Film, TV & Book Reviews

If you’ve read Jane Eyre, did you ever wonder why as readers we cheer Jane on when she refuses Rochester’s proposal to live in a faux marriage, but ...

With all the negativity in the world these days, feel-good series are the rise CONTANTINOS PSILLIDES has some suggestions to lift the mood Schmigadoon! (Apple TV+) Schmigadoon! tells the story ...

The Korean show Tomorrow was an emotional roller-coaster ride, dealing with suicide and a team of grim reapers, called the Risk Management Team, that act as guardians trying to convince ...

Have you heard the one about the dead girl? In I Have Some Questions for You, the words ‘It was the one’ ring out, over and over again: ‘It was ...

Netflix’s Wellmania takes a humorous dive into the heady world of wellness says EDITH JENNIFER HILL What does it mean to be well? Wellmania, inspired by Brigid Delaney’s ...

The Hobbit, His Dark Materials, Harry Potter – all were originally written for children. And yet all have massive appeal to adults – especially when seen on screen. The Mysterious Benedict Society ...

Jack Newsome is the owner of three first names and a poor English Literature degree from Manchester university, and when The Bitterman opens he is cast adrift not knowing what ...

CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES suggests five documentaries to check out on Netflix If there’s one thing the streaming platform Netflix is known for it is renewing audiences’ captivation with great documentaries! ...

There is no boring moment in the life of the Gallagher family, where six siblings are basically growing up alone. With their mother out of the picture and their father ...

Having become infatuated with Jen Beagin via her most recent novel, Big Swiss, I am now rationing her two previous books so as not to run out too quickly. Pretend ...

Detective noirs are making a comeback says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES It’s a rainy night. Smooth jazz fills the air as the protagonist narrates in a gruff, almost gravelly voice to ...

Ever wondered what happens to all those people who take part in TV dating shows but don’t win? Now Netflix has the answer – Perfect Match. Some of the aforementioned ...

‘…when spooky fucking haunted dolls start writing messages on the wall, you should get the fuck out.’ This seems like a fairly self-evident truth, but Louise, the protagonist of Grady ...

The glitz, the glamour, the bloopers. There is more to Oscar night than the films says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Despite a drop in ratings in recent years, the Oscars has always ...

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” won the coveted best picture trophy at the Academy Awards on Sunday as Hollywood embraced an off-kilter story about a Chinese-American family working out their ...

In Paramount+ show Minx, California in the early 1970s is portrayed as a place where binaries clash; men and women, rich and poor, mainstream culture and counterculture. In the shadow ...

I’m in love. Among the many crude ways in which I judge books, one of the most common and basic is whether or not a book makes me want ...

With a back story as gripping as the production All Quiet on the Western Front could well repeat history and win big at the Oscars says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES All Quiet ...

Of all the TV shows I have enjoyed, one of my favourites has to be The Office. Yes, I know, it’s neither new, nor original for that matter, as ...

Now, I can’t pretend to have read any of the Icelandic sagas or eddas, which are the literary works in whose tradition All the Horses of Iceland purports to ...

Netflix’s new reality spectacle Physical: 100 pits South Korea’s strongest against each other says Sung-Ae Lee South Korea’s latest Netflix sensation, the reality series Physical: 100, appears to be ...

I’ve loved several TV shows Neil Patrick Harris has done. I obsessively watched How I Met Your Mother, then watched him play Count Olaf in the beloved, comic and ...

Using rock-climbing as a metaphor for life’s challenges, defeats and successes sounds like a trite idea. One would assume, therefore, that a novel that placed this metaphor at its ...

Failing to be nominated for an Academy Award is a slap in the face for many studios. But for these films losing out in specific categories is just unacceptable says ...