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The Boys Season 2 Episode 3 Review – ‘Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men’

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Martin Carr reviews the third episode of The Boys season 2… There is a bravado which goes hand in hand with the tag line lifted with flair from an early Eighties anthem by Tenpole Tudor. A rousing call to arms for those roustabouts who band together against an insurmountable force of superior foes. It harks […]

The Boys Season 2 Episode 2 Review – ‘Proper Preparation and Planning’

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Martin Carr reviews the second episode of The Boys season 2… The Boys has always been about identity, either those we share in private, those we flaunt in public and to a lesser degree the one we don’t talk about at parties. In a society defined by misinformation, corporate spin and increasingly personal agendas, this […]

TV Review – Two Weeks To Live

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Martin Carr reviews Two Weeks To Live starring Maisie Williams… This quirky little drama from Sky is anchored by an off kilter performance from Maisie Williams as Kim, cut off from society yet savagely self-sufficient. Written by Gaby Hull Two Weeks To Live is defined by sharp dialogue, ludicrous circumstances and moments where the mundane […]

Lovecraft Country Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Holy Ghost’

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Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Lovecraft Country… If you need entertainment with a social conscience look no further than Lovecraft Country. Provocative, thought provoking and driven by powerful sensibilities we are beyond the point where this is anything other than exceptional. What they are doing week after week is taking conventional ingredients and […]

Movie Review – I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

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I’m Thinking of Ending Things, 2020. Directed by Charlie Kaufman. Starring Jessie Buckley, Jesse Plemons, Toni Collette, David Thewlis, Colby Minifie, Ashlyn Alessi, Abby Quinn, Hadley Robinson, Dj Nino Carta, Teddy Coluca, Jason Ralph, and Guy Boyd. SYNOPSIS: A young woman (Jessie Buckley) is thinking of ending things on the way to meet her boyfriend’s […]

Exclusive Interview – Production Designer Melanie Jones on Bill & Ted: Face The Music

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Production designer Melanie Jones has worked on numerous projects in film and television across a twenty year career which includes The Purge and Whiplash. She recently took the time to talk to Martin Carr about her involvement with Bill & Ted: Face The Music. How did you first get approached for this project? I got […]

Lovecraft Country Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Whitey’s On The Moon’

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Martin Carr reviews the second episode of HBO’s Lovecraft Country… That showrunner Misha Green has already sampled playwright and novelist James Baldwin should be some indication of her intentions. This time by baiting certain American sensibilities through the inclusion of spoken word poem Whitey’s On The Moon, Green has thrown down the gauntlet and done […]

Exclusive Interview – NOS4A2 showrunner Jami O’Brien

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Jami O’Brien has written in television for over a decade on shows including Fear the Walking Dead, Hell On Wheels and Flesh and Bone amongst others. As showrunner on NOS4A2 an AMC adaptation of Joe Hill’s novel, she has crafted a supremely nuanced show which concludes its second season this Sunday. Jami recently took time […]

Lovecraft Country Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘Sundown’

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Martin Carr reviews the series premiere of HBO’s Lovecraft Country… This is a show which honestly courts controversy from the opening frame. Fantastical elements clash with trench warfare in an audacious opening gambit, which mixes vibrant imagination with grounded realism. As a masterstroke of dreamscape narrative this statement of intent is merely an indication of […]