Imagine your next-door neighbours come for dinner one night and they bring their young filipino au pair with them. After dinner the au pair secretly and mysteriously asks you if you can help her, without going into details. You say it’s best to talk to the people looking after her. The next day she vanishes. …
Category: Thriller
MY THOUGHTS ON THE JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH TRAILER
Survival is a long shot. That’s kind of our speciality. These lines depict the whole of the franchise. Get ready for new dinosaurs and new characters in this new era of Jurassic World. This film looks action packed, the special effects look unreal, and the cast doesn’t look out of place. It is anchored by…
5 TOP FILMS THAT I WANT TO WATCH FROM CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
There are a lot of films that are selected in this year’s Cannes Film Festival. From all different genres and in diverse languages there is as ever a great selection of wonderful movies to see. Here are some films that are on my list to see. HIGHEST 2 LOWEST Directed by the legendry Spike Lee…
8 OF MY FAVOURITE TV SHOWS OF ALL TIME
These shows are an eclectic bunch, but what they all have in common is they have made a huge impact on me. I can rewatch them endlessly without them becoming stale. So, here they are in no particular order OUTNUMBERED This is a British sitcom classic. I loved this show when I was younger, and…
ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR: BLAKE LIVELY MERGES FACT AND FICTION IN THIS BLACK COMEDY SEQUEL
“Do you think I invited you to get revenge, for stealing my life… Do you think I want to make you pay.” I loved the first movie when it came out in 2018, well before I knew about the Blake Lively drama with Justin Baldoni. Another Simple Favour was filmed before the controversy surrounding Blake…
BEHIND THE CURTAIN: STRANGER THINGS THE FIRST SHADOW DOCUMENTARY – REVIEW
“When you have 1000 people, and you can hear a pin drop that is the best sound of all because that’s when you know you have absolutely got them,” Producer Sonia Freidman says of this Stranger Things theatre production. Director Jon Halperin had made a fascinating, insightful and brilliant documentary. He uses a timeline to…
RIDE ALONG WITH GRIT: “ON CALL” DESERVES MORE CREDIT
“I have low tolerance for people who bitch, but if you make an effort, I can teach you the rest.” This is what Officer Harmon (Troian Bellisario) says to her rookie on his first day on the job as a patrol officer on the streets on LA. This Amazon Prime TV Show doesn’t waste any…
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…
EXCLUSIVE: SHOWTRIAL SEASON 2 DIRECTOR JULIA FORD TALKS DIRECTING, ACTING AND TRUE CRIME
Over the Shoulder was delighted and lucky to sit down with the multitalented actress turned director Julia Ford to discuss her experience at the helm of BBC’s hit courtroom drama SHOWTRIAL. Julia began a successful stage and screen career in the 1980’s before moving to her real love, directing. Julia offered great insight into the…
Netflix’s Black Doves is a Slow-Burning Spy Thriller with Sincerity
Black Dove’s six-part Netflix show offers a gripping exploration of secrecy, betrayal and the subterfuge of London’s criminal underworld and spy networks. At its core, this series is a slow burner about spy sleeper-cell Helen (Kiera Knightly), a woman who is married to on the rise MP Wallace Web (Andrew Buchan) and trapped in a…










