Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of His Dark Materials season 2… Gender roles, individual identities and social expectations come under the microscope once more as we inch closer to a season two conclusion. Desires, motives and personal objectives are evolving week on week while diverging agendas influence decision making. Mrs Coulter is allowing her […]
TV Review – Raised By Wolves
Martin Carr reviews Raised By Wolves… Several serious questions are raised in this science fiction series created by Aaron Gozikowski and overseen by Ridley Scott. Featuring colonising androids, desolate scrubland and fossilised dinosaur remains Raised By Wolves is an intriguing hybrid. Opening innocently with a spandex wearing pairing landing on an unpopulated rock known as […]
Movie Review – Mank (2020)
Mank, 2020. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey, Arliss Howard, Tuppence Middleton, Monika Grossmann, Joseph Cross, Sam Troughton, Toby Leonard Moore, Tom Burke and Charles Dance. SYNOPSIS: Holed up in a cabin devoid of alcohol and distractions Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) is being paid to write something […]
Movie Review – Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Mario Puzo’s The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Starring Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda and Sophia Coppola. SYNOPSIS: This third entry in the Corleone family album sees Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) wrestling with the contradictions of running […]
TV Review – Pennyworth Season 2
Martin Carr reviews Pennyworth Season 2… With Jack Bannon channelling Michael Caine’s Alfie we gear up for a second season of Pennyworth. Having shot his father, watched his girlfriend die and slept with the Queen it would seem there is much to live up to. What this DC tangent offers up is the advancement of […]
Movie Review – My Psychedelic Love Story (2020)
My Psychedelic Love Story, 2020. Directed by Errol Morris. SYNOPSIS: Counterculture prophet, LSD advocate and ideological revolutionary Timothy Leary made his mark. This documentary looks back at his contribution to a defining era in American life through the eyes of Joanna Harcourt Smith. This documentary might focus on Timothy Leary the clinical psychologist, Harvard professor […]
His Dark Materials Season 2 Episode 4 Review – ‘Tower of Angels’
Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of His Dark Materials season 2… There is talk of a blade which can slice through dimensions, witches are gathering in attack formation and finally Lee Scoresby forges an alliance of huge significance. Welcome to the half way stage of a second season which has gathered momentum like an […]
Exclusive Interview – Writer-Director Oliver Murray discusses the man behind the music in Ronnie’s
British filmmaker Oliver Murray lays bare a musical institution in his latest feature simply called Ronnie’s. Employing rare archive footage and intimate revelations, this definitive documentary on Ronnie Scott screened recently at the 2020 DOC NYC Film Festival. In conversation with Martin Carr, the inquisitive writer director goes into detail about his involvement, as well […]
Movie Review – Princess of the Row (2019)
Princess of the Row, 2019. Directed by Van Maximilian Carlson. Starring Edi Gathegi, Tayler Buck, Martin Sheen, Ana Ortiz, Jacob Vargas, Tabitha Brown, Blake Michael, Jenny Gago, and Tim Abell. SYNOPSIS: Alicia (Tayler Buck) is a promising writer who spends all her time caring for someone defined by PTSD. Her father (Edi Gathegi) is a war […]
Exclusive Interview – Set Decorator Crispian Sallis discusses Waiting for the Barbarians
Crispian Sallis is an Oscar nominated Set Decorator recognised for his work on Aliens, Driving Miss Daisy and Gladiator and an Emmy winner for The Tudors. Other projects which jockey for position on a star studded resume include Oliver Stone’s JFK and Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys. For his latest film, Waiting For The Barbarians, Crispian […]
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