Sex Education’s fourth and final season gave us much to digest. It was an interesting feast, which was very eventful but that did leave me with a squiffy belly at certain points. Maybe I lack an attention span but … Continue reading Sex Education Season 4 Review by Aoibhinn Mitchell Walsh
Originally published in print November 2022. Image courtesy of Fate: The Winx Saga. Fate: The Winx Saga’s Aisha is introduced to viewers as a straight-laced nerd whose only purpose is to ‘solve’ the issues of her friends. She fills her … Continue reading Love in Fate: The Winx Saga Why Aisha and Grey belong together
●●●●○ Andrew Garfield has always been regarded as a very capable actor, with his appearances in the Spider-Man Franchise and The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010) showing an actor very willing to flex his creative muscles. But his latest performance … Continue reading Tick, Tick… Boom! // Review
Originally published in print in September 2021. After recently finishing Lupin, a French mystery thriller produced by Netflix, I wasn’t shocked to see how well the show was received. What did pleasantly surprise me, however, was the reach this … Continue reading Saved by the Subtitles: The Growing Popularity of Non-English Series in Modern Television
‘The internet means a lot to me, and no one is talking about it correctly’ said Bo Burnham in 2017. In his new comedy special Inside, Burnham rectifies this by artfully depicting the everyday crises that inform our technologically governed … Continue reading Bo Burnham’s Inside Inside takes the viewer on a journey inside Bo Burnham’s home, inside his brain, and inside ourselves.
Originally published in print February 2021. The worlds of film and television haven’t always gotten along too well. For the longest time, it was a sign of decline for a bigshot Hollywood actor to take up work on the small … Continue reading “It’s a 22-Hour Movie!” – Cinematic Television in the Streaming Wars
~ Spoiler Alert ~ Dearest Readers, Many gratitudes for reading this week’s edition of TN2. We have received a plethora of requests regarding the biggest show of 2020, Bridgerton. This show offered us an escape from the horrors … Continue reading Bridgerton // Review
Foilsithe san iris i Samhain 2020. Ag deireadh lá éigin i rith an chéad dianghlasála agus mé tuirseach traochta, réidh chun m’intinn a chasadh as agus gach aon smaoineamh a chuir as mo cheann, chuaigh mé chuig Netflix chun breathnú … Continue reading Netflix Na Gaeilge: An Seinnteoir TG4
Early in Mank (David Fincher, 2020), an MGM producer asks “who was that?” as the titular Herman “Mank” Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) waltzes through his set with the know-it-all arrogance of Sherlock Holmes. “Just a writer” is his lackey’s dismissive reply. … Continue reading Mank // Review
Illustration by Lola Fleming. Paris: a city everyone wants to visit, viewed as a romantic getaway and a paradise for food lovers. Home to the Eiffel Tower, the most iconic cafés and, of course, the Mona Lisa. Also, for the … Continue reading Paris, the City of Love ? Stereotypes, Cliches, & Emily in Paris
●●○○○ Rebecca (Ben Wheatley, 2020) is the latest adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 Gothic novel of the same name. The premise follows a young woman (Lily James) who meets a rich, albeit grieving widower, Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer), … Continue reading Rebecca // Review
Originally published in print September 2020. As we enter the dawn of a new era of Zoom lectures and remote learning, I can’t help but feel sorry for the scores of students, like myself, who will miss out on many … Continue reading Back to School (on Screen): A College TV Watchlist