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Blu-ray Review – American Gods Season 2

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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 down […]

Preacher Season 4 Episode 3 Review – ‘Deviant’

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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 the […]

Exclusive Interview – Julie Ann Emery talks Preacher

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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 in Preacher?I […]

The Boys Season 1 Finale Review – ‘You Found Me’

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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 ramifications […]

The Boys Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Self-Preservation Society’

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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 from […]

Exclusive Interview – Composer Chris Lennertz discusses The Boys

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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 in music […]

The Boys Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Innocents’

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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 undertones […]

The Boys Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Good for the Soul’

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Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of The Boys season 1…Things were never going to improve for anyone. Whether enhanced or otherwise this situation is messed up and groundwork is being laid for things to get considerably worse. Whether we are talking evangelical crowdfunded retreats, bible bashing brow beatings or messianic figureheads losing perspective The […]

The Boys Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Female of the Species’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of The Boys season 1…Feral females, human trafficking and aquatic pornography is present and correct as The Boys keeps inviting you into all kinds of wrong. Congressional subterfuge, a superhuman military task force and no oversight is coming closer. Meanwhile therapy sessions for certain members of this elite group […]