Blithe Spirit, 2020.Directed by Edward Hall. Starring Dan Stevens, Isla Fisher, Leslie Mann, Judi Dench, Julian Rhind-Tutt and Emilia Fox.SYNOPSIS:A struggling crime novelist experiments with a séance in search of inspiration, only to unwittingly summon the ghost of his deceased ex-wife.Writer’s block is a very real problem. Certainly, anyone of a creative persuasion who has […]
The Stand Episode 2 Review – ‘Pocket Saviour’
Martin Carr reviews the second episode of The Stand…Apathy after episode one has been replaced with a new found curiosity as The Stand finds its feet. After the tedious opener which felt protracted and lacking in drama, ‘Pocket Saviour’ establishes context as pieces begin falling into place. Much of this comes from a clarity of structure which uses […]
The Expanse Season 5 Episode 6 Review – ‘Tribes’
Ricky Church reviews the sixth episode of The Expanse season 5…As The Expanse passes its halfway point of the fifth season, ‘Tribes’ offered us a look at the fractures. both literal and figurative, Marcos Inaros has caused with his attacks across the system. Compared to the previous couple of episodes, it gave viewers a bit of a […]
Movie Review – Vanguard (2020)
Vanguard, 2020.Directed by Stanley Tong. Starring Jackie Chan, Yang Yang, Allen Ai Lun, Miya Muqi, Zhu Zhengting, Desmond Aldridge, Can Aydin, Sayed Badreya, Ruohan Xu, Barret Coates, and Fady Zaky.SYNOPSIS:Covert security company Vanguard is the last hope of survival for an accountant after he is targeted by the world’s deadliest mercenary organization.Into his 60s and […]
Movie Review – Spring Breakers (2012)
Spring Breakers, 2012.Written and Directed by Harmony Korine. Starring James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine.SYNOPSIS: Four college girls who land in jail after robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation find themselves bailed out by a drug and arms dealer who wants them to do some […]
Movie Review – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 2011.Directed by David Fincher. Starring Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff, Robin Wright, Joely Richardson, Goran Visnjic and Geraldine James.SYNOPSIS:A magazine journalist and a troubled computer hacker team up to search for a woman who has been missing for forty years.Ah, the Hollywood remake. Often […]
Movie Review – Untouchable (2011)
Untouchable (A.K.A. The Intouchables), 2011.Written and Directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano. Starring François Cluzet, Audrey Fleurot, Omar Sy, Anne Le Ny and Clotilde Mollet.SYNOPSIS: After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caretaker.There is a improvised scene in Gus Van […]
Movie Review – If Not Now, When? (2021)
If Not Now, When?, 2021.Directed by Tamara Bass and Meagan Good. Starring Meagan Good, Meagan Holder, Mekia Cox, Valarie Pettiford, Tamara Bass, Edwin Hodge, Kyle Schmid McKinley, Freeman Niles Fitch, Todd Williams, and Lexi Underwood.SYNOPSIS:Four friends, who met in high school and are bonded by an event, are suddenly forced back together when one of […]
TV Review – The Watch
Martin Carr reviews The Watch…Fans of Terry Pratchett are up in arms. After a teaser trailer which lasted no more a minute and twenty, The Watch has been condemned. You would think the Discworld novels had been burned at a Nazi rally, while effigies of their author sat smouldering on an adjacent pyre. With ardent fans and internet […]
Blu-ray Review – The New Mutants (2020)
The New Mutants, 2020.Directed by Josh Boone. Starring Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Blu Hunt, Henry Zaga, and Alice Braga.SYNOPSIS: Five gifted teenagers including Rahne Sinclair (Maisie Williams), Illyana Rasputin (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Sam Guthrie (Charlie Heaton) are isolated in a research facility. Dr. Reyes (Alice Braga) is there to help them open up […]
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