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Netflix Reviews

April 20, 2020

Kieron Self casts a critical eye over the latest offerings from Netflix – it’s a mixed bag. CRIP CAMP Dir: Nicole Newnham, James Lebrecht (12A 106 mins) This superb documentary …

ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS | GAME REVIEW

April 1, 2020

ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS | GAME REVIEW Animal Crossing: New Horizons may be exactly what the world needs right now. Although that may seem a little hyperbolic, couldn’t we all …

BOARD GAME REVIEW ROUNDUP | CULTURE IN QUARANTINE

March 31, 2020

Fight off the boredom with these five board game recommendations, from John-Paul Davies and Ben Woolhead You’ve Got Crabs (Exploding Kittens) This is a new one for us. A one-joke card game, with …

I’M AFRAID THAT’S ALL WE’VE GOT TIME FOR | BOOK REVIEW

March 31, 2020

I’M AFRAID THAT’S ALL WE’VE GOT TIME FOR Jen Calleja (Prototype) From a London-based writer, a debut collection of short fiction that’s consistently inventive, envelopingly surreal and biting in its …

WALES ALES – APRIL | FOOD & DRINK REVIEW

March 26, 2020

News, views and reviews of Welsh brews by Neil at Wales Ales. The Great Welsh Beer Festival was supposed to take place this month, but is now unfortunately postponed until …

Region: South Wales

WE’VE BEEN WATCHING | CULTURE IN QUARANTINE

March 26, 2020

SORRY WE MISSED YOU (DVD) Not billed in any overt sense as a followup to 2016’s benefits system-denouncing I, Daniel Blake, this latest barrel of Newcastle-set grit from Ken Loach …

Region: South Wales

GOOD RIDDANCE | BOOK REVIEW

March 25, 2020

GOOD RIDDANCE Elinor Lipman (Lightning Books) The chocolatier protagonist of Good Riddance cannot really be described as an everywoman. However, like a good Austen novel, with whom Lipman has been compared …

FATTY FAT FAT | STAGE REVIEW

March 16, 2020

FATTY FAT FAT The Other Room at Porter’s, Cardiff Thurs 12 Mar **** Katie Greenall’s one-woman play was a lovely addition to The Other Room’s Spring Fringe season, which has …

Region: South Wales

AN INSPECTOR CALLS | STAGE REVIEW

March 11, 2020

AN INSPECTOR CALLS New Theatre, Cardiff Tue 10 March ***** First opening at the National Theatre in 1992, Stephen Daldry’s adaptation of J. B. Priestley’s classic thriller is the …

Region: South Wales

MADAME OVARY | STAGE REVIEW

March 10, 2020

MADAME OVARY Sherman Theatre, Cardiff Thurs 5 Mar ***** Intensely moving, effortlessly funny and intelligently crafted, Madame Ovary is a real-life tale of being diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the …

Region: South Wales

BACK TO BERLIN | STAGE REVIEW

March 6, 2020

BACK TO BERLIN The Other Room Theatre at Porter’s, Cardiff Tue 3 Mar *** The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall was a defining moment not only in German …

Region: South Wales

KEYS / SOCK | LIVE REVIEW

March 6, 2020

KEYS / SOCK | LIVE REVIEW CULTVR Lab, Cardiff, Sat 29 Feb A combination of shape-shifting visuals alongside ambient psychedelic rock and cosmic compositions made this gig at CULTVR …

Region: South Wales

Netflix Reviews

ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS | GAME REVIEW

BOARD GAME REVIEW ROUNDUP | CULTURE IN QUARANTINE

I’M AFRAID THAT’S ALL WE’VE GOT TIME FOR | BOOK REVIEW

WALES ALES – APRIL | FOOD & DRINK REVIEW

WE’VE BEEN WATCHING | CULTURE IN QUARANTINE

GOOD RIDDANCE | BOOK REVIEW

FATTY FAT FAT | STAGE REVIEW

AN INSPECTOR CALLS | STAGE REVIEW

MADAME OVARY | STAGE REVIEW

BACK TO BERLIN | STAGE REVIEW

KEYS / SOCK | LIVE REVIEW

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