Film, TV & Book Reviews

Clickbait is not my usual type of show. I generally don’t care who dunnit. But the title served its purpose and I clicked on it and with nothing else ...

Constantinos Psillides has a look at documentaries that show there is more to sport than the cheering crowds Sports excite the soul. There’s nothing like the vibe of a ...

After a mysterious death rocks their swanky Upper West Side apartment building, three strangers band together to launch their own investigation when they discover they share an obsession for the ...

Noir detective/thriller series is a much beloved genre of TV and as it turns out, nobody does it better than the Scandinavian countries (we are throwing Iceland in there ...

There is no doubt that HBO’s The White Lotus is one of the best TV shows of the season. It would be pointless to try to characterise this seven-episode ...

In a three hour fanfest this week the streaming platform outlined what we have to look forward to. CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES selects the most exciting Streaming behemoth Netflix is fresh out ...

By Nik Grozdanovic Daniel Craig’s last hurrah as James Bond has finally premiered. One of the many expected blockbusters of 2020 that got stuck in limbo due to Covid, the ...

Looking for a new series to begin, I took to Netflix, which informed me that The Good Doctor was one of the top shows being watched in Cyprus, but did ...

When Parasite, the thriller/comedy by Bong Joon-ho, swept the Oscars in 2019 (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best International Film) it signalled a shift in western audiences as we ...

By Nik Grozdanovic Liam Neeson has made some strange choices in his career as an elderly, cool as hell, action hero badass. It’s fair to say that all of ...

I can’t believe I’m watching a show from the Hallmark Channel. Worse, I’m addicted! But there’s something incredibly soothing about fantasy comedy/drama series Good Witch – ...

Netflix launching globally a few years back was a milestone for the entertainment industry. It altered the viewing habits of millions, ushering in changes that are now considered mainstream: same ...

Royal drama “The Crown” and feel-good comedy “Ted Lasso” nabbed the top prizes at television’s Emmy awards on Sunday on a night dominated by streaming shows, British talent and ...

By Nikolas Grozdanovic Having not read or ever studied the original poem on which it’s based, I cannot write to the faithfulness, or lack thereof, of David Lowery’s ...

All hail Netflix for popularising – yes, that’s not always a bad thing – the Nordic noir genre! As far as I’m concerned, Scandinavian crime series are among the best ...

By Constantinos Psillides Last week Netflix dropped its long-awaited LGBTQ-oriented animation series Q-Force, telling the story of a super-spy who revealed that he was gay during his graduation speech. As ...

By Naomi Clarke Only Fools And Horses character Del Boy Trotter falling through a bar has been voted the most popular moment in the show by TV fans. The scene ...

What starts out as your boring, run of the mill teen soap opera, whose only gimmick seems to be its unique setting that occasionally touches upon the massive wealth inequalities ...

New contenders for the dragon sized hole in people’s lives are lining up says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Fantasy series used to be considered untouchable by production studios. Too expensive to ...

Phoebe Waller Bridge is a larger-than-life TV writer. When she created Fleabag she was applauded by critics and audiences alike, sweeping all available awards. Then she undertook the BBC’s ...

By Constantinos Psillides Mr Robot, the critically acclaimed series about a mentally unstable hacktivist called Elliot – masterfully played by Remi Malek – dropped last week on Netflix. The multi-award winning series’ ...

By Nikolas Grozdanovic Where did she go? Why did she leave? People don’t just disappear. These are the questions and thoughts that obsessively swirl in the mind of Nick ...

Great things come from those who have suffered, and this semi-autobiographical comedy series is based on the “fictional truth” that most comedians are deeply traumatised. Who better to expose this ...

Broad City’s pilot follows its two protagonists, Ilana and Abbi, as they skive off work and embark on a quest to raise enough money for concert tickets. Responding to ...