About Steve Harcourt

Sometimes the advertising or word of mouth on a film gives a slightly misleading impression of what you end up seeing.  This was especially true of Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast.
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The second season of Evil has been excellent so far, but how it would wrap up was always a bit of a question.  Episode 13, ‘C is for Cannibal’ tried to pull the threads together.  *Warning! Spoilers Ahead!*
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After a pretty lacklustre outing last week, Foundation gains a bit of pace with episode 4, ‘Barbarians at the Gate’.  It also manages to stay roughly in one time period for a whole show.
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Opening with the image of a character trying to aggressively dance away the pain of daily life, you know that ‘Ali and Ava’ will probably have a number of elements that resonate.
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Things get mixed up this week on Star Trek Lower Decks, with an almost meta twist on the format.  Positively, Episode 9 of Season 2, ‘wej Duj’ also shows some promising invention.
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Cinema has the amazing capacity to throw up some intriguing surprises. Did anyone expect Status Quo to produce an island mystery film for instance?  On the face of it, Cop Secret is a similar surprise, as it’s directed by filmmaker and international Icelandic Goalkeeper Hannes Þór Halldórsson. But not everything is as it seems.
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It was only a matter of time before the Covid lockdown became a major part of a feature.  Up until now that scenario has mostly been kept to a series of terrible Zoom based shorts, with few exceptions.  7 Days, from Director Roshan Sethi (in his directorial debut) however, takes on this setup and makes something interesting.
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As Spain’s main Oscar contender, you know that Fernando Leon de Aranoa’s ironically titled ‘The Good Boss’ will have a certain weight to it.  With Javier Bardem at its centre …
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One of the great things about being back in the cinema is that you get to experience films in an immersive way, rather than the pinpoint focus of a TV.  Without that option, films such as Michelangelo Frammartino’s ‘Il Buco’ would not have anywhere near the same impact.
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The horror genre isn’t short of either ‘found footage’ type films or ones involving possession.  Mixing the two, yet still giving it a fresh edge is new Thai film ‘The Medium’.
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After last week’s double episode containing some big action sequences, Foundation becomes a lot more sedate with ‘The Mathematician’s Ghost’.  *Warning! Spoilers Ahead!*
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The penultimate episode of Evil’s second season is upon us, and ‘D is for Doll’ does not disappoint.  With many ongoing threads continuing, it’s not exactly a self-contained story, but on recent form this isn’t as critical as it might be on some other shows.
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