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 […]
Apple TV Review – Sugar Season 2
Chris Connor reviews the second season of Apple TV’s Sugar… Apple TV’s Sugar was something of a sleeper hit in 2024. It saw Colin Farrell’s private eye, John Sugar, solving crimes in sun-drenched LA. The PI was obsessed with classic noir films, with the show tipping its hat to the greats of the genre on […]
A New Wave of Espionage Adaptations
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 […]
Apple TV Review – Star City
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 […]
TV Review – Ponies
Chris Connor reviews Ponies… In an era with a plethora of spy books, shows and films to choose from, bringing something genuinely fresh to the table is somewhat of a challenge, and this is especially true of the genre’s most recognisable era, The Cold War. Ponies, created by Susanna Fogel and David Iserson does just […]
Movie Review – Rebuilding (2025)
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 […]
Prime Video Review – Young Sherlock
Chris Connor reviews Prime Video’s action mystery series Young Sherlock… There have been many iterations of Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective Sherlock Holmes both on the big and small screens, from Basil Rathbone to Peter Cushing and Benedict Cumberbatch. The most successful big screen version of late has been Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law’s Victorian-set […]
Movie Review – Paul McCartney: Man on The Run (2025)
Paul McCartney: Man on The Run, 2025. Directed by Morgan Neville. SYNOPSIS: An intimate portrait of Paul McCartney’s trajectory after The Beatles, as he and his wife Linda form Wings. The Beatles have had no shortage of films and TV shows made about them, with everyone from Ron Howard to Peter Jackson tackling various chapters […]
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Episode 6 Review – ‘The Morrow’
Chris Connor reviews the season finale of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms… After the scale and tension of the preceding two episodes, “The Morrow” brings the first season of HBO’s A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms to a close in a calmer fashion. The finale follows the aftermath of the trial as Ser Duncan […]
Movie Review – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, 2025. Directed by Mary Bronstein. Starring Rose Byrne, Conan O’Brien, Danielle Macdonald, A$AP Rocky, Christian Slater. SYNOPSIS: While trying to manage her own life and career, a woman on the verge of a breakdown must cope with her daughter’s illness, an absent husband, a missing person, and an […]
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