• Estrogeneration X: ‘Eve’ makes a Killing…

    Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh), an American analyst working for MI5 in London, often finds herself barely on the periphery of the genuine international intrigue that supposedly goes with the job. She’s an excellent researcher, intuitive and smart… though not as focused as she’d need to be to achieve any...
  • Analyze Retentive: Amazon’s ‘Jack Ryan’ fun but familiar…

    Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) once served on the frontline of the war on terror but the soldier-turned-CIA analyst knows that there’s as much value in tracing money transactions as there is in sending drones into combat – and he’s sure that the financial trail he’s been following indicates not...
  • ‘So… you want to be a Stuntman..?’ (Book Review)

    Watch any big blockbuster – or, for that matter, almost any production that involves any scene that could be potentially dangerous if not managed correctly – and it’s hard not to marvel at the various people who contribute to making things look that good. Despite the continued lack of...
  • SERIES OVERVIEW: ‘Sharp Objects’ mixes Scar / Tissue…

    Camille Preaker (Amy Adams) is a talented yet troubled journalist whose drinking is looking more and more likely to upend any chance of a notable career. In an effort to give her space and opportunity, her boss Frank Curry (Miguel Sandoval) assigns her to cover a murder story of...
  • Waking the Dread: Hereditary’s family fears…

    Annie Graham (Toni Collette)  is an artist who lives with her husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne) and family in a luxurious multi-story house, an idyllic rural setting. Their lives are less comfortable emotionally – especially with the recent loss of Annie’s mother, the matriarchal Ellen who was known for her...
  • Deadpool 2: The shtick hits the fans…

    Emotionally, mentally and physically scarred mercenary Wade Wilson / Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) has never met an opportunity he can’t screw up, so even as he considers potential parenthood, his days of domestic bliss with Vanessa (Morena Baccarin) would seem to be limited.  Sent on a revenge of Deathwishian proportions,...
  • Washington’s Sequalizer improves vigilante veneer…

    Returning from Turkey where he has managed to rescue a young girl from the father who has abducted her, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) is looking forward to taking it easy. He can’t help himself from becoming involved in neighbourhood problems, but his solutions are more to do with finding...
  • SERIES OVERVIEW: How complex ‘Condor’ took off…

    A computer program designed by CIA analyst Joe Turner (Max Irons) to identify unknown terrorist threats in foreign countries appears to be validated when a team halt and kill a man near a sports-stadium in the US and it is claimed he was going to set off a dirty...
  • ‘Bad Samaritan’: Tennant heads into Valet of Death…

    Struggling photographer Sean Falco (Robert Sheehan) and friend Derek Sandoval (Carlito Olivero) have worked out a nice sideline for their valeting duties at a local restaurant. While diners are eating, Sean and Derek have access to their cars and often details therein of where they live and even access...
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