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1922 Netflix (available on Netflix) 1922 follows Wilfred James (an excellent Thomas Jane) who murders his wife and is dealing with the psychological effects. Though slow-moving at first, the unsettling atmosphere …
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1922 Netflix (available on Netflix) 1922 follows Wilfred James (an excellent Thomas Jane) who murders his wife and is dealing with the psychological effects. Though slow-moving at first, the unsettling atmosphere …
With the release of their debut album, Broke after many years of gestation on the Cardiff scene and now an arena tour supporting Enter Shikari, Astroid Boys have gone from strength …
NEWTON FAULKNER | LIVE REVIEW Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union, Mon 20 Nov The long line winding its way out of Y Plas was visual proof that Newton …
DEEP PURPLE | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Mon 20 Nov Passing the Motorpoint Arena this morning, I noticed two males in their 50s hanging around near the back, …
JON RONSON’S PSYCHOPATH NIGHT | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Thurs 16 Nov Welsh journalist and best-selling author Jon Ronson has pretty much conquered all domains of the …
HAPPY MONDAYS | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Fri 17 Nov Celebrating their ‘30th Anniversary 24 hour Party People Tour Greatest Hits’ – just slips off …
AMOR **** Higher Moment / Amnesia (Night School) No real comedown from Amor, the Glasgow collection of heads whose last 12″ located its skewed piano disco halfway between the art …
LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL | STAGE REVIEW **** The New Theatre, Cardiff, Mon 20 Nov. Legally Blonde is seen by most as a bit of a bubble-gum musical: very pink, …
BILLY BRAGG + SEÁN MCGOWAN | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Sun 19 Nov Seán McGowan is not a man to be ignored. Loudly introducing himself in a thick estuary …
Welsh writer Cynan Jones came out on top at the Short Story Prize Awards in London, winning the competition with The Edge of The Shoal, the story of a man …
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Wed 22 – Sun 25 Nov For over two decades, Clod Ensemble has brought to the world ‘interdisciplinary performance.’ In short, the theatre company seeks to …
STEVE LAMACQ – GOING DEAF FOR A LIVING | COMEDY REVIEW *** Glee Club, Cardiff, Thur 16 Nov According to Steve Lamacq, there exist three ‘i’s in the world of …
EUROS CHILDS | LIVE REVIEW Transport Club, Cardiff, Thurs 16 Nov The carpet at Riverside’s Transport Club is patterned with brown and beige geometric shapes, squiggly radio wave-like lines …
[wpdevart_youtube]WMdzBwsZRX8[/wpdevart_youtube] **** Dir: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris (12A, 121 mins) A gender clash on the tennis court from 1973 proves remarkably timely and entertaining in 2017 with Steve Carell and …
ENTER SHIKARI | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Fri 17 Nov Having graduated to headline arena shows in 2016, Enter Shikari returned to the Motorpoint with a distinguished new …
TIGER BAY: THE MUSICAL | STAGE REVIEW **** Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wed 15 Nov Many who came to the world premiere of Tiger Bay: The Musical were probably born …
[wpdevart_youtube]2MddEE_tC_w[/wpdevart_youtube] *** Dir: Sean Anders (12A 117mins) Daddy’s Home was a middling success a few years back, pairing Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell after their successful comedy outing The Other Guys. …
The Italian Film Festival Cardiff (IFFC) returns this year boasting twelve feature films, including seven UK premieres, curated by artistic directors Luisa Pèrcopo and Luca Paci. The festival takes place …
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Mon 20 Nov Californian singer-songwriter Chuck Prophet first rose to notoriety in the mid-1980s when he joined LA country rockers Green On Red for their second …
Cardiff’s very own Jon Ronson talks to Jaydon Martin about psychopaths and Trump, and why they’re not necessarily one and the same… Jon Ronson, author of such best-selling books as …
[wpdevart_youtube]xP4vD1tWbPU[/wpdevart_youtube] **** Dir: Matt Spicer (15 98 mins) The permanently sardonic Aubrey Plaza is on excellent form in this blackly comic tale of a social media stalker that has plenty …
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Until Sat 25 Nov It’s necessary that ‘surrealist’ and ‘murmuration’ are depicted to understand the relevance behind this exhibition by John Richardson and John Welson. A surrealist …
The world’s most famous maracas player talks to Ben Newman about the values of nostalgia raving, life in a reunited Happy Mondays and raving it up. “If anyone told me …
The ‘wobble’ is a routed cycling course for both fun riders and intermediate bikers, with marked checkpoints where participants can trade beer tokens for locally brewed ale. This non-competitive event …