Film, TV & Book Reviews

Christopher Nolan’s magnum opus The Odyssey hits cinemas this week amid a promotional campaign blitz and some criticism. Moviegoers jumped at the opportunity to bash Nolan for having the ...

Good Omens is a brilliantly funny book. Although I’m not a fan of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series, I immensely enjoyed this 1990 novel, written by Terry Pratchett and Neil ...

Heroes: Seasons 1-4 (Netflix, July 1) “Save the cheerleader, save the world.” If this isn’t pure millennial nostalgia bait, I don’t know what it is. Heroes blew everyone’s ...

By Philippa Tracy There are a number of mothers and sons in this novel. But the focus of the story is on the relationship between Ann, a former priest running ...

Let’s start with a question: ‘Can you imagine living a fulfilling life when you cannot touch anything in your home without instantly thinking about your father’s genitals?’ Before ...

I am about 24 years late in watching Everwood, which was first released in 2002, but it is never too late to discover a good TV show. This American drama series popped ...

One word that comes to mind when I think of Man vs Bee is hilarious. This comedy showcases a new side to the man we know behind the character of ...

If I told you that NS Toledano is the pseudonym of a secondary school student and that Catalyst is his self-published debut fantasy novella, you’d have every right to ...

I don’t know about you, but come June 24, I will be waiting outside my nearest cinema, popcorn bucket in hand and a smile on my face, ready to watch ...

Long before high-definition cameras and the global reach of natural history television, French adventurer Jacques Cousteau introduced viewers to a world few had ever seen. The Undersea World of Jacques ...

By Philippa Tracy Howard Jacobson won the Booker Prize in 2010 for The Finkler Question, a book about philosophy, culture, friendship, love, humanity and what it means to be Jewish. In ...

The successful Greek production won three awards at the Iris Awards of the Greek Academy of Cinema. June 2026 – “The Christmas Carols” has turned its Iris Award nominations into wins. The ...

In pretty much every movie ever produced, it’s pretty clear who the protagonist and who the antagonist is. Writers will subtly direct you to who you are supposed to ...

If there’s one thing I enjoy, it’s a dark comedy. DTF St Louis explores dysfunctional families and love triangles, with everything going surprisingly slow until the favourite nice ...

There’s something compelling about hitmen, whether the first one you think of is Leon, Martin Blank, Jason Bourne, or any of the other bad, flawed but ultimately rivetingly cool ...

Risking sounding like an old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn, they just don’t make villains like they used to. Antagonists today in films generally fall ...

Food, friendship, rivalry and a glimpse of Indonesian culture. In a nutshell, that is how I would sum up the new Netflix show, Made with Love. In eight short episodes, ...

One of the best lines in one of the best books I read last year is, ‘If we aren’t living for others, maybe we aren’t really living.’ That’...

The film Ta Kalanta ton Hristougennon (The Christmas Carols) is celebrating a major milestone, having earned six nominations at the Iris Awards 2026 of the Hellenic Film Academy. The nominations span ...

Summer is here, and with it comes blessed air conditioning, Sundays at the beach and streaming services’ big guns. June and July are blockbuster months, and we are here to ...

By Philippa Tracy Kairos starts with Katharina learning about the death of a former lover, Hans. She cites the ancient Greek, Kairos, “the god of fortunate moments,” when she asks, ...

If I told you that a book started with weather-based small-talk and crisps at the pub and ended with speculations on the lifespan of a rickety boiler, you might feel ...

By Tom Cleaver in Mumbai A Bollywood film will be shot in Cyprus for the first time in the coming months, President Nikos Christodoulides announced on Wednesday evening, as the ...

Created by Michael Schur and Greg Daniels, the NBC comedy used the mockumentary format to follow the Parks Department of fictional Pawnee, Indiana, building a series defined by character chemistry, ...