Film, TV & Book Reviews

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Should we sweep outdated codes of what is right under the table or allow them to stand as a lesson in history asks CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Ever since I was a ...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

A lot can happen in a hypermarket. The larger the store, the more places there are to hide dirty diapers or even severed feet. In this sitcom, a diverse bunch ...

About 12 years after the events of Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch, Simon, the neighbour tasked with writing down Katharina Kepler’s account of the events leading up to ...

Fans of the universe can thrill at upcoming films and series, but CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES asks how fairly are those behind them being treated Marvel boss Kevin Feige had a very ...

Once nicknamed ‘the Deuce,’ the junction of Manhattan’s 42nd street with Seventh and Eighth Avenue was also New York’s capital of sleaze, home to porn cinemas peep shows, ...

It’s strange to be able to say that a novel would be better if it were longer, but also that it would be better if it were shorter. The ...

Before embarking on your own summer holiday CONSTANTNOS PSILLIDES views how the small screen portrays those taken by the good, the bad and the hunky Emails are answered, work settled ...

I hate the word snowflake, as used to describe an overly sensitive, and mostly young, part of society. But it is hard to disagree that the same demographic shares a ...

When Selin, the protagonist of Either/Or, realises that she is no good at what her Harvard course list calls ‘Creative Writing’, she finds a way to avoid letting this ...

CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES gets gripped by movies based on videogames to check out on Netflix The newest videogame adaptation to make it to Netflix, Resident Evil, dropped on Thursday but I’...

Expelled from school and sent to Australia, rebellious New York teen makes waves among a young surfer’s circle when she gets there, managing to leave a predictable mess in ...

We all know that HR people tend to be treated with suspicion in the workplace. (Apologies to any HR people reading this. You may, of course, be the exception, so ...

When all seemed lost, the Duffer Bros turned things around with their monster hit. Bring on Season 5 says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES When season 3 of Stranger Things dropped so did my heart. ...

It started out with despair. After watching what seemed like most of the newly-released TV hits on Netflix, and with the removal of some standard feel-goods, I was desperately seeking ...