Category: Reviews
VIDEO: restored Westside pubs all set for bumper Mother’s Day weekend
5th March 2024 - News / Reviews / by Graham Young
Pub giant Stonegate promised to reopen two of its flagship pubs in Westside by March 1, and both The Brasshouse and Slug & Lettuce w...Read more
FILM REVIEWS: sandblast your senses with Dune 2, plus Lisa Frankenstein
4th March 2024 - News / Reviews / by Graham Young
Dune 2 is set to be this year’s biggest film to date, and the duty manager's eyes at the refurbished Slug & Lettuce in Brindleyplace...Read more
FILM REVIEW: Olivia Colman set to turn air blue at Cineworld and Odeon
23rd February 2024 - News / Reviews / by Graham Young
This week’s big film about poison pen letters in a local community takes us back to village life after the First World War. But in mo...Read more
FILM REVIEWS: Madame Web, Bob Marley: One Love and The Promised Land
16th February 2024 - News / Reviews / by Graham Young
No matter which films play Cineworld Broad Street and Odeon Luxe Broadway Plaza, there’s always a connection with wonderful Westside. ...Read more
Breakfast review: Yorks blooms as Oozells Square’s blossom buds emerge again
14th February 2024 - News / Reviews / by Graham Young
Christmas comes but once a year … but the amazing display of blossom in Oozells Square tends to last a whole month! And that magical...Read more
FILM REVIEWS: Westside cinemas offering extra choices for Valentine’s Day
9th February 2024 - News / Reviews / by Graham Young
It’s Valentine’s Day on Wednesday 14 February, and Westside’s amazing range of pubs, bars and restaurants across Broad Street, Brindleyp...Read more
Breakfast review: eating at listed canalside pub that feels like a narrowboat
6th February 2024 - News / Reviews / by Graham Young
The Tap & Spile doesn’t look like one of Birmingham’s most historic, real ale pubs from its address on Gas Street, with various cars...Read more
FILM REVIEWS: Argylle, American Fiction, The Zone of Interest, and Migration
2nd February 2024 - News / Reviews / by Graham Young
There’s something for everyone at the movies this week – mirrored in real life by Westside’s attractions ranging from seeing ducks on th...Read more
FILM REVIEWS: The Color Purple, All of Us Strangers and Baghead
29th January 2024 - News / Reviews / by Graham Young
Fresh from Odeon Luxe Broadway Plaza winning the 'Best Family Destination' at the WOWs 2024 awards, GRAHAM YOUNG reports on what’s showi...Read more