Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3… While Strange New Worlds’ third season has to this point been focused on the Gorn and ongoing plot threads, the fourth episode ‘A Space Hour Adventure’ offers another venture into genre with a murder mystery interlude. The holodeck is a component […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episode 3 Review – “Shuttle to Kenfori”
Chris Connor reviews the third episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3… Strange New Worlds’ third season started off in emphatic fashion, picking up from the end of season two cliffhanger and showing how The Enterprise escaped the clutches of The Gorn, while episode two brought some comedy especially from guest star Rhys […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 Episodes 1 & 2 Review
Chris Connor reviews the season 3 premiere of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds… Strange New Worlds has been one of the best-received Star Trek shows in some time, with a formula that meticulously blends an enthralling adventure and a contemporary feel. It recalls the original series with William Shatner, but is far from derivative. Season […]
Batman Begins at 20: How it reinvented franchise filmmaking
Chris Connor on Batman Begins as it turns 20… It is hard now to think that Batman had become somewhat of a laughing stock in the late 90s through the early 00s, supplanted by the likes of Spider-Man and X-Men who had both launched their own successful franchises in the years following the Dark Knight’s […]
2025 SXSW London Film Festival Review – Winter in Sokcho
Winter in Sokcho, 2024. Directed by Koya Kamura. Starring Bella Kim, Roschdy Zem, Mi-hyeon Park, Tae-ho Ryu, Doyu Gong, Kyung-soon Jung. SYNOPSIS: A young Korean girl’s life takes an unexpected turn when a French artist visits her country, disrupting her routine. Elisa Shua Dusapin’s novel Winter in Sokcho was a big hit in France on […]
Movie Review – Tornado (2025)
Tornado, 2025. Written and Directed by John Maclean. Starring Kōki, Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, Takehiro Hira, and Joanne Whalley. SYNOPSIS: A Japanese puppeteer’s daughter gets caught up with criminals when their show crosses paths with a crime gang, led by Sugarman and his son Little Sugar. Director John Maclean burst onto the scene with 2015’s […]
Movie Review – Deep Cover (2025)
Deep Cover, 2025. Directed by Tom Kingsley. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom, Nick Mohammed, Paddy Considine, Ian McShane, and Sean Bean. SYNOPSIS: Three improv actors are asked to go undercover by the police in London’s criminal underworld. Tom Kingsley has made a name for himself on British television, on the likes of Stath Lets […]
2025 SXSW London Film Festival Review – The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés
The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés, 2024. Directed by Antón Álvarez. SYNOPSIS: La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés is a story that combines the power of music with the weight of a family secret that must come to light. Starring Yerai Cortés himself, the plot explores themes of passion, love and forgiveness as the protagonist […]
LEGO Star Wars at 20: The Video Game That Kickstarted a Phenomenon
Chris Connor looks at LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game twenty years on from its release… These days, LEGO and many of the largest pop culture franchises go hand in hand, be it Marvel, DC, Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog to movies like Jurassic Park and Dune. We’ve seen this especially in video games, with […]
Star Wars: Andor Season 2 Review – Episodes 10-12
Chris Connor reviews the final three episodes of Star Wars: Andor season 2… Andor’s penultimate arc paid off so much of the legwork of both seasons, with the Ghorman massacre showing the Empire’s true intentions on the planet and the decimation left in their wake. The action and horror of that episode was beautifully contrasted […]
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