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 […]
Slow Horses Season 2 Episodes 1 and 2 Review
Chris Connor reviews the opening two episodes of Slow Horses season 2… In a year that’s been full of strong offerings for Apple TV+, Slow Horses based on Mick Herron’s acclaimed series of novels stood out as one of the best with its first season. The showfocuses on a group of cast out MI5 agents […]
Movie Review – The Woman King (2022)
The Woman King, 2022. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. Starring Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, John Boyega, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Adrienne Warren, Jayme Lawson, Masali Baduza, Angélique Kidjo and Jordan Bolger. SYNOPSIS Inspired by true events that took place in the Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of 18th and […]
Movie Review – Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2021)
Three Minutes: A Lengthening, 2021. Directed by Bianca Stigter. Starring Helena Bonham Carter. SYNOPSIS: A snippet of 16mm film offers an emotionally charged, meditative glimpse into the lives of the unsuspecting Jewish citizens of a small Polish village at the precipice of World War II. Documentary film at its best can be a potent vehicle […]
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