Tony Black with the top five moments from the first episode of Game of Thrones season seven, ‘Dragonstone’… 1 – ARYA FREY “Leave one wolf alive and the sheep are never safe.” What a way to start Season 7. David Bradley must have been surprised to get a call back but the moment you see […]
Film Score Review – War For the Planet of the Apes
Tony Black reviews Michael Giacchino’s score for War for the Planet of the Apes… After the very recent high adventure of Michael Giacchino’s score for Spider-Man: Homecoming [read our review here], which saw him deliver a blast of thematic joy to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Giacchino switches gears and comes a little back down to […]
Why Jodie Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor Is the Hero We Need Right Now
Tony Black on Jodie Whitaker’s casting as the Thirteenth Doctor… So there we go. The 13th (or should that be 14th?) Doctor, hero of legendary British institution Doctor Who, is for the first time in history going to be a woman. More specifically Jodie Whittaker, who just went from being a critically acclaimed British TV […]
Game of Thrones Fact Files: Bran Stark
Tony Black counts down to Game of Thrones season 7… “You will never walk again… but you will fly…” These words capped off a four season journey for Brandon Stark, the youngest son of Eddard Stark, Lord of Winterfell, in which he went from crippled young boy to a powerful, magical seer in the making. […]
Score Reviews – Despicable Me 3 and Castlevania
Tony Black reviews the scores for Despicable Me 3 and Castlevania… The third film in the animated franchise sees Heitor Pereira return once again as composer for Despicable Me 3, in which loveable bad guy Gru gets a twin brother, the Minions go to prison, a new bad guy emerges and the usual comedic […]
Game of Thrones Fact Files: Sansa Stark
Tony Black counts down to Game of Thrones season 7… Of the two Stark girls to have their family torn apart in Game of Thrones, Lady Sansa has arguably suffered the least, but unlike her sister Arya’s exhausting, rough and ready journey across Westeros and beyond, Sansa’s has been traumatising in a different way. […]
Film Score Review – Spider-Man: Homecoming
Tony Black reviews the Spider-Man: Homecoming score… Michael Giacchino continues his journey to become the heir apparent to John Williams by delivering two very different, major blockbuster movie scores this month, yet both of which are distinctly Giacchino to anyone with an ear for film music. Spider-Man: Homecoming is Giacchino at play, very much in […]
Game of Thrones Fact Files: Cersei Lannister
Tony Black counts down to season 7 of Game of Thrones… There’s an argument that for all the tragedy floating around the world of Game of Thrones, the path Cersei Lannister has walked has them all beat. By now seemingly one of the true villains of the piece, having murdered, betrayed and cajoled her way […]
DVD Review – The Hippopotamus (2017)
The Hippopotamus, 2017 Directed by John Jencks. Starring Roger Allam, Fiona Shaw, Tim McInnerny, Emily Berrington, Geraldine Somerville, and Matthew Modine. SYNOPSIS: Ted Wallace, a washed up, alcoholic theatre critic, is recruited by his estranged god-daughter to establish if a miracle has occurred at the ancestral home of his oldest friend, leading him on […]
Game of Thrones Fact Files: Daenerys Targaryen
Tony Black counts down to season 7 of Game of Thrones… Khaleesi. Mother of Dragons. Breaker of Chains. Queen of the Andals and the First Men. Rightful Heir to the Seven Kingdoms. Daenerys really has more titles than an old fashioned video shop, which speaks to the journey she’s had over the span of Game […]
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