Film, TV & Book Reviews

Ava is a young, up-and-coming comedian who derails her own career after a misguided tweet about a conservative senator gets her dropped from her hit TV show writing gig. Deborah ...

By Constantinos Psillides Maybe the greatest victory the US ever achieved is the almost total dominance of the entertainment industry. Most of the content coming to our screens comes from ...

By Nikolas Grozdanovic Cyprus is a bit late in getting this movie into its theatres, but I suspect those who go and see it will find it worth waiting for. ...

By Mary Spyrou If you are looking for a heartfelt witty comedy-drama head back to the early 2000s to appreciate Gilmore Girls and their 2016 reunion. In the close-knit town of ...

By Constantinos Psillides A couple of years ago, I stood in a packed room and looked a childhood idol in the eyes, a man whose movies I still enjoy, and ...

Moving to a seaside house in Corfu surrounded by nature may sound like a dream right now yet in 1935 when Louisa Durrell relocated her family of four there it was ...

By Nikolas Grozdanovic Staying away from the temptation of making (terrible) puns that the title of Taylor Sheridan’s latest movie invites will not be easy. Then again, avoiding puns ...

By Bejay Browne I loved it so much that I have watched Netflix’s Lupin twice. “Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out ...

By Constantinos Psillides New Jersey accent, tough guys, wise guys and people using the word “whacked”. Welcome to the world of the gangster and mob cinema, a world 90 per cent ...

TV favourite turns badass By Nikola Grozdanovic Fans will immediately recognize Bob Odenkirk from TV’s Breaking Bad, where he played the sleazy, shyster lawyer Saul Goodman so well he ...

Caliphate is one of Netflix’s vainest attempts to expand its boundaries by transporting the viewer to a context they might not be overly familiar with, perhaps not as much ...

By Constantinos Psillides Being cast in a movie is every aspiring actor’s dream. Most of them don’t even make it there bouncing from failed audition to failed audition. ...

Nostalgia has always been a theme in pop culture, but after over a year of feeling stuck, it seems extra prevalent today. TV has long thrived on period shows and ...

By Constantinos Psillildes Sports fans rejoice! With the Euro tournament just around the corner, you can get your jab of top-level football you missed, since the event was cancelled last ...

In a small town called Riverdale, teenagers have more important things to engage in than homework and exams. Instead, here a group of American high-school students chase after criminals and ...

The TV event of the year – the Friends reunion will air on Thursday. But will we all be gripped asks Constantinos Psillides They watched it when it aired on TV. ...

By Jonathan Shkurko Before I start, I need to make a very important point. I am not a pizza fundamentalist. The world is big and varied and so is pizza. ...

Its name says it all. Netflix’s Polish series Sexify brings sex up a lot, either by doing it, talking about it or by being frustrated by it. Yet there ...

Joey would have opened a sandwich shop, Monica would be trying to outdo other moms at bake sales, and Rachel would have started her own clothing line. That’s what ...

By Constantinos Psillides Young adult is a genre that was kicked into gear by the Harry Potter book series. A series for people who are too old for fairytales but ...

I want to BE Jessica Fletcher. I want to be a Fairisle-clad mystery writer/amateur detective living in Cabot Cove! Always providing I’m not one of the town’s 60 ...

By Constantinos Psillides Animation has come a long way since the days of Snow White or Steamboat Willie, both in terms of technology and content. While production of fairy tale, ...

It all starts with a missing persons report filed at the Dutch embassy in Bangkok. What follows is an international game of cat-and-mouse straight out of the pages of a 70...

By Constantinos Psillides The day after the end of the world has always fascinated filmmakers. Will we come together as a society and rebuild? Will we turn on each other? ...