Warren Haynes is taking a breather in his dressing room at Harrah’s Cherokee Event Center in Asheville, North Carolina, after powering through a wicked jam of the Allman Brothers Band’s “Melissa” with country duo Brothers Osborne. He’s due back onstage in an hour for another inspired collab: performing Charlie Daniels Band’s “Trudy” with Appalachian hero Tyler Childers.
“Seeing people play together for the first time onstage, in front of a big audience, is beautiful because the music that happens as a result will never happen that exact way again,...
“Seeing people play together for the first time onstage, in front of a big audience, is beautiful because the music that happens as a result will never happen that exact way again,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
Warning: contains spoilers for Luther Series 5.
There are many things that set Luther apart from the plethora of UK prime-time detective shows, but two things, in particular, stand out: shock value, and its willingness to embrace proper horror.
While Luther’s series arcs—his run-ins with other police departments, his bitter feud with gangster George Cornelius (Patrick Malahide), and his twisted relationship with nemesis Alice (Ruth Wilson), to name a few—offer a deep dive into the character and psyche of Idris Elba’s antiheroic cop, it’s the killer-of-the-week plots that really up the fear factor.
Take series two’s Cameron Pell (Lee Ingleby), for example: a sadistic art student turned serial killer who wears a Mr Punch puppet mask and terrorises the streets of London with his trusty machete in the vein of notorious Victorian bogeyman, Spring-Heeled Jack. Or series three baddie Paul Ellis (Kevin Fuller), a fetishistic...
There are many things that set Luther apart from the plethora of UK prime-time detective shows, but two things, in particular, stand out: shock value, and its willingness to embrace proper horror.
While Luther’s series arcs—his run-ins with other police departments, his bitter feud with gangster George Cornelius (Patrick Malahide), and his twisted relationship with nemesis Alice (Ruth Wilson), to name a few—offer a deep dive into the character and psyche of Idris Elba’s antiheroic cop, it’s the killer-of-the-week plots that really up the fear factor.
Take series two’s Cameron Pell (Lee Ingleby), for example: a sadistic art student turned serial killer who wears a Mr Punch puppet mask and terrorises the streets of London with his trusty machete in the vein of notorious Victorian bogeyman, Spring-Heeled Jack. Or series three baddie Paul Ellis (Kevin Fuller), a fetishistic...
- 10/17/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
There are few bigger legends among actresses than Judi Dench. An Oscar winner, almost anything she chooses to be in is with your attention. Whether it’s a prestige Academy Award hopeful or a blockbuster like the James Bond franchise outings, she’s usually able to elevate the material and provide a reason to watch. However, that’s not the case here with Red Joan. This independent drama does her no favors and she’s unable to save it. This is the poorest use of Dench in some time. Boring, meandering, and constantly unsure of how to generate intrigue, it’s a tale that falters almost immediately. The film is a drama, though that posits that anything especially dramatic occurs. The first scene is interesting, as we see Joan Stanley (Dench) arrested by British police. What could they want with a little old lady? Well, it turns out she’s...
- 4/18/2019
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Review Tom French 16 Jul 2013 - 22:00
The last twenty minutes of this series three Luther episode are going to be all anyone's talking about. Here's Tom's review...
This review contains spoilers.
Shows with a devoted fanbase like Luther often create the clichéd ‘water-cooler talk’ at work the next day, prompting feverish discussion. People might talk about how sinister the villain was, or the resolution of a tense face-off between criminal and copper. After this episode, I imagine discussion will be entirely focused on the murder of DS Justin Ripley. With the episode suffering an uneven opening forty minutes, the final third really kicks through the gears, racing toward an exhilarating and heart-breaking close.
It is a brave move by writer Neil Cross to kill off a beloved character like Ripley. He dies valiantly, shot dead at close range having cornered vigilante killer Tom Marwood, who is reaping his own form of justice on paedophiles,...
The last twenty minutes of this series three Luther episode are going to be all anyone's talking about. Here's Tom's review...
This review contains spoilers.
Shows with a devoted fanbase like Luther often create the clichéd ‘water-cooler talk’ at work the next day, prompting feverish discussion. People might talk about how sinister the villain was, or the resolution of a tense face-off between criminal and copper. After this episode, I imagine discussion will be entirely focused on the murder of DS Justin Ripley. With the episode suffering an uneven opening forty minutes, the final third really kicks through the gears, racing toward an exhilarating and heart-breaking close.
It is a brave move by writer Neil Cross to kill off a beloved character like Ripley. He dies valiantly, shot dead at close range having cornered vigilante killer Tom Marwood, who is reaping his own form of justice on paedophiles,...
- 7/16/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Luther is known as an exceedingly creepy crime drama series, and the first episode of this season certainly lived up to that descriptor – seeing Paul Ellis (played by Kevin Fuller) writhe from underneath his unsuspecting victim’s bed, like a giant fleshy worm, and the smash cut to black the second she laid her eyes on him, was opening scene perfection. Your heart was probably pounding before we’d even seen the man himself.
It’d be pretty damn hard for anything to top that episode for sheer content – Ellis’ murder, the murder of the internet troll, the introduction of potential love interest Mary Day, the beginning of George Stark’s investigation into Luther and the sight of Ken shoving his hand into the food blender was enough for four episodes of any other TV show, at least (the length of your average Luther season, in fact). So how could episode two possibly maintain?...
It’d be pretty damn hard for anything to top that episode for sheer content – Ellis’ murder, the murder of the internet troll, the introduction of potential love interest Mary Day, the beginning of George Stark’s investigation into Luther and the sight of Ken shoving his hand into the food blender was enough for four episodes of any other TV show, at least (the length of your average Luther season, in fact). So how could episode two possibly maintain?...
- 7/10/2013
- by Rob Batchelor
- We Got This Covered
In its second week back on the box, Luther relies less on the showy, attention-grabbing horror theatrics that defined last Tuesday's series opener - there's certainly no moment here to match the superb 'monster under the bed' sequence.
The slasher movie scares are reserved for the episode's final act and even then, they're more subtle than part one's chills and spills. But in their place is a lingering, building sense of dread which is every bit as effective.
This week, the original Creeper is exposed as William Carney, a bitter old man with a simple-minded protégé in Paul Ellis (Kevin Fuller) - the son of one of his past victims, forged into a killer by the crime he witnessed as a child. It's the brilliantly creepy Ned Dennehy who steals the show as Carney - a true grotesque with a stomach-turning turn of phrase.
Not only are we treated to...
The slasher movie scares are reserved for the episode's final act and even then, they're more subtle than part one's chills and spills. But in their place is a lingering, building sense of dread which is every bit as effective.
This week, the original Creeper is exposed as William Carney, a bitter old man with a simple-minded protégé in Paul Ellis (Kevin Fuller) - the son of one of his past victims, forged into a killer by the crime he witnessed as a child. It's the brilliantly creepy Ned Dennehy who steals the show as Carney - a true grotesque with a stomach-turning turn of phrase.
Not only are we treated to...
- 7/9/2013
- Digital Spy
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