A Bleecker Street Picture, Written and Directed by Kitty Green. Arriving earlier this year with the tag of “first film to address the Weinstein scandal” you would expect a film packed full of drama and big flashy scenes set in Hollywood, but this ain’t what Kitty Green has done. Instead, it is a Weinstein adjacent …
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Apocalypse Now (1979) – Review
A United Artists Picture, Written by Francis Ford Coppola, John Milius, Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. ‘Apocalypse Now’ is one of both the most famous and infamous movies of all time, with some remarkable stories about the behind the scenes drama standing alongside the respect for the remarkable filmmaking in show. On the back of …
The Deceived (2020) – TV Review
This four part thriller has been a ratings success for Channel 5, and I don’t think it’s any surprise why when you consider it is from the writer of ‘Derry Girls’ and stars ‘Normal People’ breakout megastar Paul Mescal (more on his role later). It is very much cut from the cloth of Daphne du …
I’m Alan Partridge (1997) – TV Review
There are many iconic and well loved characters from British comedy throughout the years (Del Boy, Basil Fawlty, Brian Potter etc.) but in my opinion, there is no greater British comedy character than Alan Partridge. He has appeared in many different formats but he is at his absolute best here in a more traditional sitcom …
BAFTA TV Awards 2020 – Winners and Reaction
The full list of winners is in and the detailed list is below. After last years show got it so right with big wins for Killing Eve and Patrick Melrose, this years (delayed) BAFTA TV awards may go down as one of the most random and unjust awards shows in recent history. Obviously, everyone has …
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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) – TV Review
‘It’s Always Sunny’ is now the joint (and soon to be) longest running live action sitcom in American history, but if you had told me or anyone watching or involved in the show that this would be the case fifteen years after that first season, not one person would have believed you. The season is …
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Hillary (2020) – TV Review
Hillary Clinton is one of the most recognisable and divisive figures in political history, and since the the remarkable media firestorm of the 2016 election she has taken a back seat in recent years, but she comes storming back to popular culture here with this four part documentary from director Nanette Burstein. The story flits …
The Edge (2019) – Review
Some of the best documentaries ever made have focused on sport and the people behind it, potentially due to the undeniable tension that sport creates and the mental and physical challenges it takes to reach the top. In ‘The Edge’ the focus is on the the rise of Andrew Strauss’ England side from disrepair to …
Killing Eve (2018) – TV Review
Following her enormous success with 2016s ‘Fleabag’, Phoebe Waller-Bridge turned her talent to a hugely different project, this time an adaptation of Luke Jennings’ Villanelle novels, and remarkably she found even more success. I am doing a weekly rewatch of the three seasons of the show and will post a review of the particular season …
Broadchurch (2013) – TV Review
Due to the slowdown in content caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, ITV decided to show weekly reruns of ‘Broadchurch‘ season 1 in the very time slot on a Monday evening that it aired in 7 years ago. The show seemed just like your standard British crime drama, and in many ways it was as it …
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