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Slow Horses Season 6 Episode 2 Review – ‘Daddy Issues’

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Chris Connor reviews the second episode of Slow Horses season 6…After a busy premiere episode for Slow Horses’ sixth season, the second episode continues at a breakneck pace as we begin to get some answers to questions posed in the opener. In the aftermath of the reappearance of Frank Harkness, the horses are all on […]

Slow Horses Season 6 Episode 1 Review – ‘Circle of Life’

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Chris Connor reviews the season 6 premiere of Slow Horses…Slow Horses continues to build momentum with each passing season, earning Emmy wins for the show’s third, fourth and now fifth seasons. The departure of Showrunner Will Smith after Season 5 may have led to some questions about maintaining the show’s high quality level in season […]

Movie Review – Everybody Digs Bill Evans (2026)

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Everybody Digs Bill Evans, 2026.Directed by Grant Gee. Starring Anders Danielsen Lie, Bill Pullman, Barry Ward, and Laurie Metcalf. SYNOPSIS:Legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans forms his perfect trio, recording two ground-breaking albums. When his brilliant young bassist dies tragically, Evans is devastated. The story follows Evans’ journey to overcome grief and return to music.Bill Evans […]

Apple TV+ Review – Black Bird

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Chris Connor reviews Apple TV+’s Black Bird…Apple TV+ has had quite the start to 2022 with several hugely successful shows including Slow Horses, Pachinko and Severance, and the latest to grace the streaming platform is the Taron Egerton-led true crime drama Black Bird, which tells the real life story of Jimmy Keene and is based […]

TV Review – The Bear Season 5

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Chris Connor reviews season 5 of The Bear…The Bear burst on to screens with ferocious, fizzling energy in 2022, earning accolades galore for its first two seasons. The pressure cooker was unlike anything else on TV, as we followed Carmie (Jeremy Allen White) and his chaotic crew at Original Beef of Chicagoland. Across the show’s […]

A New Wave of Espionage Adaptations

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Chris Connor on a new wave of espionage adaptations…Espionage fiction on the page is truly thriving both in the UK and the US, spearheaded by Mick Herron’s Slough House series. There is a wealth of other writers, old and new, riding the wave of interest. A string of ex-spies are putting their experience on the […]

Apple TV Review – Star City

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Chris Connor reviews Apple TV’s Star City…For All Mankind has been one of Apple TV’s flagship shows since 2019 (although still feels underseen), telling the story of an alternate reality in which the Soviet Union were the first to the Moon, escalating the space race and human society. The show, which recently concluded its fifth […]

Movie Review – Rebuilding (2025)

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Rebuilding, 2025.Written and Directed by Max Walker-Silverman. Starring Josh O’Connor, Lily LaTorre, Meghann Fahy, Kali Reis, and Amy Madigan.SYNOPSIS:After wildfires take his ranch, a cowboy named Dusty winds up in a FEMA camp. He finds community with others who lost homes, while reconnecting with his daughter and ex-wife.Josh O’Connor is not one to stand still; […]