Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of The Strain.… There is a long way between the gas station and Abraham’s pawn shop. You best buckle up because anything can happen……. It’s a fact that characters which adhere to stereotypes end up short changing you. In a word they become boring. As The Strain stretches into […]

Martin Carr reviews the tenth episode of The Strain… Ever wondered how exciting trying to track a missing iPhone could be? This week The Strain provides all the answers you will ever need… After the provocative history lesson and dramatic subtlety which momentarily lifted things in programme nine, episode ten brings back inconsequential character segues […]

Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of The Strain… Abraham Sektakin (David Bradley) and Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll) are tucking into a late breakfast in the Arnot family kitchen. Steaming hot scrambled egg on toast is consumed, while father and daughter Arnot lay decapitated in the basement. Brandishing the grounded airplane passenger list they make […]

Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of The Strain… Manacled by a cast iron dog collar and naked except for stained underwear a man sits surrounded by empty food wrappers. As the padded cell door opens he begins begging with his captor. Slowly Thomas Eichorst (Richard Sammel) begins turning the crank handle of a medieval […]

Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of The Strain… A concentration camp refugee and several members of the CDC response team join forces as ‘The Strain’ continues to spread. Since its initial broadcast over a month ago I have been looking at ‘The Strain’ from the wrong perspective. For weeks my focus has been on […]

Martin Carr reviews the second episode of The Strain… As dawn breaks Eldritch Palmer (Jonathan Hyde) is having breakfast, while his precious cargo pulls out of traffic and disappears into an underground parking structure. Thomas Eichorst (Richard Sammel) middle man and facilitator for Palmer’s Stoneheart group, awaits confirmation that the box has made it over […]

Martin Carr reviews the third episode of The Strain… The camera pans around an ornately decorated apartment somewhere in Manhattan. Wood panelling, light opera and the warmth and isolation which come with wealth permeates the scene. Thomas Eichorst (Richard Sammel) sits before a theatrical make-up mirror calmly preparing for the day ahead. Despite the best […]

Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of The Strain… The body of Captain Redfern (Jonathan Potts) lays prostrate in the basement of Saint Sebastian’s Hospital. Ephraim Goodweather (Corey Stoll) is breathing hard having dispatched him with a fire extinguisher, while Nora Martinez (Mia Maestro) and Jim Kent (Sean Astin) deal with the fallout. Second survivor […]

Some Like It Hot, 1959. Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and George Raft. SYNOPSIS: After witnessing a murder, two musicians flee Chicago to join an all-female band on their way to Florida… Some Like It Hot is not known for its mob ties. Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, carrying their […]

According to the Independent Cinema Office, teen audiences between the ages of 14-20 years rarely go to the cinema. The Financial Times reported as far back as 2012, that the three main cinema groups in the UK, Odeon, Cineworld and Vue hold 70% of the market and claimed that older cinema goers were their fastest […]