Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of The Boys season 2… This are no bank robberies, no doors being blown off and nobody hanging off cliffs come the conclusion. Michael Caine is absent without leave, Noel Coward long past reviving and everything else is inconsequential. If you were looking for comparisons The Boys does feature […]
TV Review – Monsterland
Martin Carr reviews Hulu’s Monsterland… Fresh from Annapurna’s television subsidiary and airing October 2nd on Hulu comes Monsterland. As you would expect from a company who has been responsible for Booksmart, Bombshell and Hustlers this is something a little different. With writers in the room accountable for films like The Machinist, Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear […]
Lovecraft Country Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘Meet Me In Daegu’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Lovecraft Country… This melding of Korean folklore, American warmongering and Communist concerns finds Lovecraft Country back in familiar territory. It centres on Ji-ah played by Jamie Chung familiar from both Sucker Punch and The Hangover Part II. Conducted primarily in Korean with subtitles this episode explores family dynamics, […]
Exclusive Interview – VFX Supervisor Paul Santagada discusses Netflix’s Ratched
VFX Supervisor Paul Santagada has worked on Game of Thrones, The Vampire Diaries and Ironside to name a few. His film work includes both the underrated Fright Night and Vin Diesel’s never ending franchise train Riddick. He recently took time out to talk Ratched with Martin Carr and how he brought that to life… What […]
Quibi Review – Wireless
Martin Carr reviews Quibi’s Wireless… For anyone who wants context on Wireless take a moment to Google search director Zach Wechter, then watch his short film Pocket. This Quibi production is an extension of those film making techniques stretched into eight minute segments. Aided by executive producer Steven Soderbergh, himself no stranger to mobile film […]
Netflix Review – Ratched
Martin Carr reviews Ratched… One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is a landmark film. Adapted from the novel by Sixties revolutionary Ken Kesey it fell in amongst a slew of Jack Nicholson films, which included The Last Detail, Chinatown and The Shining. Stark in its depiction of psychiatric institutions the film possesses a realism that […]
The Boys Season 2 Episode 5 Review – ‘We Gotta Go Now’
Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of The Boys season 2… Inside a panic room, underneath a suburban home sit three key characters. Homemade booby traps fashioned from domestic cleaning products serve as the first line of defence against an imminent threat. Fire trucks, emergency services and a gaggle of gung-ho authority figures offer our […]
Movie Review – The Nest (2020)
The Nest, 2020. Written and Directed by Sean Durkin. Starring Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Charlie Shotwell, Oona Roche, and Anne Reid. SYNOPSIS: Rory (Jude Law) and his wife Allison (Carrie Coon) move back to the UK when he gets offered a big opportunity. Once in situ surrounded by acres of land and a country mansion […]
Netflix Review – Criminal Season 2
Martin Carr reviews season 2 of Netflix’s Criminal… Criminal changed the format for police procedurals by challenging our preconceptions. Extended monologues, voyeuristic interrogations and audience complicity drew people in without scenery chewing. For the guest star suspects including David Tennant and Hayley Atwell in season one, it provided opportunities for a measured masterclass in acting […]
Movie Review – Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
Bill & Ted Face the Music, 2020. Directed by Dean Parisot. Starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Samara Weaving, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Anthony Carrigan, Kid Cudi, Jayma Mays, Erinn Hayes, Hal Landon Jr., Beck Bennett, Amy Stoch, Kristen Schaal, Holland Taylor, and Jillian Bell. SYNOPSIS: Two decades on and no further along in their quest […]
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