A Netflix Original Picture, Written and Directed by Sam Levinson. A filmmaker on the brink of Hollywood glory and his girlfriend, whose story made his career, find themselves pushed towards a reckoning as a single tumultuous night decides the fate of their relationship. Shot in one location during the Covid-19 pandemic, the film is written …
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SXSW 2021 Line-Up – 10 Initial Standouts
Yesterday, the line-up for 2021s SXSW festival was announced, and I have searched through the great array of content to select 10 of the initial standouts to look out for. The festival, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will be online this year and I will be providing in-depth coverage throughout March. As usual with SXSW, …
Staged Season 2 (2021) – TV Review
The idea of making shows set during the pandemic, and even more so ones set entirely in people’s homes and filmed over zoom, is one that many different creatives have already attempted and put out into the world. However, in most cases these have been quite poorly put together and received even worse by a …
Death to 2020 (2020) – TV Review
‘Death to 2020 is a comedy event that tells the story of the dreadful year that was — and perhaps still is? This landmark documentary-style special weaves together some of the world’s most (fictitious) renowned voices with real-life archival footage spanning the past 12 months.’ Charlie Brooker, now famous as the writer and creator of …
The Future of the MCU
With the Covid-19 pandemic effecting everyone right now, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is not immune and has already had to delay multiple projects. Here I will use past trends and my further predictions to guess what the timeline of MCU (Film and TV) releases May by up until the end of 2024. Some of the …
Tenet (2020) – Review
A Warner Bros Picture, Written and Directed by Christopher Nolan. When it comes to movies in 2020, there is simply no competition when it comes to the most talked about, it is Tenet. The main reason for this is that throughout the entire pandemic the Warner Bros release, spearheaded very much by director Christopher Nolan, …
DC Fandome – Reflection
Almost three weeks have now passed since the spectacular virtual event that was ‘DC Fandome’ (and we are a few days away from the second, less anticipated part of the event), and while I did initial reaction to all the major announcements and trailers that were released, I now want to do a reflection on …
The New Mutants (2020) – Review
A 20th Century Picture, Written by Josh Boone, Knate Lee, Directed by Josh Boone. When this film was originally shot, Fox were still an individual movie studio and were riding high off their R-Rated X-Men spin-off films ‘Deadpool’ and ‘Logan’, so giving the green light to another spin-off, this time an approximation of the horror …
My 2020 Emmy Nomination Predictions
Tomorrow the nominations for the 2020 Emmy Awards will be officially announced ahead of the ceremony in September, and due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the usual awards campaigns have not been run and therefore predictions are more difficult. However, I have given it a go here by using industry insight, Emmy history, and personal gut …
Peter Kay’s Car Share Season 2 (2017) – TV Review
Following the resounding success of the first series of ‘Car Share’, Peter Kay and Sian Clifford returned for another season of classic music and great comedy. On the BBC re-runs that I have been rewatching the show on, the ‘Unscripted Special’ was aired as part of Season 2, due to narrative chronology even though the …
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