Christopher Connor

Primarily it's involved being a film and television composer, working on her sister Phoebe’s smash Fleabag, Autumn De Wilde’s update of Emma and the acclaimed dark comedy Sweetpea. One of the things underpinning these projects across a range of disparate genres is the breadth of Isobel’s score, suiting both period works, epics and intimate character-driven projects.

This range is apparent on her sophomore record, solo project Objects from the seven-minute opener “Pillow”. It has a cinematic q...

Oh. What, Fun., 2025.
Directed by Michael Showalter.
Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Felicity Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz, Denis Leary, Dominic Sessa, Danielle Brooks, Devery Jacobs, Havana Rose Liu, Maude Apatow, Jason Schwartzman, Eva Longoria, and Joan Chen.
SYNOPSIS:
Claire plans a special Christmas, but is forgotten by her family. When they realize that she’s missing, their holiday is at risk until she returns to give them the celebration they deserve.
We are never short of new Christmas films...

It’s been an eclectic period for Australian icon Nick Cave, following the release of ‘Wild God’, his 18th album with band The Bad Seeds in 2024, he’s had a highly successful adaptation of his novel The Death of Bunny Munro with music composed by Cave and longtime collaborator Warren Ellis. Cave is also in the awards mix for an original track for the widely acclaimed film Train Dreams. The latest project from the ever-present artist is his latest live album, the aptly titled ‘Live God’, which ...

Zootropolis was a smash hit for Disney in 2016, winning the Best Animated Feature Oscar. It followed Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin) in pursuit of her dream of becoming the first bunny cop on the Zootropolis Police Department (ZPD). She quickly found herself at the heart of a conspiracy and a case that put the whole city in danger. Judy found an unlikely ally in the shape of Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman), a criminal fox, the two proving a formidable duo. Now, close to a decade later, we pick up al...

Ranking the best of The Modfather ahead of Paul Weller's 2026 summer shows
Emerging from Woking in Surrey, Paul Weller burst onto the music scene in the late 70s with The Jam. Not content to be pigeonholed into just one style, The Modfather has dabbled in just about every style imaginable across the last 40 plus years, from the jazz and pop sounds of The Style Council to Britpop, psychedelia and alternative sounds of his solo work. His repertoire is incomparable, and with over 70 top 40 hits ...

Long Shot by Luke Jennings Review
Spy Thriller Review by Chris Connor for Spybrary.com
‘Determined to escape the iron shackles of the Twelve, Eve and Oxana are trying something new. Something risky, even for them. They're going freelance.‘
Killing Eve: Long Shot: A BRAND NEW twist on obsession, betrayal, and revenge from Luke Jennings, author of the TV sensation KILLING EVE (Killing Eve: Resurrection, 2)
Luke Jennings’ Codename Villanelle, a collection of novellas about the stylish, unhinged ...

The Now You See Me franchise won a legion of fans in the mid-2010s, grossing over $600 million across two films. Both were led by Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson and Dave Franco as the Horsemen, master magicians who redistribute the wealth of the rich to those who need it. Isla Fisher assisted them in the first instalment and Lizzy Caplan in the second. After a decade away, the Horsemen return with new recruits in the shape of The Holdovers’ Dominic Sessa as Bosco Leroy, Justice Smith’s Char...

Cameron Crowe’s semi-autobiographical film Almost Famous won a string of awards on its release in 2000 and has a legion of fans globally. Crowe now tells the real story of his years as a young journalist for Rolling Stone Magazine and other iconic music outlets in his memoir, The Uncool. We largely follow his mid-late teens spent on the road with iconic bands like The Allman Brothers Band and Led Zeppelin. These interactions formed the basis for William Miller’s travels with the fictitious St...

Chris Connor reviews The Death of Bunny Munro…
Nick Cave is known the world over for his music, especially his work with The Bad Seeds, and film scores with Warren Ellis. Perhaps it’s not as well known that he is also an accomplished novelist and his second novel, The Death of Bunny Munro, originally published in 2009, now forms the basis for a much-anticipated Sky Original six-part series with Matt Smith in the titular role.
The series is set in and around the Brighton area, where Cave has c...

Released: 14th November 2025
Director: James Vanderbilt
Starring: Rami Malek, Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon, Leo Woodall, John Slattery, Richard E Grant, Colin Hanks
The Nuremberg trials have been depicted on film before, famously in 1961 with Judgment at Nuremberg. Nuremberg tells the story of the lead-up to the trials, ensuring they went ahead and gave the Nazi high command a fair trial and an opportunity to answer for their crimes. Based on the 2013 novel, The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, J...

The Parlour showcases Picture Parlour's explosive variety
Release date: 14 November 2025
Since the release of their debut single “Norwegian Wood” in the summer of 2023, it has been clear there was something unique about the five-piece Picture Parlour.
On their debut LP, they justify the hype that has been building for the past two years. Describing the album as a jukebox, which is certainly apt, with influences ranging from Northern Soul to psychedelia and 70s rock n roll.
“Cielo Drive” captu...

Photo: Nathan Perke
Portugal. The Man’s career has been fascinating. Having formed in 2004, they didn’t become a household name until the release of Feel It Still in 2017, a gargantuan smash that propelled its parent record ‘Woodstock’ to sell more than a million copies in the US alone. Now, the band return with ‘Shish’, a record that seeks to show you all the places they’ve been by amalgamating the sounds they have dabbled in over the years.
Their 10th LP blends the familiar with moments of ...

There has been no shortage of Stephen King adaptations over the years. 2025, however, has seen a multitude of works based on his short stories and novels, from The Life of Chuck and The Long Walk to IT, Welcome to Derry and The Monkey. The latest big screen adaptation is The Running Man, the second film version of the story, following Paul Michael Glaser’s 1987 film, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Edgar Wright is on directorial duty for this adaptation, with Glen Powell in the lead role of B...

The latest action-packed adaptation of Mick Herron’s works, Down Cemetery Road, follows Oxford-based private investigator Zoë Boehm as she helps art restorer Sarah Tucker investigate the disappearance of a young girl in her neighbourhood.
Emma Thompson plays Zoë, who revealed that the PI was unlike any character she’d played on screen before, for several reasons.
“I love Zoë, she’s this renegade punk, missile, rocket of a person. She’s probably got arrested development in various areas," she ...

Dan Trachtenberg brought the Predator franchise roaring back to life with 2022’s Prey. It was a refreshing take on what was, at that point, a series struggling for any form of momentum following the poor critical and financial performance of previous entries. He continued to show the brand’s potential with Killer of Killers earlier this year, an animated anthology film pitting predators against fighters from across Earth’s history. He returns with his third film to follow the iconic creatures...