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Sci-fi to watch after Dune 2
There are plenty of other worlds to imagine a life in on the small and silver screen finds CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Dune 2 premiered this week to universal acclaim. Dennis Villeneuve’s soaring epic...
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Book review: Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner
By Simon Demetriou The title of Isabel Waidner’s fourth novel refers to the name of the talk show that her eponymous narrator is offered after they play their part in the sudden and mysterious end of...
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TV shows we love: Harlem
Harlem kicks off by presenting the cultural traditions of one of the world’s few remaining matriarchal societies – the Mosuo people – setting the vibe of the series right from the start. Premiered in...
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A soap opera of sport
How a Netflix show has become a key driver behind F1’s rising popularity By Raymond Boyle and Richard Haynes Before the engines started revving for the start of the 2024 Formula One season, many fans...
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Book review: This Plague of Souls by Mike McCormack
By Simon Demetriou In a recent review, I wrote about how unease and pretty sentences aren’t enough to make a good novel. This week, I find myself reviewing another novel that is packed with even more...
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TV shows we love: Crashing
Crashing made me think of Chlorakas. And of the recent fire in Limassol’s historic Pavlidis mansion. Why? Well, this Netflix original series hinges on something we don’t (but really should) do in...
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Four series to binge over the long weekend(s)
Time off? Invest it in some good TV says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES With three long weekends back-to-back (Green Monday, March 25, and April 1) you can do a lot of catching up on your favourite films and...
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Book Review: Redwood Court by DéLana R.A. Dameron
By Simon Demetriou I’ve remarked before that getting hold of a poet’s debut novel is a pretty safe bet that you’ll have something good to read, and DéLana R.A. Dameron’s addition to this subset of my...
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TV shows we love: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Buffy the Vampire Slayer profoundly influenced my childhood, a fact that might raise a few eyebrows considering its mature rating of 15 and above. But there was something undeniably captivating about...
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Who you gonna call? The 80s!
Let the screen take you back to a time when you didn’t have a care in the world says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES Nostalgia sells. It makes the viewer forget all about the problems of adult life and...
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Book review: Get The Picture by Bianca Bosker
By Simon Demetriou Why does art matter? “If you don’t know about object-oriented ontology, I’m not sure you can have a conversation about contemporary art,” says one gallerist early on in Bianca...
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TV shows we love: Berlin
By Alexandra Shkuratova In the spin off show Berlin, the Netflix series that follows the iconic character from Money Heist, viewers are taken on a journey into Berlin’s past before the famous heist....
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April on Netflix is not for fools
From dystopian YA sagas to crime-solving beyond the grave and futuristic eye-candy, it’s a jam-packed month. CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES looks at some of the films, documentaries and series coming in the...
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Book review: Sporting Moustaches by Aug Stone
By Simon Demetriou When I reviewed Aug Stone’s novel The Ballad of Buttery Cake Ass, I found myself returning to, not to say butting against, the coolness of the book that didn’t quite translate to...
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TV shows we love: Killing Eve
Believe it or not, I started watching this show on cable TV, whenever it was on. Figuring out which day of the week it was on and at what time was tricky and I forgot what it was like not to stream a...
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Watch it now, later doesn’t count
Cancelled: CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES on how Netflix’s series renewal policy backfired Dead Boy Detectives, the newest supernatural show brought to you by Netflix dropped its latest trailer on Wednesday...
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Book Review: Time Travelling with a Tortoise by Ross Welford
By Simon Demetriou I’m tempted to start this review with a reference to Charles Lamb’s exhortation to retain our childishness always, so that we never lose the capacity to respond to life’s ‘earliest...
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TV shows we love: 3 Body Problem
3 Body Problem is an absolute must for fans of hardcore sci-fi, but something of an intellectual challenge for everyone else. Those who once praised David Benioff and DB Weiss for not failing the...
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What to look forward to at the cinema
What happens at CinemaCon stays at CinemaCon says CONSTANTINOS PSILLIDES The American National Association Theatre Owners wrapped up a three-day event on Friday, where major production studios gave...
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Book Review: Victim by Andrew Boryga
By Simon Demetriou ‘…if you don’t have… the right skin colour and you don’t have the right geographic background, you’re fucked.’ Reading this, most would assume that ‘right’ would equate to something...
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