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Movie Review – Eyes and Prize (2018)

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Eyes and Prize, 2018. Written and directed by Oliver Cane. Starring Jackson Bews, Gerard McDermott, Nick Blakeley, and Alanna Flynn. SYNOPSIS: Four people are invited to take part in a reality television show. Soon the gravity of their decision becomes apparent beginning a domino effect which does nothing but gather momentum. This premise is simple […]

American Gods Season 2 Finale Review – ‘Moon Shadow’

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Martin Carr reviews American Gods’ season 2 finale… Belief is strange as it ceases to be believed if people cease to believe in it. Adversely knowledge stems from experimentation and morphs into fact, while faith depends on interpretation leaving room for charlatans, tricksters and con artists. Media outlets either terrestrial, digital or radio harbour the […]

Gotham Season 5 Finale Review – ‘The Beginning…’

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Martin Carr reviews Gotham’s season 5 finale… With the recent release of a Pennyworth prequel trailer it seems apt that we bid farewell to Gotham. Like the bastard child of Christopher Nolan’s almost flawless reinvention, Gotham was greeted with derision from day one and yet has proven tenuously entertaining. Despite consistently low ratings it has […]

The Orville Season 2 Finale Review – ‘The Road Not Taken’

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Martin Carr reviews The Orville’s season 2 finale… Something happens this week which fundamentally challenges audience expectations, alters dramatic intention and makes season two a benchmark. Impossibly we are introduced to a whole new show that feels unlike anything The Orville has done before. Somehow the gloss has been removed, somehow these actors have not […]

Supergirl Season 4 Episode 18 Review – ‘Crime and Punishment’

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Martin Carr reviews the eighteenth episode of Supergirl season 4… High minded wannabes will jump on the Dostoyevsky reference considering the Russian connection but there comparisons should stop. Supergirl may gain the moral high ground through a careful choice of ethically and morally thematic storylines but still needs to retain its audience. Alien amnesty acts, […]

American Gods Season 2 Episode 7 Review – ‘Treasure of the Sun’

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Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of American Gods season 2… Reincarnation, immortality and mythology converge in this penultimate episode which digs deeper into the ideas of tradition versus progress. War is coming, weapons are ready and combatants are converging while others rebel. Flashbacks are rife while an atmosphere of ruination and alcohol dominate throughout. […]

Gotham Season 5 Episode 11 Review – ‘They Did What?’

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Martin Carr reviews the penultimate episode of Gotham season 5… Rather than being engaging this penultimate episode feels calculated. Key characters never feel in abject danger, situations however frenetic never raise collective pulses, while Gotham feels strangely unthreatening. Whether that perceived danger comes from al Ghul’s daughter, a pneumatically enhanced Bane or the conspicuously absent […]

The Orville Season 2 Episode 13 Review – ‘Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’

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Martin Carr reviews the thirteenth episode of The Orville season 2… Second chances are something we all wish for whether educational, emotional or professional. Yet rarely do people consider the repercussions of that hypothetical as self-interest and nostalgia cloud judgement calls or rose tint recollections. Physics aside The Orville thankfully focuses on just those elements […]

American Gods Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Donar the Great’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of American Gods season 2… Aside from a chuck away reference to Fredrick Nietzsche there is little of philosophical depth in Donar the Great. Flashback heavy and no more obscure than normal this vaudevillian segue into music hall politics with Velvet Underground undertones shows much but achieves little. Narrative […]