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Tim Adams

Tim Adams has written 6 posts for A New Leaf Media
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Tokyo Express 06

By Tim Adams ⋅ August 7, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Tokyo Express 06 is a showcase of four different series of Madman’s upcoming anime releases.
Eureka 7 is another in a long-standing tradition of Japanese animation that involves a 14-year-old and a giant robot. This series sees teenager Renton living in an isolated city, wishing he’s somewhere else. Once Eureka and her trusty robot arrive the [...]

Taxidermia

By Tim Adams ⋅ August 7, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

The Hungarian film Taxidermia delves into the morose, the experimental and the flat-out bizarre. It’s a story about three family generations, told in three separate parts. The first revolves around Vendel, a somewhat simple farmhand who seems obsessed with sex. The farm owner’s two daughters are his objects of desire; however, he has an affair [...]

Wes Snelling in Record Time

By Tim Adams ⋅ May 5, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Forget Mariah Carey, forget J-Lo - Wes Snelling is the new modern day diva. He has the walk, the look and, most importantly, the attitude. Of course, one would hope that it’s all played up for laughs on stage, especially considering his poor, ever suffering assistant Steven Weir who bares the brunt of most of [...]

Eye Candy

By Tim Adams ⋅ May 5, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

There’s something worrying about walking into a dingy bar and seeing barflies and drunks at 7:45 in the evening. 7:45 people! Because of this I had major reservations about seeing the show. What kind of comics would play here? And there being three comics and an MC had me in a right state. However, I [...]

Danny Bhoy

By Tim Adams ⋅ May 4, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

When you sit in the audience waiting for a show and there are two giant rotating thistles being projected either side of the stage, you know you’re in for observational humour that’s country based. And that’s exactly what the majority of Danny Bhoy’s humour is. It isn’t exactly genre-busting, it’s not controversial, and it’s not [...]

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