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Guy Davis, Journalist

Reviews / Arts
Demi Lardner: Look What You Made Me Do (MICF)
"A shrewd comic sensibility beneath the surface of her stream of consciousness; there's method to this maverick comedian's madness."
Features / Arts
Comedian Josie Long On Staying Positive In The Post-Truth World
"I muck about on stage - there's a lot of fun and silliness and trickery - but I am very earnest."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Philip Glass Ensemble: Koyaanisqatsi Live!
"There are times when the performers seem almost overwhelmed by the demands of Glass' score."
Reviews / Film & TV
Logan
"With James Mangold's Logan, that the extreme extent of the character's capabilities has been shown."
Reviews / Film & TV
Logan
"They've exceeded it and then some with 'Logan'."
Features / Arts
Ivan Aristeguieta Is Ready To Get Lispy In His Latest Show, 'Juithy'
"When I get up on stage I see the audience as a woman I'm taking out on a date. I want to show them I've been listening."
Features / Arts
Low-Level Pessimist Jimmy McGhie Says There's 'Never Been A More Important Time To Laugh'
"Too much current comedy is lightweight and toothless. It is time for a ruthless satire boom."
Features / Arts
Director Adam Spreadbury-Maher Helms The Play That Inspired Danny Boyle's Film, 'Trainspotting Live'
"Danny Boyle is responsible for some of the first very clear, strong and powerful cinema memories I have."
Features / Film & TV
The Eight Must-See TV Shows To Obsess Over In 2017
The Music's resident TV addict, Guy Davis, picks his top telly for the year ahead.
Reviews / Film & TV
Fifty Shades Darker
"About as sexy as a midweek date night at Grill'd."
Reviews / Film & TV
Manchester By The Sea
A poignant, piercing and remarkable film about what it takes to move beyond grief, if one ever can.
Reviews / Film & TV
Split
"Shyamalan has well and truly embraced his B-movie roots."
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