GAMES REVIEWS | SEPTEMBER
SEMBLANCE **** Nyamakop (PC) Semblance doesn’t break any traditional narrative conventions. Its premise is simple – the gooey world you inhabit has been frozen solid, and your job is to fix …
SEMBLANCE **** Nyamakop (PC) Semblance doesn’t break any traditional narrative conventions. Its premise is simple – the gooey world you inhabit has been frozen solid, and your job is to fix …
VOIVOD The Globe, Cardiff Wed 3 Oct Considered one of Canada’s Big Four of thrash by categorisers of the metal community, Voivod are now 14 albums deep and pretty beyond …
TWENTY-NINE PARK PLACE 29 Park Place, Cardiff. 029 2115 7605 / knifeandforkfood.co.uk/venue/twentynine Food **** Atmosphere **** Twenty-Nine Park Place might love its location enough to name the operation accordingly, but …
THE FARM Hector Abad, trans. by Anne McLean (Archipelago Books) A story about a farming family’s conflict against drug dealers, paramilitaries and guerrillas in the Colombian mountains; anything connected to …
DEAR EVELYN Kathy Page (And Other Stories) Dear Evelyn, British/Canadian writer Kathy Page’s seventh novel, provides the reader the chance to experience her realistic and often dark style, through the …
KYLIE | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Mon 24 Sept You wouldn’t think it was a Monday night in September when a packed Motorpoint Arena eagerly waited for the …
LA TRAVIATA | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Fri 21 Sept Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? In Rome, last month, when I watched La …
LOST HORIZONS | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Thurs 20 Sept In the two decades since Cocteau Twins imploded in 1997, Simon Raymonde has dedicated himself to the …
DIONNE WARWICK | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Wed 19 Sept When Dionne Warwick came onstage you could feel the audience’s love, for she is the sound of …
[wpdevart_youtube]2rKZcAiLHlY[/wpdevart_youtube] Faces Places **** Dir: Agnes Varda and JR Starring: Agnes Varda and JR (France, 12A, 1hr 29mins) Sometimes one wonders if all cinema would be improved if it were …
[wpdevart_youtube]Hi69nL_VrTE[/wpdevart_youtube] Climax **** Dir: Gaspar Noé Starring: Sofia Boutella, Romain Guillermic, Souhelia Yacoub (France, 18, 1hr 35mins) No stranger to controversy is writer/director Gaspar Noé. He has previously brought us …
[wpdevart_youtube]ASR04zW4K8w[/wpdevart_youtube] The Little Stranger **** Dir: Lenny Abrahamson (12A 111 mins) Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter (UK, 12A, 1hr 51mins) Sarah Waters’ superb novel is translated to the …
The Awkward Years *** The Other Room, Cardiff Tue 20 Sep Lily wakes up. She’s on the bathroom floor. There’s vomit. She can’t remember how she got there. Someone is …
WE’VE BEEN WATCHING – SEPTEMBER INSATIABLE (Netflix) Before Insatiable had even been released, petitions were circulating to have it cancelled as a result of the premise. Fat girl is bullied, fat …
PETER BRODERICK | LIVE REVIEW The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff, Thurs 13 Sept Toby Hay is head down, his unruly curls obscuring his face as he studiously wrings melody …
[wpdevart_youtube]E5CgTeup_Ok[/wpdevart_youtube] Lucky *** Dir: John Carroll Lynch Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Ron Livingston (USA, 15, 1hr 28mins) “Harry Dean Stanton is Lucky” go the opening credits. He maintained …
SKATING POLLY | LIVE REVIEW Le Public Space, Newport, Tue 11 Sept Making a welcome return to Wales, this time in Newport at Le Public Space, the trio of …
[wpdevart_youtube]rAqMlh0b2HU[/wpdevart_youtube]A SIMPLE FAVOR *** Dir: Paul Feig (15, 117 mins) A change of pace for comedy director Paul Feig, who brought us the likes of Spy, The Heat and the rebooted …
SOCCER MOMMY / BROOKE BENTHAM | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 12 Sept Indie rock, some would have you believe, is dead. It isn’t. It’s not even …
ALBUMS ALICE IN CHAINS **** Rainier Fog (BMG) Alice in Chains’ third album with singer Will Duvall, the same number they released with the late Layne Stayley, hints at an …
BIG MOOSE Frederick Street, Cardiff. 07977 585548 / www.bigmoosecoffeecompany.co Food **** Atmosphere ***** Tucked away from Queen Street on one of Cardiff’s main shopping thoroughfares, Big Moose has quietly and …
DOWN THE ROAD AND ROUND THE BEND Roy Noble (Graffeg) As one of Wales’ proverbial national treasures, Roy Noble is perfectly placed to write a book like this. Down The …
SCREAMING FEMALES / SCRAP BRAIN | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Sun 9 Sept Alarming to look up the date of Screaming Females’ last Cardiff performance, for the …
UGLY KID JOE | LIVE REVIEW The Globe, Cardiff, Sun 9 Sept Unfairly labelled as one hit wonders in the eyes of mainstream music media, California’s Ugly Kid Joe …