Entertainment

Passion for music, movies and games is something shared by everyone at Richer Sounds so we love talking about the latest releases and discussing our favourites. If you fancy some recommendations from our team on what to watch or listen to next, just scroll down and take a peek.

Album review: Simple Minds – Acoustic

Album review: Simple Minds – Acoustic

A lot could be said about Simple Minds. Thirty nine years is a long time to be in the music industry, I presume their fan base must be massive otherwise they would have not made it this far! The eighties media …read more

Film review: Moana

Film review: Moana

2016 has been a strong year for Disney, but can their penultimate offering match or improve on their high standards? Moana is a tale of Polynesian Islanders told through the eyes of the chief’s young daughter. To begin with we are …read more

Film review: Allied

Film review: Allied

Amidst the ‘Brangelina’ crisis, can Brad Pitt pull off a role so close to his reality or will we see the strain? The movie begins with the cool and collected Max Vatan (Brad Pitt) parachuting into French Morocco. Max’s smooth …read more

Album review: Martha Wainwright – Goodnight City

Album review: Martha Wainwright – Goodnight City

This is Martha Wainwright’s fourth album of original songs since her first, 2005’s eponymous debut. Up until now her career highlight has arguably been 2009’s album of Edith Piaf songs. How will this release hold up against her previous LPs?… As …read more

Album review: Common – Black America Again

Album review: Common – Black America Again

This month rap fans were treated to a monumental release from one of the scene’s all time greats, Common’s Black America Again is as the title suggests; an honest and frustrated look at the current state of affairs in the …read more

Film review: Arrival

Film review: Arrival

Looking strikingly like an earthbound Prometheus, can Arrival trump it by offering a spellbinding story as well as visuals?… Amy Adams plays Professor Banks, a leading linguist specialist, who must deal with the responsibility of making first contact with an …read more

Game review: Mafia 3

Game review: Mafia 3

I have loved the Mafia series since playing the first instalment. In many ways they have always failed to give a true open-world type of experience. Non-mission activities are few and far between, and those that exist are completed easily …read more

Game review: Gears of War 4

Game review: Gears of War 4

The ongoing Gears of War saga returns with its fourth sequential instalment (Judgement was a prequel). I’m disappointed to see it’s not called Gears of Four. This may be a massive marketing oversight but does it affect the game as well? It’s …read more