Recent years has seen an renaissance of ‘prestige’ comedy in Britain where the likes of ‘Fleabag’ and ‘Derry Girls’ manage your perfectly mix important subject matters with genuine humour, resulting in some incredibly nuanced and enjoyable TV. However, this rise has also coincided with the fall in the ‘farce’ and ‘laugh a minute’ comedies that …
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For the Sake of Vicious – Fantasia Review
Sometimes when you see a film for the first time, you can just instantly tell that it is going to divide people, and this is certainly one of them. ‘For the Sake of Vicious’ is very aptly named, as it is packed full of seemingly senseless violence and real terror. The film has a tight …
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The Columnist – Fantasia Review
Hell hath no fury like a woman trolled! Despite any genre trappings and social media commentary that occurs here, at the very heart of this film is the female rage and the feeling of “enough is enough” when it comes to the way many men have been treating women for centuries, whether it is physical …
Mandy (2020) – TV Review
In recent years, there has been a large amount of Britain’s finest female comedians finally getting the TV show opportunities of their male counterparts and it has resulted in mostly incredible work (Aisling Bea’s ‘This Way Up’ is a masterpiece) and this time it is Diane Morgan’s turn to write and star in her own …
Unsaid Stories (2020) – TV Review
In response to the recent Black Lives Matters civil rights movement that has (rightfully) gripped the entire globe, ITV decided to create four 15 minute shorts, filmed in lockdown (just like they did with ‘Isolation Stories’) tackling different British perspectives on race relations. All episodes are tackling different perspectives on racism and race relations, and …
Yes, God, Yes (2020) – Review
A Vertical Entertainment Picture, Written and Directed by Karen Maine. Over the years, we have had many coming of age stories focusing on young men and them discovering their sexuality, and increasingly recently we have had great coming of age stories about young women too. However, this story is very much about a young woman …
The Simpsons Season 9 (1997) – TV Review
After the first couple of seasons were spent finding its feet, ‘The Simpsons’ experienced a golden age unlike many shows have ever managed, and it was incredible. However, season 9 spells the end of that particular golden age for me, and even then, it is still an incredible season of TV that just struggles to …
Chadwick Boseman – A Life and Legacy
“Death is not the end, it’s more of a stepping off point” Today we awoke to the shocking and truly heartbreaking news that Chadwick Boseman had lost his life at the age of 43. He was diagnosed with advanced Colon cancer in 2016, and despite battling it hard with numerous surgeries and chemotherapy, he managed …
DC Fandome – The Batman Trailer Reaction
Closing out the spectacular DC Fandome event was arguably the most anticipated DC movie coming up, Matt Reeves’s ‘The Batman’ starring Robert Pattinson. The film started production in the UK in January of this year but due to the Corona Virus pandemic filming was suspended in March with only “25 to 30%” of production complete …
DC Fandome – The Snyder Cut
Earlier today, the trailer for this project leaked on Twitter and Zack Snyder launched a completely unexpected and quite childish attack on a critic who commented that it didn’t look much different from the theatrical version, and even used the phrase that “his film is for grown ups” which are words I feel like he …
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