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 […]
Star Wars: Andor Season 2 Review – Episodes 7-9
Chris Connor reviews episodes 7-9 of Star Wars: Andor season 2… After six episodes Andor’s second season has laid the groundwork for a grandstand conclusion to one of the finest pieces of Star Wars media. While it may appear slow in some regards, the meticulous attention to detail and careful storytelling have gradually moved the […]
Poker Face Season 2 Review
Chris Connor reviews the second season of Poker Face… Rian Johnson’s Poker Face proved a huge hit on its initial release in 2023. A crime comedy with plenty of unique personality, we followed Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale, on the run from criminal organisations, sleuthing her way from one situation to another. It further cemented Johnson […]
Star Wars: Andor Season 2 Review – Episodes 4-6
Chris Connor reviews episodes 4-6 of Star Wars: Andor season 2… The opening three episodes of Andor season 2 really set the stakes for the season. While it may have been a busy three episodes in terms of the assortment of characters, it carried on the strengths of the first season and contained some of […]
Star Wars: Andor Season 2 Review – Episodes 1-3
Chris Connor reviews the Star Wars: Andor season 2 premiere episodes… Andor was a huge smash on its release in 2022, arriving amid a series of up and down Star Wars television shows. It really captured the danger of resistance to Imperial rule and how oppressive the Empire could be – something that events in […]
A New Golden Age of Espionage TV Shows?
In the wake of the success of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses, Chris Connor looks forward to a new golden age of TV spy shows… Espionage and TV have a long and often hugely successful history; if we look at acclaimed adaptations of John Le Carre’s work including The Night Manager and Alec Guinness-led adaptations of […]
Exclusive Interview – The Flight on the music of Assassin’s Creed: Shadows
The music of the Assassins Creed franchise has always been at its core. We sat down with the composers of the latest entry Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, The Flight (Joe and Alexis) to discuss how they first got involved with the project. They also covered the differences between Odyssey their previous work on the franchise and […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2025 Review – Andrea Gets a Divorce
Andrea Gets a Divorce, 2024. Directed by Josef Hader. Starring Birgit Minichmayr, Josef Hader, Thomas Schubert, and Robert Stadlober. SYNOPSIS: A policewoman wants a divorce and city job promotion but after hitting her drunk husband with her car in an accidental collision, she flees the scene, committing a hit-and-run. Films about divorce can often be […]
Glasgow Film Festival 2025 Review – On Falling
On Falling, 2024. Written and directed by Laura Carreira. Starring Joana Santos, Inês Vaz, and Neil Leiper. SYNOPSIS: The story focuses on Aurora, a Portuguese worker in a Scottish warehouse, navigating loneliness and alienation in an algorithm-driven gig economy as she seeks meaning and connection amidst solitude and workplace confines. We’re so used to takes […]
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