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House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘A Son for a Son’

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Chris Connor reviews the first episode of House of the Dragon season 2…House of the Dragon’s first season proved a winning return to Westeros, some years before the events of Game of Thrones, cleansing the poor taste many felt towards the ending of the original show. Telling a tighter, more family driven story, it focused […]

Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode 4 Review – ‘Day’

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Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of Star Wars: The Acolyte…The Acolyte’s premiere introduced us to a plethora of new world’s and characters from Master Sol to twins Osha and Mae, it is refreshing to finally see an earlier corner of the Star Wars universe in live-action. Episode 4 picks up the main narrative strands […]

Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode 3 Review – ‘Destiny’

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Chris Connor reviews the third episode of Star Wars: The Acolyte…The Acolyte, which brought the High Republic era of the Star Wars universe to life in live-action, showed plenty of promise in its first two episodes, introducing us to an assortment of new worlds, new Jedi and an intriguing central mystery around the twins at […]

Star Wars: The Acolyte – Episodes 1 & 2 Review

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Chris Connor reviews the first two episodes of Star Wars: The Acolyte…While we have had four years of Disney+ series within the Star Wars universe, they have until now taken place within familiar timeframes bridging the gap largely between Episodes III & IV and VI & VII,  of course introducing us to new characters and […]

Sugar Episode 8 Review – ‘Farewell’

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Chris Connor reviews the season finale of Apple TV+’s Sugar…Sugar has been an intriguing if up and down blend of sci-fi and noir, carried by its lead performance from Colin Farrell and sense of mystery. The final episode wraps up the dangling threads surrounding Olivia Siegel’s disappearance while hinting at further mysteries for our otherworldly […]

Movie Review – Kingdom of The Planet of the Apes (2024)

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, 2024.Directed by Wes Ball. Starring Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, William H. Macy, Eka Darville, Travis Jeffery, Neil Sandilands, Sara Wiseman, Ras-Samuel, Lydia Peckham, and Dichen Lachman.SYNOPSIS:Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to […]

Sugar Episode 7 Review – ‘The Friends You Keep’

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Chris Connor reviews the seventh episode of Sugar…Sugar’s twist in episode 6 threatened to upend just about everything we thought we knew about the show, revealing that Sugar and his associates are aliens sent to observe humanity. The penultimate episode returns to the noir tone of the majority of the show with the sci-fi kept more […]

Movie Review – La Chimera (2023)

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La Chimera, 2023.Directed by Alice Rohrwacher. Starring Josh O’Connor, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato, and Isabella Rossellini.SYNOPSIS:Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For the band of tombaroli, thieves of ancient grave goods and archaeological wonders, the Chimera means redemption from work and the dream of easy wealth. […]

Movie Review – The Fall Guy (2024)

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The Fall Guy, 2024.Directed by David Leitch. Starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Winston Duke, and Stephanie Hsu.SYNOPSIS:A down-and-out stuntman must find the missing star of his ex-girlfriend’s blockbuster film.Barbie and Oppenheimer collectively dominated the 2023 movie landscape both in terms of box office and awards, coincidentally two of the stars […]