●●●●○ 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 August this year, the BBC announced that Sir David Attenborough would be helming their upcoming natural epic Dynasties. This autumn our screens will once again be home to his smooth, sagacious commentary as the series follows the journeys of … Continue reading David Attenborough: A Force of Nature Ursula Dale takes a look at the legacy of the world’s foremost televisual naturalist.
●●●●○ Now in its fourth season, Better Call Saul continues to prove itself one of television’s best dramas. Some may once have seen the show as Breaking Bad’s awkward younger brother, an entertaining return to the world of Walter White … Continue reading Better Call Saul Season 4 // REVIEW Shady spin-off tries breaking free from Breaking Bad
Only when we see the defying of narrative convention do we begin to realise how deeply ingrained our perceptions have been in terms of what genre can do, particularly how implicitly masculine many modes of storytelling are. BBC1’s Killing Eve, … Continue reading The Female of the Species is Deadlier Than The Male: Killing Eve
●●●●○ 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
It’s time for your next binge watch. You’re doing your best wine mom, with your feet up and some food on. But what to watch? Consider: foreign-language TV. I know, I know, subtitles are scary, but it will be worth … Continue reading Why foreign-language TV should be your next binge-watch Embrace the subtitles.
A Discovery of Witches is the kind of book that occupies a curious – and some might even say skilful – place between the pulpy and scholarly. This is story of Diana, a professor-turned-witch who invokes powerful magic upon discovering … Continue reading Read the book first: A Discovery of Witches
Avatar: The Last Airbender was artful in every way. Massively successful throughout its three-year run, few ‘kids shows’ have been as influential or as critically acclaimed. To this day, the franchise -– which is not to be confused with the … Continue reading Avatar the Last Airbender: A Breath of Fresh Air The Noughties sensation that blew its audiences away.
●●●○○ Mindy Kaling’s name listed as creator was the only thing that drew me to this new gym sitcom; normally I would have spent weeks ignoring it on Netflix’s in-your-face home screen. But I’ve been a fan of Kaling since … Continue reading Champions: Could Sitcoms Be Mindy’s Calling? This sitcom about an underperforming gym owner and his estranged son could be in better shape.
●●●●● The first season of Netflix’s reboot Queer Eye (originally Bravo’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy) was charming – and popular enough that season two followed only four months after the premiere of the first. This time around the … Continue reading A Queer Eye Not Just For The Straight Guy Everyone’s five favourite gay men do their first-ever woman
What exactly is it that draws countless fans to Stranger Things’ Steve Harrington? Is it just the hair? The spiked bat? To discover how a character who started out as the stereotypical douchey jock could ever hold such a dear … Continue reading “Stranger Things”’ Best Mom: Steve Harrington
Godless is a seven-part mini-series set in the American West of the 1880s. The female-populated town of La Belle is headed toward conflict as notorious outlaw Frank Griffin (Jeff Daniels) and his gang hunt ex-partner, Roy Goode (Jack O’Connell) are … Continue reading Godless: The American West on Netflix “Godless is an achievement in shedding new light upon, and adding relevance to, such a classic Hollywood genre. “