Martin Carr reviews The Comey Rule… Adapted and directed by Billy Ray who has given us both Captain Phillips and Gemini Man, The Comey Rule is four hours of serious political entertainment. However, whether audiences are entertained will depend very much upon their own individual definition of the word. Split over two nights and filled […]
The Boys Season 2 Episode 7 Review – ‘Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker’
Martin Carr reviews the penultimate episode of The Boys season 2… By capitalising on the idea of Vought creating a race of super soldiers with compound V, these writers are trying to give episode seven some traction. Disillusioned super fans, online media campaigns and biased propaganda are beginning to influence the general public, while the […]
Lovecraft Country Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘I Am’
Martin Carr reviews the penultimate episode of Lovecraft Country… For the best results inter-dimensional time travelling gateways combined with alien life forms is a home run. Throw in mechanised planetary McGuffins, concealed key reveals and just a dash of good old fashioned science fiction before leaving to simmer. It sounds good so far but what […]
TV Review – Amazon’s Utopia
Martin Carr reviews Amazon’s Utopia… There is nothing else more topical on television right now than Utopia. No news broadcast, no change to lock down protocol and certainly no social distancing signifiers. Viruses have been part of the conversation globally for a while now, so people have inadvertently turned to television for solace. Needless to […]
The Boys Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Bloody Doors Off’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of The Boys season 2… This are no bank robberies, no doors being blown off and nobody hanging off cliffs come the conclusion. Michael Caine is absent without leave, Noel Coward long past reviving and everything else is inconsequential. If you were looking for comparisons The Boys does feature […]
TV Review – Monsterland
Martin Carr reviews Hulu’s Monsterland… Fresh from Annapurna’s television subsidiary and airing October 2nd on Hulu comes Monsterland. As you would expect from a company who has been responsible for Booksmart, Bombshell and Hustlers this is something a little different. With writers in the room accountable for films like The Machinist, Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear […]
Lovecraft Country Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘Meet Me In Daegu’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Lovecraft Country… This melding of Korean folklore, American warmongering and Communist concerns finds Lovecraft Country back in familiar territory. It centres on Ji-ah played by Jamie Chung familiar from both Sucker Punch and The Hangover Part II. Conducted primarily in Korean with subtitles this episode explores family dynamics, […]
Netflix Review – Ratched
Martin Carr reviews Ratched… One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is a landmark film. Adapted from the novel by Sixties revolutionary Ken Kesey it fell in amongst a slew of Jack Nicholson films, which included The Last Detail, Chinatown and The Shining. Stark in its depiction of psychiatric institutions the film possesses a realism that […]
Exclusive Interview – VFX Supervisor Paul Santagada discusses Netflix’s Ratched
VFX Supervisor Paul Santagada has worked on Game of Thrones, The Vampire Diaries and Ironside to name a few. His film work includes both the underrated Fright Night and Vin Diesel’s never ending franchise train Riddick. He recently took time out to talk Ratched with Martin Carr and how he brought that to life… What […]
Quibi Review – Wireless
Martin Carr reviews Quibi’s Wireless… For anyone who wants context on Wireless take a moment to Google search director Zach Wechter, then watch his short film Pocket. This Quibi production is an extension of those film making techniques stretched into eight minute segments. Aided by executive producer Steven Soderbergh, himself no stranger to mobile film […]
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