We chat with composer Jeff Cardoni about his work on CBS’ Training Day… CBS’ highly anticipated Training Day makes its debut this week in the coveted Thursday night 10pm slot. One of the main questions critics and fans are asking is how the show will be different from the 2001 Denzel Washington film which won him […]
Supergirl Season 2 Episode 10 Review – ‘We Can Be Heroes’
Martin Carr reviews the tenth episode of Supergirl season 2… Neither a statement nor call to arms in the literal sense Bowie’s anthem has been employed in any number of ways since his sad passing last year. Even now there are those for whom the dust has yet to settle on a person many called […]
Gotham Season 3 Episode 14 Review – ‘The Gentle Art of Making Enemies’
Martin Carr reviews the fourteenth episode of Gotham season 3… As all the disparate strands coalesce into a singular whole of villainy in this winter finale, Gotham gets grandiose, creates conclusion and makes season three worth an entrance fee. With people plunged into darkness, rioters running amok and one staple faced sociopath ruling the roost […]
Exclusive Interview: Director Chris McKay and Producer Dan Lin on The LEGO Batman Movie
Thomas Harris chats with Chris McKay and Dan Lin about The LEGO Batman Movie (some minor spoilers follow)… I had the pleasure to talk to Chris McKay and producer Dan Lin about the rather brilliant The LEGO Batman Movie. A quick note on director McKay who, looking like a Williamsburg hipster, had Batman and Marvel […]
Blu-ray Review – Raising Cain (1992)
Raising Cain, 1992. Directed by Brian De Palma. Starring John Lithgow, Lolita Davidovich, Steven Bauer, Frances Sternhagen, Gregg Henry, Tom Bower, Mel Harris, and Amanda Pombo. SYNOPSIS: The wife of a respected child psychologist starts to suspect that her husband’s obsession with their daughter’s behaviour may not be very healthy. Returning to the well of […]
Blu-ray Review – Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
Dirty Dancing, 1987. Directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Wayne Knight, Cynthia Rhodes, Kelly Bishop, Jack Weston, Jane Brucker, and Lonny Price. SYNOPSIS: In the summer of 1963, teenager Baby Houseman goes on a family holiday and falls in love with a rebellious dance teacher. Nostalgia is a powerful thing, […]
Movie Review – The Covenant (2017)
The Covenant, 2017. Directed by Robert Conway. Starring Monica Engesser, Clint James, Owen Conway, Sanford Gibbons, and Maria Olson. SYNOPSIS: After the tragic deaths of her husband and daughter, Sarah Doyle moves back to her childhood home with her estranged brother, Richard. It’s not long before Sarah begins to experience supernatural phenomena of a violent […]
Movie Review – Christine (2016)
Christine, 2016. Directed by Antonio Campos. Starring Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, Maria Dizzia, Timothy Simons, J. Smith-Cameron and Kim Shaw. SYNOPSIS: The story of Christine Chubbuck, a 1970s TV reporter struggling with depression and professional frustrations as she tries to advance her career. On July 15th 1974, Christine Chubbuck – a newsreader […]
Supergirl Season 2 Episode 9 Review – ‘Supergirl Lives’
Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of Supergirl season 2… Easing us in with themes which include off world slavery, inter dimensional portals and rookie spy anxiety attacks Supergirl continues to be entertaining and progressive. Bringing on board the proven talents of comic book super fan Kevin Smith to helm proceedings, we get a focus […]
Gotham Season 3 Episode 13 Review – ‘Smile Like You Mean It’
Martin Carr reviews the thirteenth episode of Gotham season 3… If a singular act were guaranteed to make an audience sit up and take notice stapling your face back on wins hands down. And so it is with Cameron Monaghan’s return to Gotham, where he makes another flagrant grab for Heath Ledger’s crown with a […]
