Film, TV & Book Reviews

They may be hackneyed but the sheer number of schmaltzy festive films shows they have a market says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES It’s the holiday season. People are somewhat happier, there’...

I have never even considered watching an anime series, let alone love it. Well, that’s now the old me! Netflix’s Blue Eye Samurai completely changed my mind, as ...

Given the proliferation of books about or set during the pandemic, it seems I’m in the minority when it comes to finding the idea of a novel about people ...

CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES looks at the goodies in store for fans Streaming platforms are deep into the holiday mood, queuing up some major releases for December. Percy Jackson Disney+, December 20 It’...

If you love period dramas but feel they’re a bit too serious, you’ll love The Great. Hulu’s ‘anti-historical’ drama-comedy defies the unwritten rules of making a period ...

In IS Berry’s debut spy thriller, her protagonist, 52 and at the tail-end of his career in espionage, finds himself reflecting more and more on his ability to ‘do the ...

CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES looks forward to a new two-part film promising to be an adult take on Star Wars No matter your opinion on director Zack Snyder (love him, hate him ...

I know, I am a little late to the party. Sixteen years (and a reboot) late to be exact as Gossip Girl was released in 2007. But when I finally gave ...

Once again, I find myself doing things the wrong way round. Often, I’ve reviewed the latest book by an author with whose back catalogue I have been painfully unfamiliar. ...

The franchise has sacrificed quality for quantity leaving CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES joining other viewers in turning off In the 2021 movie Eternals, a group of super-powerful ancient aliens face a newborn Celestial – ...

While I enjoy many TV shows, I always seem to fall back on watching old favourites like The Big Bang Theory. I fell in love with the show when it ...

In The Merchant of Venice, Portia says that ‘I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching’. ...

If you’ve been charmed by the latest Netflix anime, CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES suggest what to watch next If you watch as much TV as I do, there comes a point ...

In a galaxy this far, far away, it’s easy to get lost. Back in the good old days, there were three Star Wars films, which we all watched and ...

When a co-worker turns the handle on the door that usually leads to a closet, opening it to reveal a terrace that definitely wasn’t there before, Annie and Edward, ...

The same faces keep cropping up. CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES picks his favourite character actors How many times have you been watching a film and suddenly an actor comes on screen who ...

In the not-so-distant future, where technology blurs the lines between life and death, this English-language series serves as a sharp social commentary while offering a fresh perspective on the classic ...

It will come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Jhumpa Lahiri’s work that her latest collection of short stories deals with people who are out of place, detached ...

CONSTANINOS PSILLIDES is happy to binge on a new UK thriller on Netflix I’m a simple man, with simple needs and simple habits. To that effect, when I see ...

Whether you’re a football enthusiast, a devoted supporter of an English team, or just a fan of gossip, it’s impossible not to have come across stories, rumours, or ...

There’s nothing wrong with a murder mystery, so when I say that The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store is both more and less than a murder mystery, I’m ...

CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES recommends five watches about aliens to stream When Chris Carter first conceived the tagline for the legendary X-Files, he could not have guessed what an impact it would ...

I was expecting Dear Child (Netflix) to be the story of people kept locked in a basement (along the lines of the likes of Room), starting as it does with ...

There was always going to be a novel about AI’s potential for replacing human authors. Not that I’d thought of it before, but when I came across Do ...