Film, TV & Book Reviews

Rabbit, the elderly woman who recounts the tale of the empress In-yo from her exile to triumphant vengeance, sums up what she has learned with the aphorisms: ‘Honor is a ...

As a people we are morbidly fascinated by serial killers. CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES takes a closer look at what to watch If there’s one thing Netflix has succeeded in, it ...

I LOVE Sister Boniface – both character and show. The former is witty, smart, humble, and a nun; all the things (with one notable exception!) that I’ve always struggled to ...

I have never looked up at an image of the Virgin Mary and wondered, ‘Hey, did you have any hobbies…?’ or hoped that she ‘managed to…take naps when [she] ...

Once again casting people of colour has caused outrage. CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES gets righteously indignant Here’s the thing. I didn’t want to write this. I had a different article ...

Recent law graduate Woo Young Woo is no ordinary attorney as she finds herself somewhere on the autism spectrum. Although a lawyer with ASD is not news, attorney Woo’s ...

When Little Dog, the narrator and protagonist of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, recalls being victimised on the school bus, he notes that the bully ‘was only nine but ...

Media dynasty drama “Succession” and feel-good comedy “Ted Lasso” took the top honors at the Emmy awards in Hollywood on Monday, and a “Squid Game” actor landed a major acting ...

Film and TV content creators fake indignation to make money. Don’t get sucked in says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Anger sells. According to internal papers released by a Facebook whistleblower in 2021, ...

Despite the growing popularity of cooking competition shows like Masterchef and The Great British Bake Off, no scripted shows so far have been able to capture the realities and pressures ...

Omar, the 12-year-old narrator and protagonist of Elizabeth Laird’s novel, realises upon fleeing Syria that ‘Nobody saw us as real people… We were just refugees.’ Welcome to Nowhere performs ...

The merger of HBO with Discovery+ surely means the death knell for groundbreaking shows says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES It’s not TV, it’s HBO. HBO has always been the studio ...

I love a home makeover show and, roll your eyes if you will, judging by Netflix Top 10 rankings I am not alone. The latest – Instant Home Makeover – sees a crew ...

It takes guts to write a very short book. The insecure writer justifies everything, gives everything a motive, a backstory, layer upon layer of detail; they bludgeon you into suspending ...

Should we sweep outdated codes of what is right under the table or allow them to stand as a lesson in history asks CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Ever since I was a ...

Sometimes a break is needed between hit TV series, wellness docu-series and the re-watching of TV show favourites. Kind of like when you alternate between literature and self-help books to ...

At the end of the penultimate chapter of Ottessa Moshfegh’s latest novel the narrator suddenly breaks the omniscient, third-person voice that has told the story so far. Addressing the ...

As another giant of the streaming world comes to an end CONSTANTINO PSILLIDES on how it was done with style WARNING: The article contains major spoilers for both the Breaking ...

I will forever be grateful for Netflix for many things. Among them, the convenience of being able to choose from thousands of films and series without having to leave the ...

Any fondness I have for Snow Country is because the novel was given to me as a gift. Unfortunately, given that this book sets out to be a dramatic love ...

The prequels to Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings have got off to a rocky start says Constantinos Psillides Swords are drawn, axes are sharpened, and marketing campaigns ...

I put off watching this for years, thinking it was a Star Trek spoof. But in July, having watched and re-watched everything from Voyager to DS9, I gave The Orville ...

If Harvey Weinstein and his ilk were actual monsters rather than figurative ones, it might make the abuse, sexism, homophobia, exploitation and dehumanisation that seems to have marked the history ...

Neflix attempts the ‘unfilmable’ series of graphic novels Netflix’s latest foray into live adaptation might be the most ambitious one yet: bringing to the screen the massively successful graphic ...