Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Preacher season 4… There are a number of creative contradictions which relegate any mediocrity from episode four to the realm of bad memory. Combinations of pathos and villainy combine with endless invention making Preacher essential viewing, as the outcome can sometimes hinder rather than help. Joseph Gilgun, […]
Preacher Season 4 Episode 4 Review – ‘Search and Rescue’
Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Preacher season 4… If boring through the Earth’s core, being marooned at sea or executed by rectal shotgun blast were ever on your bucket list then you might be in luck with Search and Rescue. Should you lean towards incurring the wrath of our almighty, having Jesus as […]
Carnival Row Series Premiere Review – ‘Some Dark God Wakes’
Martin Carr reviews the series premiere of Carnival Row… With the quarrelling politicians, warring unionists and class wars raging this feels like two latter day Scorsese films melded with an Alan Moore benchmark and touches of Tolkien. Carnival Row evokes Victorian London, back street bar fights and unsavoury elements in the dark. There is world […]
Blu-ray Review – American Gods Season 2
Martin Carr reviews the second season of American Gods… Trying to breakdown this second season into component parts is impossible. There are so many tangents, segues and narrative diversions that a simple explanation would represent an injustice. For the most part that invention which comes thick and fast with little consideration for audience participation kicks […]
Preacher Season 4 Episode 3 Review – ‘Deviant’
Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Preacher season 4… Rarely do you get four minute fight scenes with classical backing tracks which segue into swing guitar, before pulling back to reveal bodies piled high and slow motion bloodletting aplenty. Neither is it common for an automated meat slicer with foreskin removal adaptions to set […]
Exclusive Interview – Julie Ann Emery talks Preacher
Martin Carr chats with Julie Ann Emery… Over the phone and on good form I had the pleasure of speaking to Julie Ann Emery recently about everything Preacher, whilst seguing subtlety into the arenas of Better Call Saul and Joseph Heller adaptation Catch-22 which recently aired on Channel 4. How were you approached to be […]
The Boys Season 1 Finale Review – ‘You Found Me’
Martin Carr reviews the season 1 finale of The Boys… This is why Amazon greenlit a second season before one minute had been broadcast. Between the breakdowns, heart attacks and callous disregard for each other this moral vacuum of a finale demands your attention. From the blackmailing of high ranging government officials to revelations with […]
The Boys Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Self-Preservation Society’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of The Boys season 1… In the words of Winston Wolf ‘if self-preservation is an instinct you possess, you better do what I say and do it fast’. Motivations, suspicions and blame should be metered out with care as recognising the enemy is getting more difficult. Hughie has gone […]
Exclusive Interview – Composer Chris Lennertz discusses The Boys
Martin Carr chats with The Boys composer Chris Lennertz… Stuck in traffic and heading back across L.A., Chris Lennertz, musical maestro behind Amazon Prime’s newest superhero serial The Boys, took time to talk composition, creative process and working with Hollywood mavericks Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg….. Was it always an early ambition to be involved […]
The Boys Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Innocents’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of The Boys season 1… In amongst the revelations which continue coming there are a few emotional sledgehammers that stand out in episode six. These are not the meta moments, choreographed television specials or victim support groups, but occur with much more subtlety. They perfectly counterpoint the #MeToo movement […]