A Warner Bros Picture, Written by Patty Jenkins, Geoff Johns, Dave Callaham, Directed by Patty Jenkins. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) is the follow up to Wonder Woman (2017) and the newest instalment in the DC Extended Universe. Set almost 70 years after her first solo adventure, we now find Diana Prince/Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) in …
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Sylvie’s Love (2020) – Review
An Amazon Studios Picture, Written and Directed By Eugene Ashe. Sylvie’s Love tells the story of Sylvie (Tessa Thompson), a young woman from Harlem in the 1950s, who has a summer romance with a saxophonist named Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha). When they reconnect years later, they find each other in very different stages of their lives …
The Simpsons Season 15 (2003) – TV Review
‘Simple Simpson’ is one of the Simpsons episodes that always sticks in my head for some reason, likely due to the pop culture references and iconography, but it is a really well done episode and the ending, with Homer and Bart on the roof, might actually be one of my favourite Simpsons moments. ‘Millhouse doesn’t …
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The Simpsons Season 14 (2002) – TV Review
‘The Great Louse Detective’ is a clear stand out episode here, due to being one of the finest uses of Sideshow Bob, and also features a good twist that calls back to one of the shows finest one off characters in its early years, Frank Grimes. ‘A Star is Born-Again’ is one that stuck out …
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) – Review
A Netflix Original Picture, Written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Directed by George C. Wolfe. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom tells the story of a 1927 recording session for legendary singer Ma Rainey’s (Viola Davis) new album, and focuses on the behind the scenes struggles that grip the day, especially focusing on Levee (Chadwick Boseman) and the rest …
The Simpsons Season 13 (2001) – TV Review
‘The Parent Rap’ is a really funny episode with a good set up, strong character moments, and some of the best one-liners and laugh out moments the show has done for years. ‘The Blunder Years’ is a really memorable episode that references iconic 80s coming of age films in a major way and manages to …
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The Queen’s Gambit (2020) – TV Review
As the streaming wars intensify and Netflix feels even more need than ever to stand out from the pre-established IPs the other streamers like Disney Plus and HBO Max possess, they need shows like this more than ever. A seven-part limited series, with a rising star at its centre and a focus not on spectacle …
A Creepshow Holiday Special (2020) – TV Review
In this festive special of the anthology series, we are presented with ‘Shapeshifters Anonymous’ where a group of shapeshifters meet to discuss their problems and end up in a fight to the death. This horror special is intentionally wacky and off the wall, and in the final act, where an army of Santa’s descend on …
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Promising Young Woman (2020) – Review
A Focus Features Picture, Written and Directed by Emerald Fennell. Some films manage to pierce their way through the zeitgeist and into peoples minds and discussions, and the only way that is done is by being something extraordinary, whether in quality, subject matter or delivery. This film is all of them and when more people …
A Christmas Carol (2020) – Review
The story of Scrooge and the ghosts who visit him on that fateful night is a tale as old as time, one which has been adapted in almost every way you could imagine and it is so engrained in society. With this in mind, if you decide to make a new version, you have to …
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