8/10 “Everyone thinks you should be happy just because you’re young. They don’t see the wars that we fight every single day.’ This movie popped up on my Netflix page and I decided to give it a watch. I sometimes feel that the early 2000’s films made for movie theatres had more empathy and a…
Month: February 2025
SARAH CAMERON-WEST IS HITTING LONDON WITH HER ONE-WOMAN TOUR DE FORCE SHOW, “KAREN”
Sarah Cameron-West has already blown people away at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 and is returning to London with her solo comedy performance as the protagonist in a story of an office ripe with doomed love affairs and office politics. With rave reviews and packed theatres Sarah has come a long way since graduating from Drama…
MURDER TRIAL: A FASCINATING LOOK INTO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN SCOTLAND
I don’t know what is happening this year, but I seem to watch more TV shows than movies and this is one that you simply cannot miss. What adds to the satisfaction in this series is that the trials are all cold cases that the prosecutors have been able to re-open due to the blend…
BAFTAS 2025, FUN, TEARS AND AWARDS AT THE SOUTHBANK
It was a great night at the Royal Festival Hall yesterday where Hollywood and British Cinema came together to celebrate the best of the year’s movies. The show had all the glamour you would expect, but for me, what stood out was the humour and self-deprecation that is sometimes lacking in the overly self-important Oscars….
EXCLUSIVE: MAMMA MIA STAR TOBIAS TURLEY TALKS ABOUT HIS JOURNEY, FILM PODCAST ‘SCENE STEALERS’ AND NEW PLAY WHITE ROSE THE MUSICAL
What a couple of years it’s been for breakout musical star Tobias Turley. After winning Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream in 2023, Tobias then completed a successful run in the West End playing Sky in the worldwide smash hit. If that wasn’t enough, Tobias also created a movie podcast and performed with the Royal…
MY IDEAL CAST FOR THE NEW HARRY POTTER SERIES COMING ON HBO MAX IN 2026
There has been a lot of speculation and rumours on who is going to be in the cast of the new Harry Potter series. As a massive Harry Potter fan, I grew up watching the films and although I was really intrigued with people’s suggestions, I wanted to give it a go for myself. Its…
EXCLUSIVE: FONTANELLE, JORDAN BROOKES AND THE TITANIC ARE A COMEDY MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN.
Over the Shoulder sat down with Jordan Brookes as he was preparing to launch his new Titanic comedy musical in the West End. We talked about his hopes for the show, as well the inspirations for it and where and how his comedic talent began. Congratulations on your show Fontanelle which is opening at the…
EXCLUSIVE: CHARLIE HAMBLETT TALKS ABOUT NETFLIX’S MISSING YOU, SHAKESPEARE AND HIS LOVE OF ACTING
Over the Shoulder was delighted and lucky to sit down with film actor, theatre performer and business entrepreneur Charlie Hamblett to discuss his experience in Harlan Coben’s, MISSING YOU Netflix series. We also discussed Charlie’s formative years growing up in the home of Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon and how this led to his career debut, performing on…
LIFE AND DEATH ROW: A JOURNEY INTO THE DARK HEART OF PUNISHMENT IN TEXAS AND FLORIDA
“Are we the sum of our worst actions”, is the moral question that this riveting and thought-provoking documentary series examines. Series 4 follows three crimes where the events and disturbing details are very different, except for the “Sword of Damocles” like threat of the death sentence hanging in the air like a dark ominous cloud….
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Hollywood toxic masculinity or the manipulation exerted by star power on set. (Part 1)
Every day there is new information and footage being released as the claim and counter claim continue in the fallout between these two Hollywood players. With the Me-Too movement rightly adjusting the male biased power dynamic existing behind the scenes of tinsel town, this at first glance seemed just another sad case of a woman…










