Chris Connor reviews Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols limited series Pistol… The Sex Pistols may have been a short-lived group but they were at the vanguard of the British Punk movement, anarchic and inflammatory, spearheaded by red haired devil Johnny Rotten and bassist Sid Vicious they remain an iconic group 45 years on. The group’s story […]
Movie Review – The Phantom of the Open (2021)
The Phantom of the Open, 2021. Directed by Craig Roberts. Starring Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans, Jake Davies, Christian Lees, Jonah Lees, Mark Lewis Jones, and Johann Myers. SYNOPSIS: Down on his luck Maurice Flitcroft from Barrow In Furness finds his job at the shipyard in jeopardy and decides to try his hand at […]
TV Review – Prehistoric Planet
Chris Connor reviews Prehistoric Planet… Walking With Dinosaurs was a landmark achievement in 1999 providing incredible visuals and delivering the latest information available on the world of the dinosaurs, informing younger audiences and providing a sense of scale and effects previously unseen on TV. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, the series was followed by two follow-up […]
TV Review – Conversations With Friends
Chris Connor reviews Conversations with Friends… Normal People became an absolute sensation during the first lockdown in 2020 with audiences finding comfort in the complex relationship between Marianne and Connell with star making turns from Daisy-Edgar Jones and Paul Mescal. Just over two years later and BBC Three/Hulu have belatedly followed this smash hit with […]
Slow Horses Episode 6 Review – ‘Follies’
Chris Connor reviews the season one finale of Slow Horses… Slow Horses caps off its stellar opening block of episodes with a tense episode wrapping up several dangling threads and whetting the audience’s appetite for the second set of episodes – based on Mick Herron’s second novel Dead Lions – due later in the year. The […]
Exclusive Interview – Slow Horses star Christopher Chung
Chris Connor chats with Slow Horses star Christopher Chung… With Slow Horses airing the finale of its first block of episodes we had the pleasure of speaking with one of its leads Christopher Chung who plays the tech wizard Roddy Ho. Christopher discussed what’s made the show such a smash hit and what it was […]
Slow Horses Episode 5 Review – ‘Fiasco’
Chris Connor reviews the fifth episode of Slow Horses… After last week’s episode saw much of the Slough House crew fending for themselves the penultimate episode sees them reunited briefly for a rousing and sarcastic speech from Jackson Lamb, with Gary Oldman continuing to excel at capturing Lamb’s annoying brilliance and lazy external appearance hiding […]
Slow Horses Episode 4 Review – ‘Visiting Hours’
Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of Slow Horses… After episode three upped the pace and the stakes, this latest episode sees further movement with our titular Slow Horses scattered and in a cat and mouse game with the upper echelons of Regent’s Park trying to stop the escaped terrorists who have fled the scene […]
Netflix Review – Anatomy of a Scandal
Chris Connor reviews Netflix’s Anatomy of a Scandal… There have been a myriad of dramas focused on scandals among Britain’s elite in recent years with A Very British Scandal and The Trial of Christine Keeler prime examples, indicating there is an interest among the public for such content especially at such a tumultuous time politically. […]
Slow Horses Episode 3 Review – ‘Bad Tradecraft’
Chris Connor reviews the third episode of Slow Horses… Following the promise of its opening two episodes and the cliffhanger where things left off, Slow Horses ratchets up the tension and stakes in its third episode, which considerably moves along the plot of the series navigating several unexpected twists and certain to please fans of […]
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