Game of Thrones: Season 6, Episode 3 – Oathbreaker
WARNING: AND WHO are you, the proud lord said, that I must spoil this show, only a cat of a different code, would not warn you what we know… So Jon Snow’s back. and...
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Game of Thrones: Season 6, Episode 2 – Home
A READING FROM THE SCM OATH – The review posts and my spoilers begin… This week in Game of Thrones, the lights were on but no one was home. Only a handful of characters...
Game Of Thrones: Season 6, Episode 1 – The Red Woman
TAKE HEED: The night is dark and full of spoilers. Game of Thrones is back. The programme that’s popularity is the only thing bigger than its cast list has returned for a sixth season...
Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane – Three’s a crowd for psychological thriller
THE APPARENT ‘blood relative’ of 2008’s Cloverfield, 10 Cloverfield Lane ditches the found-footage genre for something more of a psychological thriller. With J.J. Abrams staying on as producer, 10 Cloverfield Lane sees Dan Trachtenberg...
Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice – Just talk it out, guys!
“DEEP down, Clark’s essentially a good person… and deep down, I’m not.” – Jeph Loeb, Batman: Hush It’s finally here. A battle we’ve waited for years, decades, even lifetimes for. The pinnacle of the...
Review: Hail, Caesar! – An enjoyable, if meandering effort from the Coens
It’s no secret that Joel and Ethan Coen love detectives and mysteries. The vast majority of their films bear all the hallmarks of the best detective novels; a kidnapping, put-upon protagonists, red herrings, questionably...
Review: Grimsby – Meandering spy spoof fails to shock
THERE are two distinct eras in the career of Sacha Baron Cohen: before he became world-famous, and after. Back in the late 90s, a little-known comedy writer and presenter started making waves with his harassment of celebrities...
Review: Deadpool – Not wholly original, but a thoroughly enjoyable superhero romp
IT’S FAIR to say that, alongside Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Captain America: Civil War, Deadpool has been one of 2016’s most anticipated superhero films. Once a relatively unknown character to those outside of...
Review: Spotlight – A truly excellent take on journalistic integrity
WHEN 2015 ended, as usual every critic both amateur and professional rolled out their choices for the best films of the year, usually in a Top 10 list. Unfortunately, here in the UK we have...
Review: Knight of Cups – A beautiful, hollow snooze
SOFT carpet, I feel you in mist; cloud. Reline yourself, that I may taste the fibres on her lips. Mother’s milk is from the land of honey and lime. Turn yourself from here; I...
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