Martin Carr reviews Helstrom’s season 1 finale… Flaming scimitars, a funhouse finale and home births from hell all jockey for position in an intriguing endgame. With Daimon little more than a scorched husk things go from bad to worse as casualties are created left, right and centre. Mexican stand offs on hallowed ground clash with […]
Marvel’s Helstrom Season 1 Episode 9 Review – ‘Vessels’
Martin Carr reviews the penultimate episode of Helstrom… If this penultimate episode is anything to go by then allegiances are still divided. Possession is nine tenths of the law, but for Helstrom family members you might be inclined to increase that percentage. Body swopping, perpetual host exchange and moments of DIY surgery are just par […]
Marvel’s Helstrom Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘Underneath’
Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of Helstrom… Trying to take down a Helstrom is never the best idea. Repercussions from a run in with Daimon cause ripple effects which are felt throughout episode eight. Moments of revelation, reconciliation and demonic possession run hand in hand as the siblings get closer to releasing Victoria. Old […]
Exclusive Interview – Composer Carlos Rafael Rivera discusses The Queen’s Gambit
Carlos Rafael Rivera is an Emmy award winning composer who has worked exclusively with Scott Frank on projects including Godless. Musician, lecturer and accomplished conversationalist he is self-effacing about his contributions. Carlos remains pragmatic on the topic of his process and is fully aware of the fortunate position he finds himself in. He recently took […]
Marvel’s Helstrom Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Scars’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Marvel’s Helstrom… This family get off on hurting each other with impunity. Words as weapons sharper than knives penetrate the psyche of these siblings, who are never happier than when they are tearing strips off each other. Friction, confrontation and ritualistic torture are rife in an episode which […]
Movie Review – The Witches (2020)
The Witches, 2020. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Starring Anne Hathaway, Octavia Spencer, Stanley Tucci, Kristin Chenoweth, Chris Rock, Jahzir Bruno and Codie-Lei Eastick. SYNOPSIS: After the loss of his parents in a car accident a young boy (Jahzir Bruno) gets taken in by his Grandma (Octavia Spencer). Slowly she starts to help him deal with […]
Netflix Review – The Queen’s Gambit
Martin Carr reviews The Queen’s Gambit… On paper this story of a chess playing prodigy in Sixties America might not sound like the stuff of drama. A tired and oft repeated rages to riches tale which screams period piece, promises protracted stretches of ponderous cliché and will have audiences switching off after ten minutes. However […]
Marvel’s Helstrom Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘Leviathan’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Marvel’s Helstrom… This is an episode of bonding. Over past memories, over regrettable choices and in the midst of escaped inmates and rampaging demons. Welcome to the world of Helstrom perpetually defined by broken homes, broken marriages and random possessions. Locked down, locked in and chasing after a […]
TV Review – Amazon’s Truth Seekers
Martin Carr reviews Amazon’s Truth Seekers… There is an expectation which comes with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost now. Both are national institutions while Simon Pegg has inadvertently broken America, turned into a bona fide film star and rubs shoulders with A-list royalty. Their style of comedy is deeply rooted in characters, comes through circumstance […]
Marvel’s Helstrom Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Committed’
Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Marvel’s Helstrom… Post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD for short is normally associated with war veterans. Those brave souls who have seen combat, served in war torn areas of the globe and been permanently marked by their experience. Reason being that in the main people are not psychologically prepared […]
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