WALKING CARDIFF | BOOK REVIEW
WALKING CARDIFF Peter Finch & John Briggs (Seren) “There are a few things about a good walk… It should get you lost and then it should find you,” writes Peter …
WALKING CARDIFF Peter Finch & John Briggs (Seren) “There are a few things about a good walk… It should get you lost and then it should find you,” writes Peter …
LIL MOSEY | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Tue 4 Feb **** Lil Mosey is far from your average 18-year-old. With a string of hit singles since bursting onto the scene …
TO MOVE IN TIME Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Wed 5 Feb **** This beautifully acted monologue, presented by Forced Entertainment and now touring the UK, asks what it would be …
WALES ALES News, views and reviews on Welsh brews, by Neil Goodman. The Six Nations tends to unite two of Wales’ greatest treasures: real ale and rugby. Whether you’ve worked …
THE WILDHEARTS / BACKYARD BABIES / CKY | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Mon 3 Feb Newcastle hard rockers The Wildhearts [top] are returning to the stage for the first …
KANO | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Sat 1 Feb Long before he arrives on stage, Kano’s name reverberates around Cardiff University’s Great Hall. The chants …
DOLITTLE *** Dir: Stephen Gaghan (PG, 106 mins) Here’s a reboot no one ever wanted. After the initial dreadful Doctor Dolittle starring Rex Harrison back in 1967, and then the …
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH / MEGADETH / BAD WOLVES |LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Thurs 30 Jan Big, brash American metal has often found a home away from home …
PARASITE **** Dir: Bong Joon-ho (15, 132 mins) This brilliant South Korean drama, from the director of The Host and Snowpiercer, defies expectations, blending comedy, horror and caustic social satire …
DELILAH Rhodri Wyn Owen (Gwasg Gomer) A murder at the Millennium Stadium, inspired by a Tom Jones song. While Delilah couldn’t be any more stereotypically Welsh, it reveals a side of …
BIRDS OF PREY *** Dir: Cathy Yan (15, 120 mins) Margot Robbie’s exuberant Harley Quinn was the only highlight in the dire Suicide Squad film. And with dogged persistence and …
WHAT REMAINS AT THE END Alexandra Ford (Seren) Set against the blustery backdrop of Serbia and the former Yugoslavia, American woman Marie Kohler embarks on a trip that will – …
UNDERWATER *** Dir: William Eubank (12A, 95 mins) An alien clone set on the seabed, Underwater does have some effective moments and well-staged action but ultimately feels constrained by its …
MARTYN JOSEPH | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Tue 28 Jan The irony of the situation could not have been lost on Cardiff-born singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph. As he …
REAP THE WHIRLWIND Mark Timlin (Crime & Mystery Club) Timlin’s hardboiled antihero Nick Sharman is revisited in Reap The Whirlwind, made up of a long-lost novella from the 1990s and …
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Fri 24 Jan Bombay Bicycle Club seem to be playing out a film of their own lives …
SIX: THE MUSICAL Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay Tue 21 Jan ***** “Remember us from your GCSEs?” asks one of the queens from Six. Everyone who went to school in …
THE LIGHTHOUSE **** Dir: Robert Eggers (15, 95 mins) The director of The Witch returns with another terrifying tale set in a 19th-century lighthouse filmed in atmospheric black and white. …
THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD **** Dir: Armando Iannucci (PG, 119 mins) An engaging Dickensian romp from the master satirist Iannucci, this version of the hefty Victorian tome is …
ROOM ON THE BROOM New Theatre, Cardiff Thurs 16 Jan ***** It’s fair to say you’ve probably come across the exquisite creative talent of children’s author Julia Donaldson at some …
MACHIAVELLIAN ART / SQUALOR FAN / HORRIBLE MEN / HAQ123 | LIVE REVIEW The Moon, Cardiff, Fri 10 Jan The most remarkable thing about Haq123 is not that they …
THE KING AND I Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay Thurs 9 Jan ***** Like many of us, my only experience of The King And I was the epic 1956 showstopper …
BOMBSHELL **** Dir: Jay Roach (15, 108 mins) The Fox News scandal that unseated its CEO Roger Ailes is given the cinematic treatment with a powerhouse cast and a passionate, …
1917 **** Dir: Sam Mendes (15, 110 mins) A World War I tale told in an apparent single take, Sam Mendes’ daring drama places you in the heart of the …