Chris Connor reviews the seventh episode of House of the Dragon season 2… House of the Dragon’s sophomore season has surprisingly taken a more sedate pace than expected, favouring slow gradual storytelling. The penultimate episode sees a payoff for this as threads and character arcs developed across the season payoff and storylines unexpectedly intersect. We […]
House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Burning Mill’
Chris Connor reviews the third episode of House of the Dragon season 2… The third episode of House of the Dragon’s second season enlarges the chess board considerably as we venture into the wider world of Westeros, with the prospect of an all out conflict growing ever more likely by the second. While the first […]
House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 2 Review
Chris Connor reviews the second episode of House of the Dragon season 2… House of the Dragon’s sophomore season opening proved the show had lost none of its bite since its highly successful first season. Episode two immediately ups the ante with both sides reeling from the loss of heirs, particularly fresh is the loss […]
House of the Dragon Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘A Son for a Son’
Chris Connor reviews the first episode of House of the Dragon season 2… House of the Dragon’s first season proved a winning return to Westeros, some years before the events of Game of Thrones, cleansing the poor taste many felt towards the ending of the original show. Telling a tighter, more family driven story, it […]
Blood For Blood and Fire To Fire in House of the Dragon season 2 trailer and posters
HBO has revealed the first posters and trailer for the second season of House of the Dragon, promising blood for blood as Queen Rhaenyra begins the battle for her throne and vengeance for the family she has lost. Check out the posters and watch the trailer below… Season 2 will pick up where the first […]
4K Ultra HD Review – House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season
Ricky Church reviews the 4K Ultra HD release of House of the Dragon: The Complete First Season… As the first spin-0ff in HBO’s massive and successful Game of Thrones franchise, House of the Dragon had a lot to live up to – especially in the wake of the bitter taste Game of Thrones‘ conclusion left for many audiences. Fortunately, House of […]
Movie Review – Mothering Sunday (2021)
Mothering Sunday, 2021. Directed by Eva Husson. Starring Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Glenda Jackson, Sope Dirisu, Nathan Reeve, Samuel Barlow, Dexter Raggatt, Patsy Ferran, Charlie Oscar, Emma D’Arcy, Simon Shepherd, Caroline Harker, Craig Crosbie, Emily Woof, Alex Cubb, Forrest Bothwell, and Albert Welling. SYNOPSIS: A maid living in post-World War I […]
House of the Dragon Season 1 Finale Review – ‘The Black Queen’
Chris Connor reviews the season one finale of House of the Dragon… After its ninth episode focused on the Greens, led by Queen Alicent, the finale of season one of House of the Dragon, ‘The Black Queen’, shifts focus to Rhaenyra and Daemon as the pair learn of the death of King Viserys and installment […]
House of the Dragon Episode 8 Review – ‘Lord of the Tides’
Chris Connor reviews the eighth episode of House of the Dragon… House of the Dragon continues to cement itself as a worthy successor to the juggernaut that was Game of Thrones and its eighth episode ‘Lord of the Tides’ is a manifestation of what made both shows work so well. It is full of political […]
House of the Dragon Episode 7 Review – ‘Driftmark’
Chris Connor reviews the seventh episode of House of the Dragon… After an extended time jump in the last episode and a raft of new introductions, House of the Dragon’s seventh episode ‘Driftmark’ is able to focus on the here and now with a far shorter gap following the events of last week. The episode […]
