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Movie Review – Bank Job (2021)

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Bank Job, 2021. Directed by Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell. SYNOPSIS: Financial institutions are under the spotlight in this eye opening indie film about greed and consumer credit. Dan Edelstyn and Hilary Powell are not household names. In fact, these film makers are inconsequential alongside their subject matter. Bank Job is important because debt affects everyone […]

Movie Review – Surge (2020)

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Surge, 2020. Directed by Aneil Karia. Starring Ben Whishaw, Ellie Haddington, Ian Gelder, Jasmine Jobson and Perry Fitzpatrick. SYNOPSIS: Joseph (Ben Whishaw) takes London by storm in one twenty four hour period. This is a visual record of that journey. Surge is a profound sensory experience with a force of nature at its centre in […]

Movie Review – Cruella (2021)

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Cruella, 2021. Directed by Craig Gillespie. Starring Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, John McCrea, Emily Beecham, and Mark Strong. SYNOPSIS: Estella (Emma Stone) is a girl with original ideas. When necessity brings her to London, she encounters The Baroness (Emma Thompson). A meeting which awakens something different, dangerous and decidedly cruel. […]

Friends: The Reunion Review

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Martin Carr reviews Friends: The Reunion… There was something seismic about Friends, whether you were a devotee or fair weather fan. That a reunion was wrangled seventeen years after it ended, is testament to the legacy of this series. Not only was it syndicated in over twenty countries and translated into most known languages, but Friends made megastars […]

Exclusive Interview – Oscar-nominated editor Frederic Thoraval discusses Promising Young Woman

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Martin Carr chats with Promising Young Woman editor Frederic Thoraval… Frederic Thoraval is the Oscar nominated editor of Promising Young Woman. A film which is provocative, contentious and offers no apologises. Sharply written, precisely constructed and wearing its agenda with pride, this film should be mandatory viewing. It is starkly prescient, savagely insightful and never […]

TV Review – Amazon’s Solos

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Martin Carr reviews the Amazon anthology series Solos… Comparisons to Black Mirror are inevitable, but Amazon’s new anthology show Solos avoids tipping over into pitch black satire by giving events a softer edge. Creator David Weil, who is best known for Amazon’s Hunters, employs his star studded cast with care ruminating on universal themes, whilst subverting audience expectations. […]

Movie Review – Adverse (2020)

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Adverse, 2020. Directed Brian A. Metcalf. Starring Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mickey Rourke, Penelope Ann Miller, Lou Diamond Phillips, Sean Astin, Kelly Arjen, Matt Ryan, Andrew Keegan, Luke Edwards, Kate Kurtzman and Brian A. Metcalf. SYNOPSIS: Ethan (Thomas Ian Nicholas) is a taxi driver trying to make ends meet in Los Angeles. His sister Mia falls […]

Apple TV+ Review – Mythic Quest Season 2

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Martin Carr reviews season 2 of Mythic Quest… For those who thought The Morning Show was all Apple had to offer think again. Carrying influences from The Office into new territory, Mythic Quest thrived on dysfunctional dynamics and a central performance from Rob McElhenney that tied everything together. Aided and abetted by an outstanding cast including Charlotte […]

Movie Review – The Killing of Two Lovers (2020)

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The Killing of Two Lovers, 2020. Directed by Robert Machoian. Starring Clayne Crawford, Chris Coy, Sepideh Moafi, Avery Pizzuto, Arri Graham, Bruce Graham, Ezra Graham and Jonah Graham. SYNOPSIS: David (Clayne Crawford) and Nikki (Sepiedeh Moafi) are going through a trial separation. Derek (Chris Coy) only complicates matters by getting in the middle. With their […]

Amazon Review – The Underground Railroad

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Martin Carr reviews The Underground Railroad… Oscar-winning writer director Barry Jenkins comes to Amazon with a story of conflicting cultural identity and social intolerance. Adapted from the novel by Colson Whitehead, who serves as an executive producer alongside both Barry Jenkins and Brad Pitt, The Underground Railroad pulls no punches. Caesar (Aaron Pierce) and Cora (Thuso […]