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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban at 20: Something Wicked This Way Comes

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Chris Connor revisits Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as it turns 20… The Harry Potter film series proved one of the most successful literary adaptations beginning with The Philosopher’s Stone in 2001. While Chris Columbus proved a strong pair of hands for the first two instalments, the third entry The Prisoner of Azkaban […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace at 25 – Still a franchise low-point?

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Chris Connor revisits Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace as it turns 25… It might seem a stretch for some but there was a point where George Lucas’s sci-fi juggernaut Star Wars had a 16-year big screen hiatus from 1983’s Return of the Jedi to 1999’s Phantom Menace. While we have now become […]