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The fifth episode of Noughts + Crosses sees the McGregors have a further downturn in fortunes and Callum going down a troubling path. Ryan McGregor has died in prison and his family finds out through the media. Callum (Jack Rowan) does not believe the official story that his father committed suicide and he starts to believe militancy […]
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms was Disney’s attempt to adapt the famous ballet and the E. T. A. Hoffman novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. What the studio came up with was a cookie-cutter fantasy. Clara Stahlbalm (Mackenzie Foy) is a tomboyish girl in Victorian London who’s interested is in science and engineering. Clara has a strained […]
The second film in the Harry Potter spin-off series sees a big expansion of its storytelling scope. After the events of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) is banned from leaving England unless he joins the Ministry of Magic. When he refuses to do this his old teacher, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) assigns […]
After the climatic end of Episode Three Noughts + Crosses sees the ramifications on the McGregor family. Tensions between the Noughts and Crosses communities have increased further after the bombing of the hospital. The Home Secretary launches a crackdown and Callum (Jack Rowan) becomes the prime suspect due to his warning to Sephy (Masali Baduza), leading to […]
The third episode of Noughts + Crosses sees tensions, both personal and social, increase as Callum and Sephy decide what to do next. Within Albion, the government has allowed the first sanctioned the Midsummer festival, a popular Nought event. Despite this moment of progress, there are forces within both communities who want to disrupt the festivities, leading to an unholy […]
All good things come to an end and that is the case for Bojack Horseman with the second part of the final season. Bojack has overcome his alcohol addiction and has become a professor at Wesleyan University. His new job means he can get away from the corrupting influence of Hollywoo and spend time with his half-sister. […]
The second episode of Noughts + Crosses sees more exploration of the world of Albion and shows the growing relationship between its young leads. Tensions are rising after the death of a young Nought man due to police brutality. The tensions are stoked by Jack Dorn (Shaun Dingwall), the self-declared leader of the Liberation Militia, […]
Within the UK there is a lucrative subgenre of films that appeals to middle-class, middle-England audiences. The film story about the Military Wives choir easily fits in that category. At a military base, the soldiers are deployed to Afghanistan for a six-month tour. Whilst their families at home the wives have to find things to […]
Based on Malorie Blackman’s Noughts + Crosses series of novels the TV adaptation sees the BBC enter into the YA dystopian genre. 700 years ago in an alternative timeline, the Aprican Empire had conquered Europe, including the British Isles. In the lands of Albion society has split into two classes: the light-skinned Noughts and black-skinned Crosses. The […]
Blumhouse’s version The Invisible Man is the latest film by writer/director Leigh Whannell. It shows that both the studio and the filmmaker are the current masters of budget filmmaking. Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) is a woman who makes a daring escape from her abusive boyfriend, Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). Two weeks later, Cecilia hears Adrian has committed […]