Film, TV & Book Reviews

Many may be familiar with the name Exploding Kittens from the popular game. But although I haven’t actually played the game (it just graces the coffee table as a ‘...

People are enamoured with filmmaking. Not just the final product but the whole process behind it. They like their peek behind the curtain. I know this because over the past ...

By Philippa Tracy Gail Baines is the narrator in Anne Tyler’s latest novel Three Days in June. She is 61 and an assistant head teacher at a private girls’ school ...

Single at 40. Now, what? In the case of Vicky, the protagonist of Netflix’s show Envidiosa (Envious) she is fed up with seeing her friends get married before her. Though ...

There’s a moment in Gliff where its narrator, a child named Briar, reflects upon reading a dictionary that ‘there was such a thing as a family of words… all ...

If you have any sort of social media presence, you have been bombarded with comments and posts about the gripping Netflix drama Adolescence, the story of 13-year-old Jamie, a British ...

By Morgan West Adventure in the outback? This is no Crocodile Dundee. But in its own way, Darby and Joan is just as good – especially if you like a twisty ...

I like romantic comedies. I like crime fiction. I like novels that expose the misogyny and gender imbalances that still run through western ‘developed’ societies. And I like anything that ...

Fire up your brain implants, issue commands to your holographic other-self and be prepared to be dropped into a horrific technological dystopia! Black Mirror, the British sci-fi anthology TV series ...

In a sea of streaming options, Cassandra rises above the noise. This German-language thriller on Netflix is an atmospheric blend of sci-fi, horror and family drama that will keep you ...

By Philippa Tracy Love After Love is also the title of a poem by Nobel Prize-winning writer Derek Walcott. It is a poem about recovering from heartbreak and finding happiness ...

How often has this happened to you? You turn on Netflix, hoping for something to watch to pass the time, and you are instantly flooded with suggestions and content you ...

Described as heartbreaking, unsettling and inspired, Netflix’s new limited series Toxic Town is based on a true story of a clutch of children born in England with physical deformities, ...

Another debut novel by a successful poet, and another opportunity to repeat my now truistic standpoint that one really can’t go wrong in turning the opening page by one ...

Björn works for an unappreciative law firm and his clients are equally ungrateful mafia bosses. As his family life goes down the drain, he can either wave it goodbye ...

‘They said she was wayward. They said it was all her fault. They said she had done something wrong. They lied.’ The plural forces of a misogynistic system lined up ...

Do you love jump-scares, gore and blood but also like the odd joke sprinkled in? Is gallows humour your kind of funny? Then look no further than the horror-comedy genre, ...

What is life after retirement? For Charles Nieuwendyk, the protagonist of Man on the Inside, it develops into an unexpected job as an amateur private investigator. When he answers a ...

By Philippa Tracy The protagonist in Colm Toibin’s earlier novel Brooklyn, Eilis Lacey, returns in Long Island as she navigates her post-war move from small-town Ireland to New York. ...

Oh to return to the simpler days, when everything was bright and good and the world was still shiny and perfect. There is nothing like the good ol’ days before ...

By Morgan West Light, heartfelt, and brimming with youthful energy and romance, XO, Kitty is perfect for days when you really don’t want to think! Streaming on Netflix and ...

Papal selection thriller “Conclave” leads nominations for Sunday’s BAFTAs, but faces stiff competition from epic period drama “The Brutalist” and new awards season frontrunner “Anora”, about an exotic dancer ...

If I had written a list of the best books published in 2022, there is no question that Weike Wang’s second novel, Joan is Okay, would have made my top 5. ...

In an era where many television dramas follow predictable paths, O Timoros stands out as an emotionally intense and intricately crafted series. Airing on Alpha TV Cyprus, it dives into ...