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.

Top 5: Dystopian films

Top 5: Dystopian films

Dystopia: “an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one. The opposite of Utopia.” (Oxford Dictionary) 1. The Hunger Games (2012) Currently one of the world’s most successful dystopian narratives …read more

Film review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Film review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Set against a nightmare of social unrest that would have made the industrial revolution seem like a pillow fight, Jane Austen’s timeless love story rides again in this stylish movie mash-up. Pride and Prejudice, the original classic novel written in …read more

Film review: Deadpool

Film review: Deadpool

The stars have aligned for Deadpool to finally come to fruition, but as one of Marvel’s more comic additions, can it rival Antman or Guardians of the Galaxy?… Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) is a small-time thug with a penchant for …read more

Film review: Zoolander 2

Film review: Zoolander 2

Set 15 years after the original, Zoolander 2 opens with Justin Bieber being chased through the city of Rome and eventually being gunned down. Before he dies, he sends out a photo of himself to Instagram posing using Derek Zoolander’s …read more

Top 5: Racing games

Top 5: Racing games

As with all ‘best of’ collections, the writer’s bias cannot be eliminated, so here is a quick cross-section of the most fun I’ve had on four wheels and a screen. 1. Forza 4 & 3 Beautifully crafted and saturated with great gameplay, …read more

Film review: Youth

Film review: Youth

Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) is a retired orchestral conductor and composer taking a holiday at a five star retreat spa hotel in the Swiss Alps. Accompanying him is his daughter Lena (Rachel Weisz) who is also his personal assistant. Among …read more

Film review: Trumbo

Film review: Trumbo

It’s 1947 and Dalton Trumbo is America’s most successful screenwriter. Times are a-changing, however, and before long he is investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee regarding links with the Communist Party. As a result he’s put on the “blacklist”. This …read more

Film review: Dirty Grandpa

Film review: Dirty Grandpa

  Dirty Grandpa is one of the latest comedic offerings to grace the big screen. In this light-hearted romp, we see Dick Kelly (Robert De Niro) trick his uptight grandson, Jason Kelly (Zac Efron), into a spring break road trip, …read more

Game review: Life Is Strange

Game review: Life Is Strange

Life Is Strange is a game that needs to be played rather than read about, I’ll try my best to explain but it’s difficult when the game is almost all spoilers! Originally released as episodic content through 2015, Life Is …read more

Film review: Spotlight

Film review: Spotlight

Spotlight charts the true story of how the investigative unit of The Boston Globe uncovered the widespread and systemic abuse of children by Roman Catholic priests in the Boston area. After a year-long investigation, the first of numerous newspaper reports was …read more