●●●●○ The Greatest Dancer, by all appearances, is a generic televised talent competition. Currently airing on the BBC, it’s set up as a panel of four judges positioned against an elaborately lit stage, reminiscent of the glory days of X … Continue reading The Greatest Dancer Season 2 // Review
●●●●○ After an almost two-year hiatus, the David Fincher directed series Mindhunter made its triumphant return to Netflix. It resumes its deep dive into the murderer psyche through the investigations of the budding Behavioural Science Unit of the FBI in … Continue reading Mindhunter // Review
●●●●○ The Umbrella Academy, the Netflix adaptation of Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá’s comic of the same name, is the weird and wonderful story of a family of superheroes. Featuring a capable cast and an intense plotline, it quickly establishes … Continue reading Umbrella Academy // Review Originally Published in Print April 2019
●●●○○ Black Mirror’s anthological style of storytelling allows for constant ingenuity and versatility. For those who haven’t seen the Netflix hit, every episode is its own self-contained story – though the showrunners have confirmed a shared and interactive televisual … Continue reading Black Mirror Season 5 // Review The Mirror Crack’d: Has Black Mirror lost its touch?
●●●●○ 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
●●●●○ Maniac is one of Netflix’s most eagerly anticipated new series, finally reuniting Academy Award nominees and Superbad actors Emma Stone and Jonah Hill. Written and created by Patrick Somerville and directed by Cary Fukunaga (who has just been confirmed … Continue reading Maniac (Netflix) A first look at Emma Stone and Jonah Hill’s bizarre new Netflix series.
●●●●○ In some ways, turning William Makepeace Thackeray’s Vanity Fair into a weekly costume drama is a return to its serialised roots. Now considered a classic novel, it is set during the Napoleonic Wars and first appeared in 1847-8 (around … Continue reading Vanity Fair // REVIEW This new Sunday night drama revels in its own Bacchanalian theatricality