Premise: The series is speculative fiction describing an alternative history in which native African people had gained a technological and organisational advantage over the European people, rather than the other way around, with Africans having made Europeans their slaves. The series takes place in an alternative 21st-century Britain. At the time of the series, slavery … Continue reading Noughts + Crosses | S1 Pilot review
From director Peter Berg (Mile 22, Deepwater Horizon, Patriots Day), Spenser Confidential is an action-comedy starring Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, co-starring Bokeem Woodbine, Marc Maron, Iliza Shlesinger, and Austin Post. Inspired by Robert B. Parker's "Wonderland", a best-selling novel by Ace Atkins. Premise: Spenser (Wahlberg) - an ex-cop better known for making trouble than solving … Continue reading Spenser Confidential | Movie Review
Justice Smith (Jurassic World, Detective Pikachu) and Elle Fanning (Maleficent) lead the movie adaptation of Jennifer Niven’s novel of the same name. Directed by Brett Haley (The Hero) and also featuring Alexandra Shipp (Dark Phoenix) the movie is now streaming on Netflix. Premise: The story of Violet Markey and Theodore Finch, who meet and change … Continue reading All The Bright Places | Movie Review
The Invisible Man (2020) delivers a gripping and grounded story that traps you in its terrifying realism. Elisabeth Moss shines in a clever, well-crafted thriller that’s both entertaining and unnerving. This isn’t just horror - it’s a masterclass in storytelling.
The sophistication of a gentleman is always a veneer.Count Dracula - Dracula (2020)
Quick review: I went to see Carrie with my cousin and her friend. I know I saw the original years ago but I don’t really remember it. This one was somehow more satisfying except maybe that I wished the bitch had died a harder, bloodier death, she could have suffered more. Although it was entertaining … Continue reading Carrie (Movie Review) | Entertaining but not Horror Enough
Netflix has just released the first trailer for the TV Series of Locke & Key. https://www.tumblr.com/wornoutspines/785803766468395008/locke-and-key-trailer
This psychological thriller television series lead developed by Sera Gamble and Greg Berlanti is inspired by Caroline Kepnes' novels "Hidden Bodies," and lead by Penn Badgley. Last season: A dangerously charming, intensely obsessive young man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of Beck, a young woman he is transfixed by, and … Continue reading TV Review: You (S2) | More Psychological and Grounded
In 2007 I know watched The Golden Compass with Dakota Blue Richads (Skins), Nicole Kidman (Paddington, Railway, Sleep) & Daniel Craig (Spectre) - who in my mind was Hugh Jackman. I remember liking the film enough but at the same time I knew that there wouldn't be a sequel. This time around Enola Holmes' screenwriter … Continue reading TV Review: His Dark Materials (S1) | Deft and Skill in Book Adaptation
Loosely based on Daniel O’Malley’s novel "The Rook Files", this TV series stars Shameless and The Path alum Emma Greenwell, costars Joely Richardson and Olivia Munn. Premise: Myfanwy Thomas finds herself at Millennium Bridge in London surrounded by dead bodies with no memory of how she came to be there. She soon discovers that she … Continue reading The Rook | Season Review
Worn Out Spines 