Colin Farrell will return as private investigator John Sugar as Apple TV+ has renewed Sugar for a second season. Sugar‘s first season saw Farrell’s John Sugar being hired to find a missing person from a rich and important Hollywood family, uncovering several secrets regarding the family’s shady history along the way. The series was created by Mark […]
Sugar Episode 8 Review – ‘Farewell’
Chris Connor reviews the season finale of Apple TV+’s Sugar… Sugar has been an intriguing if up and down blend of sci-fi and noir, carried by its lead performance from Colin Farrell and sense of mystery. The final episode wraps up the dangling threads surrounding Olivia Siegel’s disappearance while hinting at further mysteries for our […]
Sugar Episode 7 Review – ‘The Friends You Keep’
Chris Connor reviews the seventh episode of Sugar… Sugar’s twist in episode 6 threatened to upend just about everything we thought we knew about the show, revealing that Sugar and his associates are aliens sent to observe humanity. The penultimate episode returns to the noir tone of the majority of the show with the sci-fi kept […]
Sugar Episode 6 Review – ‘Go Home’
Chris Connor reviews the sixth episode of Apple TV+’s Sugar… Sugar has hinted throughout its first five episodes, that something mysterious is afoot. In its sixth episode we get revelations that will perplex some viewers and that shifts what we think of the show entirely as it goes from a Neo Noir show to something […]
Sugar Episode 5 Review – ‘Boy In the Corner’
Chris Connor reviews the fifth episode of Apple TV+’s Sugar… Sugar’s fifth episode continues his investigation into Olivia’s disappearance, finding involvement from unexpected places. Initially, Sugar confronts David Siegel following his arrest at the end of the previous episode, David is clearly fixated on fame and its hard to discern fact from fiction. The episode […]
Sugar Episode 4 Review – ‘Starry-Eyed’
Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of Apple TV+’s Sugar… Sugar continues to be both a homage to film noir of the past with clips from the likes of Double Indemnity and other well-known staples scattered throughout, but also a peculiar beast that is hard to pinpoint. It is this sense of uniqueness that keeps […]
Sugar Episode 3 Review – ‘Shibuya Crossing’
Chris Connor reviews the third episode of Apple TV+’s Sugar… Sugar’s opening two episodes impressively built a sense of atmosphere and intrigue with nods to noir gone by but with a distinct edge, led by Colin Farrell’s lead performance. A shorter third episode continues the promise as Sugar continues the investigation into what happened to […]
Sugar Episodes 1 & 2 Review
Chris Connor reviews the first two episodes of Apple TV+’s Sugar starring Colin Farrell… L.A. set noir’s are certainly not a new phenomenon from the literary likes of Dashell Hamnett and Raymond Chandler to iconic films like Chinatown there have been many to pour over. The latest in this long tradition is the Apple TV+ […]
Colin Farrell is a private eye in trailer for Sugar
Apple TV+ has debuted the first trailer for Sugar, the upcoming drama series which follows private detective John Sugar, as he unearths dark secretsafter being hired to investigate the disappearance of the granddaughter of a legendary Hollywood producer; watch it below… “Sugar” is a contemporary, unique take on one of the most popular and significant […]
Wes Anderson shares details on Roald Dahl adaptation The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Wes Anderson is tackling the work of Roald Dahl once again, and his latest project will stretch Anderson’s stylings as a filmmaker. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar will be an upcoming short film, as well as another animated outing as well. Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Richard Ayoade, and Ben Kingsley lend their […]
