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Exclusive Interview – Composer Alex Heffes discusses new documentary Ronnie’s

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Like any musician who feels passionately about his art, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated composer Alex Heffes knows Ronnie Scott. Maybe not in person but through reputation, musical trailblazing and jazz club definition. It is no surprise then that his involvement with a new documentary simply called Ronnie’s, should feel anything other than serendipitous. A […]

Movie Review – Belushi (2020)

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Belushi, 2020. Written and directed by R.J. Cutler. Featuring Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher (archive), Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi, Harold Ramis (archive), Candice Bergen, Bruce McGill, John Belushi (archive), John Landis, Penny Marshall, Jane Curtin, Ivan Reitman, Don Novello, Joe Flaherty, Lorne Michaels, Michael Apted, Mitch Glazer, and Judith Belushi-Pisano. SYNOPSIS: John Belushi was an enigma […]

Movie Review – Ronnie’s (2020)

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Ronnie’s, 2020. Written and Directed by Oliver Murray. SYNOPSIS: Ronnie’s explores the legacy, lineage and longevity behind the most revered jazz club in London. Through rare and intimate archive footage writer director Oliver Murray documents Ronnie Scott in all his idiosyncrasies. The man, the musician and reluctant cultural icon who loved music to his core. […]

Exclusive Interview – Production Designer Sara K White talks The Flight Attendant on HBO Max

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Production Designer Sara K White brings a unique perspective to The Flight Attendant, which pays homage to revered film makers such as Alfred Hitchcock. By manipulating perspective, drip feeding information and keeping audiences guessing this HBO Max original proves riveting throughout. When Sara recently took time out to talk to Martin Carr about her involvement, […]

His Dark Materials Season 2 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Cave’

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Martin Carr reviews the second episode of His Dark Materials season 2… Episode two feels fragmented. Momentum is tethered by the thinnest rope to a narrative which sees Lyra cross over into an unfamiliar Oxford. Observed by interested parties with nefarious intentions ‘The Cave’ makes connections between people and other more significant elements. Meanwhile in […]

Movie Review – Small Axe: Red, White and Blue (2020)

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Small Axe: Red, White and Blue, 2020. Directed by Steve McQueen. Starring John Boyega, Steve Toussaint, Antonia Thomas, Tyrone Huntley, Nathan Vidal, Joy Richardson and Mark Harrigan. SYNOPSIS: Leroy Logan (John Boyega) joins the police force after his father (Steve Toussaint) is a victim of racial brutality. Steve McQueen tackles his subjects head on with […]

His Dark Materials Season 2 Premiere Review – ‘The City of Magpies’

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Martin Carr reviews the first episode of His Dark Materials season 2… Opening in sumptuous fashion this season two premiere hints at a vast canvas of infinite possibilities. Conjoined by an elemental gateway two worlds become one as audiences continue to accompany Lyra on her journey of discovery. Airships, submersibles and ethereal apparitions carve their […]

TV Review – Moonbase 8

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Martin Carr reviews Showtime’s Moonbase 8… This gently farcical character based comedy shares much of its DNA with The Office. Starring John C. Reilly, Tim Heidecker and Fred Armisen who also created the series, it is awkwardly observational rather than laugh out loud funny. Moonbase 8 is delicately absurd from the off finding humour in […]

Movie Review – Kindred (2020)

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Kindred, 2020. Written and Directed by  Joe Marcantonio. Starring Chloe Pirrie, Fiona Shaw, Jack Lowden, Tamara Lawrence, Anton Lesser, Edward Holcroft, and Kiran Sonia Sawar. SYNOPSIS: Following the death of her boyfriend Ben (Edward Holcroft) in a freak accident expectant mother Charlotte (Tamara Lawrence) is tended to by his family. Alone, isolated and confronted by formidable […]