a good film, or a good show and I'm a very happy chap.
Reviews: 879
Other Articles: 273
The Club
Quietly furious and harrowing examination of the past abuses of the Catholic Church in Chile.
X-Men: Apocalypse
Passably entertaining entry in the X-Men canon, but encapsulating almost everything wrong with the modern blockbuster.
Florence Foster Jenkins
Meryl Streep proves a solid anchor for a film that drifts between light comedy and more problematic material.
Knight of Cups
Terrence Malick throws narrative cinema into the sea in concrete wellies with an aimless meander through one man’s existential crisis.
Miles Ahead
Don Cheadle’s take on Mile Davis dodges the cliches of a straightforward biopic, but falls into the trap of the lightweight in an entertaining, but slight romp.
Evolution
A young boy learns disturbing truths about his upbringing in a defiantly weird, one-of-a-kind, arthouse sci-fi
Green Room
A punk band find themselves at the mercy of neo-Nazi thugs in an extraordinary exercise in prolonged tension and shuddering violence.
Captain America: Civil War
The Avengers team is split down the middle after a series of civilian deaths in a thoroughly entertaining modern blockbuster.
The Zero Boys
Champion paintballers are forced to step up to the big leagues in a clumsy curio that fails to convince on every level.
Son of Saul
A remorseless, yet deeply moral glimpse into the abyss of Auschwitz in an extraordinary debut film.
Three Brothers
A family is reunited by the death of their mother in a drama smothered in misplaced nostalgia.
Chronic
Tim Roth is quietly magnificent in a sombre and almost unbearably realistic examination of terminal illness.
Death Walks Twice
A brace of bracing vintage Italian horrors that embrace their dreamy atmosphere and convoluted plotting with relish.
The Absent One
Entertaining but frustratingly shallow affair is definitely a lesser entry in the expanding canon of Scandinavian crime dramas.
The Witch
An astonishing debut that drips with foreboding, and welds itself parasitically into the subconscious. A unique and beautifully-crafted film a millions miles from most identikit modern horror.
High-Rise
Ben Wheatley and J.G Ballard proves a fruitful partnership as the author’s cautionary tale of modern living is turned into a beautifully realised retro-futurist nightmare.
Iphigenia in Splott
Sophie Melville’s performance is exceptional in a powerful and emotional modernisation of a Greek classic.
The Crucible
A blistering and savage new version of Arthur Miller’s McCarthy-era masterpiece that takes the breath away.
The Sunday Night Laugh-In
A packed bill of quality acts is just the ticket for getting over the New Year blues, with a decent mix of new faces and Fringe favourites.
Dan Clark: Me, My Selfie & I
Dan Clark is refusing to grow up gracefully in a show that combines the puerile and the poetic to fine effect.
Fringe Flashback: Fern Brady – People are Idiots
Spiky and insightful excellence from a tremendous talent who is far nicer than she would probably like you to believe.
Sleaford Mods
A furious hour in the company of the lairy, sweary Lincolnshire terrors. The sound of modern punk.
Edinburgh Soup
Acoustic backdrop to a worthy event, three acts graciously giving up their time for the inaugural evening of Edinburgh Soup.
Gilded Balloon Comedy Nights September
A very decent evening of stand-up slightly marred by a soulless venue and sparse post-Fringe crowd.