Scarpetta, Man on Fire, The Mummy | March Roundup

Scarpetta was an excellent watch, based on the books by Patricia Cornwell, the story was baked in. And that’s what I’m hunting for lately, good stories, I’m so tired of sitting down to watch something that looks like it’s going to be excellent (from the trailer and the social media coverage) and then has a weak storyline. Some of them are not even putting the effort into grabbing my attention in the first episode, never mind carrying a story through that makes sense. And I don’t want to point fingers -you know I don’t review anything that I would score under a 3/5 (why should I keep watching if it’s not gonna even warrant a 3?)- because the show or movie can be excellently shot, with brilliant acting, and perfect music, but if there’s no reason to care and nothing that makes me want to know what happens next, I’m putting something else on. So, I have high hopes for Man on Fire and Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.

The other shows I’m really looking forward to watching are Daredevil: Born Again S2, The Burbs, and The Murder Line. And maybe I’ll stumble on something else that will keep me engrossed for it’s entirety.

Catch Up On – March

  • Black Sails S1-4 – ITVX 1st (love this series)
  • Marshals: A Yellowstone Story – Paramount+ 2nd
  • Young Sherlock – Prime Video 4th
  • Vladimir – Netflix 5th
  • Gone – ITV 8th
  • Rooster – Sky One 9th
  • Scarpetta -Prime 11th
  • Madison (Yellowstone) – Paramount+ 14th
  • Imperfect Women – Apple TV 18th
  • Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man – Netflix 20th
  • Bait – Prime 25th
  • Daredevil: Born Again S2 – Disney+ 25th
  • The Pitt S1+S2 – HBO 26th
  • Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen – Netflix 26th

Scarpetta

A really good, engrossing show. It kept me hooked from the beginning and I basically binge watched the whole series in one weekend. I wasn’t sure about who was playing each character, to begin with, they seemed like odd choices -or perhaps, the correct way to put that is to say that they are not how I imagined those characters, but it definitely worked.

A brilliant forensic pathologist uses forensic technology to solve crimes.

–Scarpetta, IMDb–

What’s Coming for April

  • Prisoner – Sky Atlantic TBD
  • The Murder Line – ITVX TBD
  • The Burbs – Sky One 1st
  • Your Friends & Neighbours S2 – Apple TV 3rd
  • The Boys S5 – Prime 8th
  • The Copenhagen Test – Channel 4 8th
  • The Testaments – Disney+ 8th
  • The Miniature Wife – Sky Atlantic 9th
  • Savage River – ITVX 12th
  • Beef S2 – netflix 16th
  • Criminal Record S2 – Apple TV 22nd
  • Half Man – BBC One 24th
  • House of Spirits – Prime 29th
  • Widow’s Bay – Apple TV 29th
  • Man on Fire – Netflix 30th

Man on Fire

I always loved the movie adaptation of this, so I will definitely be diving in to the series as soon as it’s available.

Follows John Creasy, a wounded former mercenary on a quest to get revenge for the loss of his only companion while defending the daughter of his dead colleague from the forces that tore her family apart.

–man on Fire, IMDb–

Movies for April

  • The Drama – 3rd
  • Fuze – 3rd
  • Ready or Not 2: Here I Come – 10th
  • Undertone – 10th
  • Lee Cronin’s The Mummy – 17th (this is extra R Rated, so, you know, don’t take the kids)

The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace. Eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.

–Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, IMDb–

UK Film Festivals for April

This is not the complete list of film festivals in the UK for April, they’re just the ones that include horror, fantasy, new directors, first time film makers etc. If you’d like to see all of the film festivals around the world, that you could enter your work into then head to the British Council UK Film Database.

  • Celtic Media Festival
  • London International Festival of Science-Fiction and Fantastic Film
  • Borderlines Film Festival
  • Southend-on-Sea Film Festival
  • East End Film Festival
  • British Silent Film Festival
  • Kinofilm, Manchester International Short Film Festival (12th Edition)
  • lets all be free film festival
  • London Independent Film Festival
  • UK Asian Film Festival
  • Flatpack Festival
  • Cheap Cuts Short Documentary Film Festival
  • Queer East Film Festival
  • Fighting Spirit Film Festival
  • Carmarthen Bay Film Festival
  • Brighton International Animation Festival
  • Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 2025
  • Rapport Festival
  • Odyssey: a Chinese cinema season
  • Fisheye Film Festival
  • First Frame Film Festival
  • Novella Film Festival
  • Unrestricted View Film Festival
  • Clapham International Film Festival
  • Beeston Film Festival
  • London Bengali Film Festival
  • Oska Bright
  • Coventry Phoenix Film Festival
  • Horizon Film Festival