The Leisure Seeker review: Often obvious, but star power saves this poignant film
HELEN Mirren and Donald Sutherland gently rage against the dying of the light in The Leisure Seeker, a sentimental road movie that tugs vigorously at the heartstrings. Daily Express :: Films Feed More...
From A Low and Quiet Sea review: Donal Ryan’s latest novel is empathetic and angry
THE fourth novel from Donal Ryan, the award-winning author of The Spinning Heart and The Thing About December, explores heartache and loss in two starkly different settings: war-torn Syria and small-town Ireland. Daily More...
Never Greener review: Debut from Gavin and Stacey’s Ruth Jones is a raunchy bonkbuster
IT is 1985 and Kate Andrews is a 22-year-old aspiring actress, doing shifts in an Edinburgh pub to stay afloat financially. There she meets married teacher Callum MacGregor, 17 years her senior. Daily Express :: More...
REVIEW: This week’s best Rock & Metal releases from The Damned to Black Stone Cherry
THE BEST Rock & Metal albums this week include huge releases by The Damned, Black Stone Cherry, Chris Squire, Wishbone Ash and Anthrax. Daily Express :: Music Feed More...
REVIEW: Love, Sex & Other Foreign Policy Goals by Jesse Armstrong
JESSE ARMSTRONG is the co-creator of Peep Show, the scabrous, brilliant TV sitcom that made glorious comedy out of the childishness of the average young male. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...
The Stranglers review: G-Live concert was their best yet
THE STRANGLERS were on fine form as they reminded the G-LIve crowd in their hometown of past glories and more recent triumphs. Daily Express :: Music Feed More...
Evanescence LIVE REVIEW: A bewitching and seductive show of symphonic Gothic rock
EVANESCENCE performed a magical show of career highlights and hardcore fan favourites. Accompanied by an orchestra, the symphonic subtleties breathed new life into their adored songs tonight at The Royal Festival More...
Hetty’s Farmhouse Bakery review: fabulous characters with a sense of community
CATHY BRAMLEY excels in creating relatable, realistic and lovable characters. Hetty’s Farmhouse Bakery tells the tale of Hetty and her husband Dan who have been together since they were teenagers. Daily Express More...
Def Leppard concert review: 40 years on, Leppard as wild as ever
“I PROMISE you this,” yelled Joe Elliott at the end of this extraordinary pageant of glossed-up heavy rock, “we won’t forget about you, if you don’t forget about us.” Daily Express :: Music Feed More...
Unmasked: A Memoir book review: Memoir offers a glimpse into the man and the music
WHEN you are old, you fill blank days by doing pointless things such as writing biographies, writes Andrew Lloyd Webber early in his memoir. Daily Express :: Books Feed More...