Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Constantine… Let me start by being contentious. I have read other opinions on this episode. They may or may not influence me, but since I believe most have missed the point it remains unlikely. Forums and websites who afford the expert and ignoramus equal opportunity to air their […]
Constantine Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Blessed Are the Damned’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Constantine… At the heart of this episode lies a theological debate centred on conflicting opinions; those of subjective faith and established dogma. For once the Hellblazer paradigm has been jettisoned in favour of an original piece of writing with a fresh approach. That it revels in an intentional […]
Gotham Season 1 Episode 9 Review – ‘Harvey Dent’
Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of Gotham… Gotham’s most famous schizophrenic makes his entrance…… Nicholas D’Agosto is a whole bag of crazy. Clean cut image, catalogue model looks and a smile so superficial you know something sinister lies beneath. In political terms Bill Hicks once said that ‘anyone that far to the right is […]
Constantine Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Danse Vaudou’
Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Constantine… Shall we play a game? What do you get when one veteran film maker with broad genre credentials takes on a protagonist with hell on his heels? Answer, a languid Louisiana vibe straight from the voodoo heartland of New Orleans. Filmed in back alleys, side streets and […]
Constantine Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘A Feast of Friends’
Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Constantine… John Constantine is about to have another bad day….. Imagine an addiction so powerful it consumes you. Flesh and blood are your only means of containing a compulsion both self-aware and demonic in origin. You need an impressionable vessel with some serious guilt issues, plus a sociopathic […]
October Horrors 2021 – Deep Red (1975)
Deep Red, 1975. Directed by Dario Argento. Starring David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Giuliana Calandra, Clara Calamai and Macha Meril. SYNOPSIS: After witnessing the grisly murder of a medium, a pianist finds himself on the trail of a mysterious black-gloved killer. A few years ago, I became enamoured with the Giallo, a uniquely Italian […]
Movie Review – Summering (2022)
Summering, 2022. Co-written and directed by James Ponsoldt. Starring Lia Barnett, Madalen Mills, Eden Grace Redfield, and Sanai Victoria. SYNOPSIS: Four best friends on the brink of starting middle school realise their lives are about to change forever. So on the last weekend of summer, they set out to make the most of it. James […]
Movie Review – Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022)
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, 2022. Written and Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. Starring Jeon Jong-seo, Kate Hudson, Ed Skrein, Evan Whitten, Craig Robinson, Tiffany Black, Lauren Bowles, Serene Lee, Cory Roberts, Peggy Gou, Kyler Porche, Michael Carollo, Anthony Reynolds, Jennifer Vo, Altonio Jackson, Donna Duplantier, Rosha Washington, and Armando Leduc. SYNOPSIS: A girl […]
Movie Review – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, 2022. Directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson Starring David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Gregory Mann, Christoph Waltz, Ron Perlman, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Finn Wolfhard, Burn Gorman, Tim Blake Nelson and John Turturro SYNOPSIS: A darker version of the classic children’s fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into […]
Movie Review – Fanny Lye Deliver’d (2019)
Fanny Lye Deliver’d, 2019. Directed by Thomas Clay. Starring Maxine Peake, Charles Dance, Freddie Fox, Tanya Reynolds, Zak Adams, Peter McDonald, Perry Fitzpatrick and Kenneth Collard. SYNOPSIS: Set on an isolated farm in Shropshire in 1657, this is the story of Fanny Lye, a woman who learns to transcend her oppressive marriage and discover a […]
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