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TV Recap: Orphan Black, S03E09, “Insolvent Phantom of Tomorrow”
When last we tuned in, Sarah (Tatiana Maslany), Felix (Jordan Gavaris) and Siobhan (Maria Doyle Kennedy) were taking a quick trip to London Town to track down the Castor original. And in true Orphan...
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TV Recap: Orphan Black, S03E10, “History Yet to be Written”
Finally, something interesting happens on Orphan Black, with meaningful plot twists, the rise of an old enemy and betrayals aplenty. The recap of the season three finalé commences below. So, there’s a...
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Film Review: Pixels (2015)
Pixels is marketed as an action/comedy/sci-fi movie. The trouble is, it’s got intermittent action, precious little comedy, and the science fiction is restricted to zap guns and video game monsters from...
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Film Review: Learning to Drive (2014)
Learning to Drive, despite marketing to the contrary, is a light drama, a story which explores the lives of Wendy Shields (Patricia Clarkson) as she is taught to drive a car by Darwan Singh Tur (Sir...
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Film Review: Man Up (2015)
A cynic might point out that Man Up bears more than a passing resemblance to other British romantic comedies. But this would be to ignore the fact that most movies are formulaic in nature, and that in...
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Film Review: The Program (2015)
Lance Armstrong confessed to having cheated to win the Tour de France. This is his story. Based upon the book, Seven Deadly Sins: My pursuit of Lance Armstrong by David Walsh (played in the movie by...
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Film Review: The Winter’s Tale – Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company (2015)
The only criticism one could make of the script for The Winter’s Tale is that in the age of 140 character tweets, it’s a bit on the wordy side. But that’s Shakespeare for you. The immortal bard was...
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Film Review: The Lady in the Van (2015)
Media has a tendency to be predictable, safe fare. For all your superhero flicks and CGI End Of World scenarios, you always know by the end of the movie that the goodies will have triumphed against...
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Film Review: Eye in the Sky (2015)
It’s a rare movie that features the military doing something besides blowing shit up for the sake of it. It’s also rare to see a story which expertly walks a tightrope between political and military...
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Film Review: Eddie the Eagle (2016)
Eddie Edwards (Taron Edgerton) competed in the 1988 winter olympics, the first British ski jumper since the 1920s. Eddie the Eagle is is his story. Well, the gist at any rate. That’s the thing with...
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Film Review: The Ladykillers (1955)
What’s not to love about an Ealing comedy? There’s great actors, clever storylines and just a little farce thrown in for good measure. The Ladykillers is a black comedy, from the pen of William Rose,...
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Film Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Young Adult fiction has been mined ruthlessly by Hollywood with varying levels of success. For every Harry Potter, there’s a Percy Jackson. Some are absolute hits, and others stinkers. Miss Peregrine’s...
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Film Review: The Dark Tower (2017)
The Dark Tower is not a movie where you can leave your brain at the door and be bombarded with special effects spectacle. It demands your attention and perhaps the cost of a second ticket to see the...
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