Carmen Paddock

Glasgow, Scotland

Features Editor at One Room with a View

Writing on film& editing on opera, tragedy enjoyer, usually thinking about Sondheim. @RottenTomatoes approved, @theOAFFC + @FilmCriticsUK. Views my own, she/her

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Articles

Tornado: Film Review – The Skinny

2 weeks ago | theskinny.co.uk | Carmen Paddock

Film title: Tornado Director: John Maclean Starring: Kōki, Tim Roth Jack Lowden Takehiro Hira, Joanne Whalley, Rory McCann Release date: 13 Jun Certificate: 15 John Maclean, whose first film was the off-beat western Slow West, conjures up another tale of a youngster travelling through a mythologised historical wilderness with vivid brutality and not a wasted moment.
Carmen Paddock says you must watch The Talented Mr. Ripley

1 month ago | parterre.com | Carmen Paddock

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'The Last Rodeo' Movie Review: Serviceable, Surface-level Family Fare

1 month ago | movieswetextedabout.com | Carmen Paddock

Everyone wants to root for a sports comeback story. The Last Rodeo, from director Jon Avnet with a script by Avnet, Derek Presley, and star Neal McDonough, sits well within this well-known and well-loved subgenre. McDonough stars as Joe Wainright, a former rodeo champion bull rider who settled down to a quieter life after his time in the area – in no small part due to his wife’s death after his championship run.
'Andor' Season 2 Episodes 10-12 Review: Make It Stop, Who Else Knows?, and Jedha, Kyber, Erso

1 month ago | movieswetextedabout.com | Carmen Paddock

BBY 1 is here. Concluding Andor’s second season with the events of Rogue One imminent was always going to happen, but it takes an explosive set of events to get news of the Death Star to the Rebellion’s headquarters on Yavin, and thus to send Cassian (Diego Luna) off with K-2SO (Alan Tudyk) in search of Galen and Jyn Erso.
Glasgow Film Festival 2025

1 month ago | takeonecinema.net | Carmen Paddock

In the theatre, it is tradition to leave a light lit on stage even when the house is empty. The origins of this ghost light could have been practical – it is safer for those first in and last out to see while securing vital stage equipment, and in the early days of theatre, the light could have relieved pressure on gas systems. However, a variety of superstitions surround the ghost light: perhaps it is there to ward away spirits, illuminate the stage for their performances, or keep them company.
Stationed At Home

1 month ago | takeonecinema.net | Carmen Paddock

Stories set over one long, wild night are perennial favourites in cinema. STATIONED AT HOME, Daniel V. Masciari’s ode to small-town Americana, takes place in Binghamton, New York, on Christmas night as the International Space Station is due to pass across the night sky. Taxi driver Ralph (Erik Bjarnar) sets off on his final solitary shift before the holiday, the radio keeping him company and abreast of the Space Station’s journey through the sky.
Good One review: compelling drama on the camping trail – The Skinny

1 month ago | theskinny.co.uk | Carmen Paddock

Film title: Good One Director: India Donaldson Starring: Lily Collias, James Le Gros, Danny McCarthy, Sumaya Bouhbal, Diana Irvine, Sam Lanier, Peter McNally, Eric Yates Release date: 16 May Certificate: 15 How do children know when they’ve outgrown their parents? In Good One, writer and debut director India Donaldson shows this realisation compounded by heteronormative gender roles.
‘Andor’ Season 2 Episodes 7-9 Review: Messenger, Who Are You?, and Welcome to the Rebellion

1 month ago | movieswetextedabout.com | Carmen Paddock

Once again, Andor Season 2 moves one year later. When the clock rolls forward to BBY 2 at the start of Episode 7, Messenger, Cassian (Diego Luna) is on Yavin itself, working with organised and rapidly mobilising Rebel forces rather than just as the mercenary of Luthen (Stellan Skarsgard). Of course, he and Bix (Adria Arjona) could not stay on Coruscant after murdering Doctor Gorst (Joshua James) in a spectacular, satisfying win at the end of Episode 6, What a Festive Evening.
‘Andor’ Season 2 Episodes 4-6 Review: Ever Been to Ghorman?, I Have Friends Everywhere, and What a Festive Evening

1 month ago | movieswetextedabout.com | Carmen Paddock

In its second week, Andor’s second series has again jumped a year forward, covering a span of mere days in BBY 3. The jump can be disorientating at first, as the cast of characters finds itself in largely new configurations. However, the show is confident enough to hint at what has happened in the intervening time without relying on reams of expository dialogue, and the cast carries the weight of the Rebellion and their fraught histories with each other in their gestures and eyes.
'Andor' Season 2 Episodes 1-3 Review: One Year Later, Sagrona Teema, and Harvest

2 months ago | movieswetextedabout.com | Carmen Paddock

A lot has changed in the two and a half years since Andor first landed on Disney+ screens in autumn 2022 in the wider world, and the return of possibly Star Wars’ most overtly political and subversive entry was highly anticipated. While always in production as a two-season show, the skeletons of an initially sketched five-season structure is very evident from the outset of Andor’s return.