Martin Carr reviews the third episode of American Gods season 3… With news that this season is getting slayed by critics, while fans are apparently abandoning ship like their life depended on it, episode three brings hope. Something approaching a coherent storyline is starting to kick in and visual confidence is being restored. Whether that […]
The Stand Episode 4 Review – ‘The House of the Dead’
Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of The Stand… The fragmentary nature of this series is making it hard work. Good performances which might be great are never given a chance to breathe. By employing flashback to interlink characters, provide context and engage the audience drama gets diminished. Whether we are talking town hall meetings […]
Movie Review – 76 Days (2020)
76 Days, 2020. Directed by Hao Wu and Weixi Chen. SYNOPSIS: Wuhan province was locked down for seventy six days; this documentary explores what happened. This frank and brutal boots on the ground documentary concerning COVID is uncompromising. It puts the audience in close contact with those who experienced this virus, before anyone knew what […]
Marvel’s WandaVision – Episode 3 Review
Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Marvel’s WandaVision… After the drab monochromatic colour scheme of those opening episodes, this over saturated Sixties vibe feels fresh. Disarming in its simplicity, this Wizard Of Oz moment which bookended episode two cranks up the optimism before tossing audiences another curveball. Accelerated pregnancy, situation specific sight gags and some Easter egg heavy infomercials, mean that WandaVision starts resembling […]
American Gods Season 3 Episode 2 Review – ‘Serious Moonlight’
Martin Carr reviews the second episode of American Gods season 3… Episode two might possess the formidable presence of Ian McShane’s Odin, but beyond that Serious Moonlight treads water. Visual flourishes prove distracting but ultimately story seems to be in stasis. Aside from a gathering of Gods fronted by Peter Stormare’s Czernobog things are decidedly lacklustre. Vaguely clandestine meetings on rooftops involving […]
The Stand Episode 3 Review – ‘Blank Pages’
Martin Carr reviews the third episode of The Stand… Heaven and hell clash as Ouija board prophecies and biblical references start trickling into The Stand. Back stories continue coming thick and fast as the use of judicious flashback gives audiences a deeper understanding of Nadine Cross. Elsewhere Stu Redman, Fran Goldsmith and Harold Lauder fleetingly cross paths on their […]
Apple TV+ Review – Servant Season 2
Martin Carr reviews the second season of Servant… There is an inherent theatricality to Servant which makes it unique. Mainly limited to a single location and viewing the outside world through televisions or smart phones, it remains intentionally two dimensional. By restricting the principle players to an opulent brownstone townhouse, audiences become vicarious observers on its occupants […]
Marvel’s WandaVision – Episode 2 Review
Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Marvel’s WandaVision… The Stepford Wife façade which underpins episode two is stranger for its adherence to normality than anything else. West View feels like an intricately constructed Norman Rockwell township, where everything is perfectly polished. Where neighbourhood watch meetings and small-town talent contests take precedence over anything else. Thankfully […]
Marvel’s WandaVision – Episode 1 Review
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Marvel’s WandaVision… There is something deceptively simple about WandaVision, which will wrongfoot audiences from the outset. On the surface this is a picture-perfect picket fence pastiche of Americana, defined by outmoded gender roles, canned laughter and two-dimensional farce. What makes it intriguing is the idea of placing two franchise favourites within this contemporary society, then watching them […]
American Gods Season 3 Episode 1 Review – ‘A Winter’s Tale’
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of American Gods season 3… Literary adaptations which strike the same chord as American Gods are rare. In the opening season it redefined the standard and dramatically challenged anyone within spitting distance to a fist fight. Daring in its disregard and dangerous to a fault it redrafted the lines of engagement. […]
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