Film, TV & Book Reviews

Documentaries about extreme ways of life can be a fascinating, if troubling, watch says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Cults and religious extremism fascinate me. I know, not the healthiest of obsessions, but ...

Bayview High School’s follow-up One of Us Is Lying is a perilous truth or dare game. The TV show is an American young adult mystery drama created by Erica ...

When something doesn’t quite fit into the genre you expected, it’s tempting to write something like, ‘This is more than just a crime novel’. The problem with that, ...

June is International Pride Month, a time when members of the LGBTQ community celebrate who they are, and corporations dye their logos rainbow colours in a shameful attempt to distract ...

Unless you know your Star Wars inside out, Obi-Wan Kenobi is going to necessitate a lot of pausing. We had rewatched the first three films in the chronology to prepare ...

If you were given the opportunity to upload your unconscious to a shared network that would allow you access to all the memories and thoughts currently hidden beyond your reach, ...

There’s nothing like a sports drama for having an outsider win says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES We all love an underdog story. The outsider who challenges the establishment, the person who ...

The TV show and Netflix cornerstone Stranger Things has captivated audiences since the first episodes were released in 2016. Created by the Duffer Brothers, it straddles genres: fiction, horror, drama, mind ...

Running for a seat in the US Senate sounds tricky at the best of times. If you then imagine that your daughter’s got herself involved with a devastatingly handsome ...

This week in streaming has seen platforms release cornerstone shows to solidify subscription. CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES looks at what is available Last week was a big one for our favourite streaming ...

We all do things just because everyone else is. But what happens when peer pressure directs important life decisions like who we fall in love with? Year 11 rugby player Nick ...

I liked When We Were Birds so much that I find it very difficult to review. Once I had finished reading the book, it was like being on the receiving ...

Adult animation is a genre that just keeps on giving says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Adult animation is perhaps one of the most dependable art forms currently in the entertainment industry in ...

Erin, Clare, Michelle and Orla are regular teenagers: they keep diaries, they have crushes, they love pop music, and always seem to be getting in trouble. They’re also growing ...

Towards the end of Grounds-keeping, Alma, the Ivy League educated writer in residence of Ashby College in Kentucky, criticises the writing of Owen, the novel’s protagonist and narrator. Her ...

Constantinos Psillides on the underrated comedy to find on Netflix Everyone needs a laugh. With the world spiralling towards World War 3 and vegans taking over (look meat lovers, we had ...

As amazing as it would be to have a one-size-fits-all magical guide to pleasure, the psychological and physical symptoms behind the sensation are much more complicated than that. The 2022 Netflix ...

Righteous ‘crime’ spree turns Cyprus animal welfare on its head Bird trappers and hunters who mistreat their hunting dogs beware: this novel could well give ideas to those infuriated by ...

After getting off to a slow start, streaming service has won the public, and CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES over When Apple+, the mobile giant’s TV production arm, first launched back in 2019, ...

The Batman hit cinemas across Cyprus, and it proved as popular here as it was overseas. Eager fans lined up to see the caped crusader take on the Riddler and ...

After a near two-year hiatus, Top Boy has made a triumphant return to Netflix. Formally the second season, but effectively the fourth as the streaming giant acquired the series’ rights ...

Not a lot of people think of the classical Latin roots of the word ‘matrix’ when they hear it. But to understand Lauren Groff’s latest novel, a fictionalised history ...

CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES picks three Netflix movies to NOT stream Netflix is notorious when it comes to original productions, in the sense that it is almost always a coin toss between ...

The press panned this follow up to Sex and the City. IMDb gave it a measly 5.6 out of 10, while Rotten Tomatoes settled on a paltry 49 per cent. But the public ...