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Review: Pitch Perfect 3

Review: Pitch Perfect 3

The third in the “acapella” series seems like a fitting conclusion, but too often seems a little off-key

Live Review: No Hot Ashes

Live Review: No Hot Ashes

Stockport saviours take on their biggest show to date at the Manchester Club Academy, Jake Oliver reports

Record Reappraisal: Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

Record Reappraisal: Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

Before Arctic Monkeys return from their long hiatus, Jake Oliver goes back in time to look at where it all began

Review: The Greatest Showman

Review: The Greatest Showman

It’s a showcase of humanity; a circus

A look at Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

A look at Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp

New game, old formula

Album Review: Glassjaw – Material Control

Glassjaw come back with their first album in 15 years, but was it worth the wait?

Review: Beach Rats

An anxious, dream-like story, Eliza Hittman’s tale of male sexuality is a unique depication of LGBT issues

Review: Battle of the Sexes

Not exactly the grand slam you would expect in a movie starring Carell and Stone

Manchester-based artists celebrate the life and work of Leonard Cohen

Held a year after his death at the Art of Tea, in Didsbury, the event was immensely popular

Review: Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Director Paul McGuilian measures the balance between the serious, the comedic, and the emotional in this tender love story defying stigma and taboo

Review: Holes

Martha Pryer reviews Holes, by Tom Basden. Part of the UMDS Autumn Season 2017

Review: Félicité

An exceptional portrayal of beautiful people and places within a country facing such harships

Album Review: Converge – The Dusk In Us

It’s been five years since Converge’s last release but despite all that time their ninth album, The Dusk In Us, proves once more why they’re Metalcore kings

Review: Nioh

Just another Dark Souls clone, or something more?

Review: Duckie

Will Vincent reviews Le Gateau Chocolat’s family friendly retelling of The Ugly Duckling

Review: Tibetan Kitchen, Chorlton

I have never been to Tibet, nor do I really know anything about Tibetan culture, aside from the quintessentials: Sherpas, the Dalai Lama, Free Tibet. Tibetan Kitchen in Chorlton is a small joint set-up by owners Sonny and Jane that opened its restaurant doors back in 2014, having spent nearly 8 years as a small […]

Review: Super Mario Odyssey

Nintendo keep the Switch train rolling with their latest Mario blockbuster

Live Review: Gabrielle Aplin

Elizabeth Gibson reviews Gabrielle Aplin in a unique setting: Manchester Cathedral

Review: DosaXpress

The Dosa, indigenous to South India, takes centre stage in the back streets of Withington

Live review: Jordan Rakei

A methodological approach to disappointment