Pilgrimage

With Pilgrimage director Brendan Muldowney (Savage, Love Eternal) has managed to gather together a very impressive cast for a story that might have some difficulty in finding an audience, and that is a crying shame as this is an excellent piece of work. Set in 13th Century Ireland it tells the story of a small…

Baby Driver

Preview screenings are a blessing and a curse. The promise of seeing something before anyone else is so intoxicating that you almost always go, but as a result you can never be too sure on the quality of the product that is being used to entice you through the doors. So it was with some…

Mr Right

If, at the beginning of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, you’d told me my favourite celluloid presentation would be a movie about a dancing assassin and the lovably crazy woman that falls for him, I’m not sure I wouldn’t have called the folks in white coats to come see you, but here we are with…

Stan Lee’s Lucky Man – Season 1 Episode 10

“Leap of Faith” The first season of Stan Lee’s Lucky Man reaches its conclusion this week after quite a few ups and downs along the way.  Last week built towards a thrilling climax, with a clever twist ending, setting up a desperate situation for Harry Clayton – stuck behind bars with everyone he loves in…

Stan Lee’s Lucky Man – Season 1 Episode 9

“The House Always Wins” Stan Lee’s Lucky Man continues to build up steam, as it accelerates towards the conclusion of its first season.  All the set-up from last week’s episode seems to pay off (or at least begin to pay off) here.  Many of the apparently disparate narrative threads found throughout the series are woven…

Stan Lee’s Lucky Man – Season 1 Episode 8

“My Brother’s Keeper” The first season of Stan Lee’s Lucky Man has lurched to and fro, wrestling with its own indecision.  Does it want to be a British superhero romp or a gritty crime procedural?  An alternative to cinematic universes of costumed vigilantes or a serious thriller based (mostly) in reality?  As the show ramps…

Stan Lee’s Lucky Man – Season 1 Episode 7

“The Charm Offensive” After a strong outing last week, Stan Lee’s Lucky Man looks to build towards the climax of its shaky first season.  Gradually plot points are beginning to pull together; connections are being drawn between the various underground factions to which we’ve been introduced over the past few episodes.  This week we discover…

Stan Lee’s Lucky Man – Season 1 Episode 6

  “A Twist of Fate” Stan Lee’s Lucky Man enters the second half of its inaugural season after experiencing mixed fortunes over the first five episodes. Interesting concepts, settings and some strong acting performances have been held back by pacing issues, subpar CGI and one or two narrative missteps. Here, in episode six, it feels like…

Stan Lee’s Lucky Man – Season 1 Episode 5

“The Last Chance” Detective Harry Clayton begins episode 5 of Stan Lee’s Lucky Man as he ended episode four: with hitman Yury Becker’s gun to his head.   The game of Russian roulette reaches its conclusion as we’re treated to another slow-mo sequence of events detailing Clayton’s lucky escape.  In this case, an overflowing bath comes…

Stan Lee’s Lucky Man – Season 1 Episode 4

“A Higher Power” In this week’s instalment of Stan Lee’s Lucky Man, the tour of London’s international criminal organisations rolls on.  We’ve had Chinese Triads, Albanian people traffickers and Jewish jewel smugglers; our next stop – Russian gold traders.  Yes, the Russian theme has been teased in past episodes, but here we learn a lot…