●●●○○ I am a big fan of Taylor Swift. I would go as far to say that I am a Taylor Swift connoisseur. I understand the nuances, all of the references that she scatters through her work and social … Continue reading Taylor Swift: Miss Americana // Review
1) Buffy The Vampire Slayer There was no way Buffy wasn’t going to be on this list; it’s the ideal teen comedy-fantasy show for those looking for laughs and lighter spooks this time of year. It mostly follows the monster-of-the-week … Continue reading The TV-Jeebies Originally Published in Print November 2019
Picture yourself attending a cinema screening in the twentieth century: whichever your mind immediately casts itself back to, the image is often the same: a winding maze of a queue, massive buckets of popcorn, a full theatre, crowds streaming through … Continue reading Why It’s Worth Going to the Cinema Originally Published in Print November 2019
At 209 minutes, audiences and their bladders may be reluctant to see The Irishman in the cinema. Well that’s lucky for them, because from November 27, Scorsese’s latest will be on Netflix. If, however, you want to see the film … Continue reading The Irishman // Review
●●●●○ Following a successful but heavily criticised second season, Stranger Things has returned to Netflix with a Fourth of July-centered, eight episode-long spectacle which finally finds a fitting balance between its themes of coming-of-age, science fiction and nostalgia. Against a … Continue reading Stranger Things Season 3: Reviewed Grace Kenny reviews the latest season of Netflix’s nostalgic sci-fi hit.
●●●●○ The second – and final – season of Netflix Original American Vandal was released in September this year following its successful first season, which amassed a cult-like online following. The show is a mockumentary, filmed and presented as a … Continue reading American Vandal: Season Two Reviewed Ren O’Hare takes a look at round two of the Netflix cult favourite.
●●●●○ Single mom Penelope (Justina Machado) faces the challenges of raising two teenagers and a grandmother once again in the third series of convivial sitcom One Day at a Time. The bright, busy Alvarez family apartment is back, complete with … Continue reading One Day At A Time // review TN2’s resident historical drama fan takes a peek at the present with this sitcom
●●●●○ Otis (Asa Butterfield) becomes Netflix’s answer to the sex and love columnists of teen magazines from the early noughties as he attempts to resolve his peers’ sexual struggles with the occasional help of his sex therapist mother (Gillian Anderson) … Continue reading Sex Education // Reviewed Grace Kenny takes a look at Netflix’s newest taboo-busting hit
●●●●● Netflix’s recent efforts to revive the rom-com bleed into one of its latest TV offerings with The Hookup Plan. The messy city lives of Friends meet the contemporary feel of The Bold Type in this French-language series about a … Continue reading The Hookup Plan // REVIEW This fresh, French-language series proves a heady mix of romantic comedy-drama
Caution: SPOILERS AHEAD Right before New Years, we saw Black Mirror premier its new interactive story ‘Bandersnatch’ amid heralds of a new era of storytelling on Netflix. As a child I remember reading the analog version of interactive stories — … Continue reading ‘The past is immutable, Stefan’ — an in-depth look at Netflix’s newest ambitious project Black Mirror: Bandersnatch // review
●●●●○ The titular hero of Marvel’s Daredevil may prefer to ‘die as the devil than live as Matt Murdock,’ but this season he is going to need all the support he can get in both guises as he faces off … Continue reading Daredevil: Season 3 Reviewed
●●●○○ The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina only basically resembles the 90s sitcom Sabrina The Teenage Witch, using most of its central characters and its ‘half-witch half-mortal’ storyline. From its trailer we were promised scares, slaughter and sorcery, but the proposed … Continue reading The Lukewarm Adventures of Sabrina Netflix’s most recent reboot doesn’t quite have the magic touch.