Chris Connor reviews the opening two episodes of Slow Horses season 2… In a year that’s been full of strong offerings for Apple TV+, Slow Horses based on Mick Herron’s acclaimed series of novels stood out as one of the best with its first season. The showfocuses on a group of cast out MI5 agents […]
Movie Review – Aftersun (2022)
Aftersun, 2022. Written and Directed by Charlotte Wells. Starring Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, and Celia Rowlson-Hall. SYNOPSIS: Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with […]
Star Wars: Andor Episode 12 Review – ‘Rix Road’
Chris Connor reviews the season one finale of Star Wars: Andor… After the reset of ‘Daughter of Ferrix ‘ and the forces descending on Maarva’s funeral to spring a trap for Andor, the finale ‘Rix Road’, had a lot to live up to. Could the series, which has earned the best reviews for a Star […]
Star Wars: Andor Episode 11 Review – ‘Daughter of Ferrix’
Chris Connor reviews the penultimate episode of the first season of Star Wars: Andor… After the clear highpoint of ‘One Way Out’, ‘Daughter of Fennix’ had a tough act to follow and while it may dial back the action, Andor’s penultimate episode does a fine job tying up the various story threads ahead of the […]
Star Wars: Andor Episode 10 Review – ‘One Way Out’
Chris Connor reviews the tenth episode of Star Wars: Andor… Andor has built a huge degree of tension and stakes through its episodic storytelling, allowing the various threads to intertwine and feel a key part of the series. Here in the tenth episode ‘One Way Out’, the thread of the past two episodes of the […]
Star Wars: Andor Episode 9 Review – ‘Nobody’s Listening’
Chris Connor reviews the ninth episode of Star Wars: Andor… Andor’s ninth episode ranks among the seasons’ best to date, capturing the grim reality of life under Imperial rule and a real sense of despair pervading our characters’ fates and the desperation that forces them to act. Especially bleak are the sequences within the prison […]
Exclusive Interview – Living director Oliver Hermanus
Chris Connor chats with Living director Oliver Hermanus… To coincide with its wide release this week, we sat down with Living director Oliver Hermanus to discuss the film playing at the festival, working with the acclaimed novelist Kazuo Ishiguro and the challenges and opportunities presented by adapting Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru and reinterpreting it for a […]
Star Wars: Andor Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘Narkina 5’
Chris Connor reviews the eighth episode of Star Wars: Andor… After the cliffhanger ending of the previous episode and Cassian’s incarceration, Andor’s eighth episode, ‘Narkina 5′ sees many of the disparate story threads begin to convalesce as the Empire tightens its grip and we see wider signs of the fledgling rebel movement. This episode is […]
Movie Review – Triangle of Sadness (2022)
Triangle of Sadness, 2022. Written and Directed by Ruben Östlund. Starring Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Dolly De Leon, Zlatko Burić, Woody Harrelson, Vicki Berlin, Iris Berben. SYNOPSIS: Celebrity model couple Carl (Harris Dickinson) and Yaya (Charlbi Dean) are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain (Woody Harrelson). What […]
House of the Dragon Season 1 Finale Review – ‘The Black Queen’
Chris Connor reviews the season one finale of House of the Dragon… After its ninth episode focused on the Greens, led by Queen Alicent, the finale of season one of House of the Dragon, ‘The Black Queen’, shifts focus to Rhaenyra and Daemon as the pair learn of the death of King Viserys and installment […]
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