John Mosby

  • Take ‘Note’: Netflix’s deadly reboot has culture-clash….

    Light Turner hasn’t had it easy… he’s a bright kid – so much so he ends up doing others’ homework for a fee – but never seems to be able to find his own place in the day to day world. Essentially a loner, he resents that his mother’s...
  • Kenobi

    To be or not Obi? Next Star Wars to feature Kenobi?

    Reports are coming in that the next standalone movie set within the Star Wars universe is likely to centre on the character of Obi wan Kenobi. Long-rumoured, the story would probably fill in some of the character’s story that takes place between the prequels and the original trilogy. In...
  • The Sinner

    As the Biel turns: ‘The Sinner’ asks ‘whydunnit?’…

    “It’s the sign of an eco-system out of balance…’ muses detective Harry Ambrose as he notes dying trees on the far side of a woodland beach that has become an horrific crime-scene. It’s a statement rich with subtext for the eight-part mini-series to come. Cora Tannetti (Jessica Biel) might seem...
  • Millarworld

    It’s ‘Millar Time and Chill’ for Netflix…

    Mark Millar is a comics-creator who has never been backwards at coming forward – well known for his high jinx and even higher hyperbole, every project he becomes involved with exits the starting-gates with a big flourish and vast amounts of publicity. The writer behind Marvel‘s Old Man Logan...
  • Free Fire

    Unscrupulous Suspects: ‘Free Fire’ feels the burn…

    1980s’ Boston… and a group of ne’er-do-wells meet in a dockside warehouse to conclude a deal for arms. Some want money. Some want guns. Some just want their cut. Nobody trusts anyone else, but everyone wants the deal to go down as smoothly as possible and then to get...
  • Atomic Blonde review

    Atomic Blonde: Theron-tailored, soldier, spy.

    A badly-bruised and beaten agent, Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is getting debriefed in 1989 London. She’s has returned from a visit to Berlin, just as the divided city finally tore down the wall that separated East and West. But she wasn’t sight-seeing and her mission seems to have spiralled...
  • Men are from Gallifrey, Women are from Venus…

    Years ago I watched the film Venus in which a young Jodie Whittaker holds her own against the likes of Peter O’Toole and Leslie Philips. If you’d shown a cast-list from the film at the time and asked a random person which actor was most likely to take residency...
  • Absentia

    Stana Katic forgets ‘Castle’, returns for ‘Absentia’…

    Though she’s appeared in the likes of JAG, 24 and Quantum of Solace  Stana Katic is probably best known for the role of Kate Beckett in hit ABC series Castle. The show, which ran for eight seasons  between 2009 and 2016, caused something of a stir in its final...
  • Wynonna Earp

    SDCC – ‘Wynonna Earp’ shoots for third season…

    SyFy have had a major success with their adaptation of Beau Smith’s Wynonna Earp. The actors and crew headed to this weekend’s SDCC to meet the fans and also to announce that the show has been picked up for a third season. The show debuted in 2016 and tells...
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