FILM REVIEW: The Marker “bodes well for an interesting future of filmmaking”
Justin Edgar’s noir thriller The Marker tells the story of underworld criminal Marley (Frederick Schmidt) accidentally killing a woman called Ana (Ana Alaru) in front of her 9-year old daughter,...
View Article“We’ve got bigger problems in the world than me”– Bianca Del Rio on being...
After a sell-out tour of the UK in 2016, Bianca Del Rio returns to premiere her Blame it on Bianca show next Summer. As the alter ego of seasoned comic Roy Haylock and season 6 winner of US reality...
View ArticleMute announces A Visual Document – a 320 page hardback book available in...
Mute and Thames & Hudson have announced details of Mute: A Visual Document, a 320 page hardback book, available from 16 November. Mute: A Visual Document is packed with artwork and photography –...
View ArticleFILM REVIEW: Faithfull ‘leaves us feeling won over, yet still curious’
As two examples of strong, independent women from different generations doing what they want, you could certainly compare Marianne Faithfull to Lady Gaga. But where French actor-director Sandrine...
View ArticleBlancmange release new album Unfurnished Rooms
Blancmange have just released a new album of 10 songs written and recorded by Neil Arthur and co-produced by Benge (Wrangler/John Foxx & The Maths and Gazelle Twin co-producer). For the new...
View ArticleBananarama: “The reworkings have somehow got more emotion and power than they...
Earlier this year, Bananarama announced they were back to their original, record-breaking line up for a tour this November in the UK. The original tour dates announced were sold out instantly with...
View ArticleAlexander O’Neal on Jam & Lewis, Prince & his 2017 UK Tour
Alexander O’Neal came to prominence in the middle of the 1980s with a stream of hits such as ‘If You Were Here Tonight’, ‘Saturday Love’, ‘Never Knew Love Like This’, ‘Criticize’ & ‘Fake’....
View ArticleBoys On Film: The Launch of a Weekly Movie and TV Review Feature
Welcome to a brand new feature on philmarriott.net called Boys On Film – a collaboration with my friend Raj Rudolph from EQ Music Blog. Since working in radio, I’ve often touched on reviewing movies...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Stranger Things 2 on Netflix
Stranger Things 2, the second season of the Netflix original Stranger Things, was released on October 27, 2017. It is now streaming on Netflix. Stranger Things 2 was confirmed by Netflix on August 31,...
View ArticleTHEATRE REVIEW: The Exorcist
Forty-five years after William Peter Blatty’s best-selling novel terrified an entire generation, The Exorcist has been unleashed onto London’s West End stage for the very first time in a theatrical...
View ArticleMOVIE REVIEW: Call Me By Your Name
It’s the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman, a precocious 17- year-old American-Italian boy, spends his days in his family’s 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical...
View ArticleWin Cream 25 on 3xCD
Clubbing behemoth Cream is celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a three- disc album aimed at bringing memories flooding back with this collection of the biggest Cream classics from 1992 – 2017, and...
View ArticleTV Review – American Horror Story: Cult
American Horror Story: Cult is the seventh season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story. Following the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the fictional city of Brookfield...
View ArticleLuciana on her awkward introduction to global superstar DJ Tiesto
Electro queen Luciana is certainly no stranger to working with the biggest names on the dance scene. But five years ago, her friend forced her to introduce herself to global superstar DJ Tiesto because...
View ArticleMOVIE REVIEW: Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape Of Water
The Shape Of Water is a bizarre but wonderfully enjoyable fairy tale, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962. The movie is written, produced and directed by Mexican-American...
View ArticleEurythmics To Re-Release Eight Albums On Vinyl in 2018
One of the most revered and respected pop groups of the 1980s, Eurythmics, with over 20 international hits and 80 million albums sold, is in the spotlight once again, both for their nomination for the...
View ArticleSimple Minds To Release New Album ‘Walk Between Worlds’ in February
On 2nd February, BMG will release Walk Between Worlds, Simple Minds’ first album of new material since 2014’s Big Music. Walk Between Worlds was produced by Simple Minds with Andy Wright and Gavin...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: The Sinner
Since its US television premiere back in August, much has been said about The Sinner, an American drama based on the novel of the same name by Petra Hammesfahr. The series follows the events that...
View ArticleMOVIE REVIEW: Wonder starring Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson
Wonder tells the inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman. Born with facial differences that, up until now, have prevented him from going to a mainstream school, Auggie becomes the most...
View ArticlePaloma Faith: “I tried to make an album about spreading an epidemic of...
Paloma Faith – who joins Adele as the only British female artists this decade to have their last three albums go double platinum in the UK – has just released her fourth album The Architect. The new...
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