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  • Dead Boy Detectives Delivers the Goods for Netflix
    Dead Boy Detectives feels like a perfect fit for Steve Yockey (The Flight Attendant), who helped steer Supernatural to consistent success alongside Eric Kripke (The Boys) between 2017 and 2019. Perfect because these Neil Gaiman (Sandman) and Matt Wagner (Grendel) creations, who made their first appearance in Sandman 25 for a storyline called ‘Season of
  • Fallout Looks Epic but Feels Empty
    Fallout might have Bethesda’s seal of approval through its direct involvement, but there is something fundamentally wrong with this series from Prime Video. It has nothing to do with Lucy, Ella Purnell’s plucky protagonist, or The Ghoul who is brought to life by an exceptional Walton Goggins concealed beneath skilfully applied prosthetics. Fallout falters because
  • Season 3 of Alex Rider Sees the Teenage Spy Go out in Style
    Since Otto Farrant took over Alex Rider this franchise has gone from strength to strength. There is something about the long form format that lends itself to the Anthony Horowitz books more than movies ever did. Whether or not this has anything to do showrunner Gary Burt is up for debate, but as season 3
  • Renegade Nell Invites Audiences to Stand and Deliver
    If Renegade Nell is to be believed, London in the 1700s was overrun with dandy highwaymen, high born magistrates and those who like to dabble in the dark arts. Not exactly the standard stamping ground of Happy Valley alumni Sally Wainwright, and yet that is exactly who is steering the ship in this new swashbuckling
  • Legends Rarely Come Larger Than Steve Martin, Especially in 2 Pieces
    For fans of comedy Steve! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces is essential viewing. With a combined running time of 3 hours plus, this evocative travelog immerses audiences into every aspect of his life to discover what lies beneath this wild and crazy guy.   Pulling together unseen recordings to provide a rare look behind the
  • Emma Moran’s Superhuman Dramedy Is Still Extraordinary
    In a culture oversaturated with superhero spin-offs, multiple multiverses and so many studios looking to get involved – no one mention Sony – Extraordinary is something special.   Written and created by Emma Moran, this hugely inventive superhero sitcom came with a radical twist and some perfect casting in the shape of Mairead Tyers (Jen). A
  • Shogun Review: Does This New Adaptation of the 70s Classic Measure Up?
    Shogun needed to feel authentic, exceed expectations and crucially measure up to its predecessor. A trick this excellent series from Disney+ pulls off in minutes remaining faithful to the novel.   Co-creators Justin Marks (Top Gun: Maverick) and Rachel Kondo go beyond conflicting cultures to embrace universal themes. Pulling together all the subtle threads in this
  • Apple Hits Another Home Run with This Masterful Airborne Epic
    If Band of Brothers was about the infantry, and The Pacific explored a similar set of circumstances at sea, then Masters of Air should require no explanation, as Apple heads into the ether to take on the Nazis at 30,000 feet.   That Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are back as executive producers should be no
  • This South London Crime Drama Comes With a Social Conscience
    Criminal Record is proof that crime dramas can still inspire, repulse, and engage delivering hard hitting social commentary alongside top-tier performances from seasoned veterans. It may aim to entertain by pitching Peter Capaldi (DCI Daniel Hegarty) and Cush Jumbo (DS June Lenker) as professional rivals in this London based limited series, that explores the respective
  • Solid Performances Fail to Save Mr & Mrs Smith From Mediocrity
    Doug Liman is busy making waves, since his remake of Roadhouse has been sidetracked onto Prime Video, bypassing cinemas, disappointing audiences, and incurring the wrath of this journeyman director in the process. According to Liman, who helmed classics including The Bourne Identity, Jumper, and Edge of Tomorrow, Roadhouse tested higher than Mr & Mrs. Smith
  • Sexy Beast Is a Gangland Prequel That Desperately Tries to Measure Up
    Writer-director Jonathan Glazer is all about awkward conversations, whether they explore re-incarnation in Birth, personal identity through alien infiltration for Under the Skin, or Nazi occupation during World War II through the eyes of a family living with genocide in Zone of Interest, Glazer has always carved his own furrow. Even when it came down
  • Sofia Vergara Re-Writes the Rule Book In Griselda
    If the only man Pablo Escobar feared was a woman named Griselda Blanco (Sofia Vergara), then audiences best buckle up, because Netflix are intent on unleashing hell in this blood-soaked dramatisation of her rise to eminence as a Miami drug baron. Forging a path through dangerous waters as a mother of three and rising up
  • The Artful Dodger Proves to Be a Refreshing Twist on the Dickens Tale
    Oliver Twist is a tale as old as time, that speaks to the underdog in everyone, and celebrates triumph over adversity in the most definitive terms. The Artful Dodger (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) and Fagin (David Thewlis) may only be fleeting figures in that landmark fiction, but this Disney+ approved follow-up, that takes these light-fingered reprobates from
  • True Detective: Night Country Reveals Itself to Be a Riveting Return to Form
    Baked into the icy wastes of Ennis, Alaska, are secrets even the dead never share.   An isolated research station sits empty in the aftermath of an eerie attack captured on smart phone. Scientists who once studied the permafrost sit slack jawed and frozen solid into an Arctic ice sculpture, now no more than a mass
  • Marvel Finally Makes a Move Away From Comic Books as Echo Is Unleashed
    Making her way into the Marvel Spotlight, Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) already represents a formidable force of nature, and a progressive step forward in storytelling for this superhero studio. Echo might be the first step into an adult arena that the Disney sponsored powerhouse has made in terms of projects, but for this series to
  • Reacher Season 2 Marks the Return of an Anti-hero With More Than Guns and Ammo on His Side
    Jack Reacher is an anti-hero made flesh by millions of fiction fans who buy his books each year and forge a bond of kinship with a character, courtesy of best-selling author Lee Child. Season 1 of the Prime Video adaptation gave audiences a tight-lipped mountain man in Alan Ritchson (Titans), who blocked out the sun,
  • Percy Jackson Is Back With the Strength of an Olympian in This Solid Disney+ Series
    Percy Jackson made his movie debut battling the Lightning Thief in 2010 and laying the groundwork for another fantasy franchise to match Harry Potter. With Logan Lerman (Hunters) in the title role, this first foray was directed by Chris Colombus and made just enough noise to warrant a sequel in 2013, when Percy came back
  • From Bristol to Broadway and Beyond, Archie Should Be Essential Viewing
    Image via ITV Studios Born Archie Leach to a womanising swindler from Bristol, Cary Grant would grow up to be one of Hollywood’s most famous leading men. In a story so sensational writers would have trouble making it up, Archie proves to be an engrossing examination of one man who hid behind many masks. Married
  • Strange New Worlds Season 2 Kicks It up a Notch on 4K, Blu-Ray, and DVD
      Image via Paramount+ Strange New Worlds literally bursts onto 4k, Blu-ray, and DVD in December upping the ante, expanding the playing field, and welcoming back Spock (Ethan Peck), Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), and Una Chin-Riley (Rebecca Romijn) to media libraries everywhere in a sophomore season that swings for the fences.   After a barnstorming
  • Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard May Just Be the Best Thing This Franchise Has Ever Made
    Image via Paramount When Star Trek: Picard premiered on Prime amid lavish ticker tape parades predicting a hero’s welcome, there were some who felt this might be jumping the gun. More than two decades on from that final episode of Next Generation, what would contemporary audiences make of Patrick Stewart now wearing the rank of
  • The Russell Clan Go Head-To-Head With Monsters in This Apple Original Melodrama
    Image via Apple Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is a Kurt Russell fest for fans of this evergreen action star, that only gets better when audiences realise his son Wyatt is also onboard in this Apple backed monster mash. Unpacking a story that intentionally connects the dots between Skull Island and an alternate existence where muto
  • Slough House and Their Slow Horses Hit Another Home Run for Apple
    Image via Apple Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) is an MI5 section chief with all the charm of an SS officer who cloaks his excessive intellect beneath an unwashed indifference for his fellow man. Running crowd control at Slough House, where secret service agents go to die, Lamb is a mass of undercover contradictions who manages
  • This Resurrection Reboot of Frasier Lacks Risk
    Image via Paramount+ Putting aside those tossed salads and scrambled eggs, the original Frasier remains a spin-off series of substance with an Emmy haul well into double digits that ran for 11 seasons, turning Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) David Hyde-White (Niles), and Jane Leeves (Daphne) into household names. From his humble beginnings in that Boston bar
  • Pedestrian Pacing Hampers All the Light We Cannot See
    Image via Netflix Best-selling novels with an award-winning back story come no weightier than All the Light We Cannot See, since the adversity of war trumps almost any obstacle. Throw in a siege perpetrated by the dreaded German army circa 1944, and suddenly stakes have been upped, antes increased, and audiences find themselves in Pulitzer
  • The Fall of the House of Usher Lacks Something Fundamental
    Image via Netflix With all the pomp and ceremony of an ornate Gothic horror, writer-director Mike Flanagan (Midnight Mass) casts an affectionate eye over Edgar Allan Poe as he dives into The Fall of the House of Usher, introducing an extended family of pampered siblings who are waiting around for Roderick Usher (Bruce Greenwood) to
  • Bodies Is Much More Than a Back-Alley Murder Mystery
    Time travelling sci-fi murder mysteries are not only a real effort to say in one sentence, but rarely measure up to the expectations of others when so many genres are packed into one show. Bodies is a rare exception that bucks the trend, makes a mockery of conventions and does away with any assumption audiences
  • Boiling Point review: BBC restaurant drama serves up a treat
    The angst-ridden rattle and hum of a pressure cooker kitchen hits small screens this October, when Boiling Point makes its debut courtesy of the BBC. Starting out life as a finely crafted short, before transitioning into feature film territory, Boiling Point was the brainchild of co-creators Philip Barantini (Chernobyl) and James Cummings who introduced audiences
  • Brassic S5 review: Sky comedy hits new heights
    Ballsy, brash and morally bankrupt it might be, but the BAFTA-approved Brassic is back for a fifth season this September on Sky, catching Vinnie (Joe Gilgun), Erin (Michelle Keegan), Cardi (Tom Hanson) Ash (Aaron Heffernan) and Tommo (Ryan Sampson) up to no good. From hijacking horses to debating sexual depravity, Brassic has always been bold
  • Still Up review: Insomniac comedy may send you to sleep
    Best friends Lisa (Antonia Thomas) and Danny (Craig Roberts) have trouble sleeping. Connected by late night conversations and a shared condition, is Still Up the romcom Apple TV+ insomniacs have been waiting for? As packed with potential as the premise might be, this lightweight dramedy from creators Natalie Walker (I May Destroy You) and Steven
  • Film Noir Meets Gun-Fu Chic on The Continental Grounds in This Prime Video Gem
    With the Seventies swagger of a blaxploitation feature and a cast of ensemble killers packed with personality – The Continental comes to Prime Video this September with all guns blazing. Following the franchise phenomenon of John Wick, this highly stylised return to that universe, overseen by Derek Kolstad, David Leitch and Chad Stahelski required lashings
  • Sex Education S4 review: Netflix hit goes out with a bang
    Heart-felt yet hedonistic, Netflix’s Sex Education concludes with one final swing for the fences, bringing back Jean (Gillian Anderson), Otis (Asa Butterfield), Eric (Ncuti Gatwa) and Maeve (Emma Mackey) in a fourth season that hits home. From the audacious opening season that tore down taboos in 2019 without thinking twice, this Netflix trailblazer has always
  • Underdeveloped Makes a Masterful Mockery of Movie Making
    Movies about the entertainment industry are plentiful, including The Player, Swimming with Sharks, and Adaptation. However, in the past less love has been shown to television, unless you count sitcom hybrids like The Gary Shandling Show. That is all about to change with Underdeveloped, a bold new series from writer director Brian A. Metcalf. This
  • Painkiller review: Netflix drama treads familiar ground with lacklustre results
    The drama is out on Netflix now. Painkiller aims for audacious satire, dishes up indignation and looks to ignite the embers of debate around the US’s opioid addiction over six incisive episodes. By telling a fictionalised version of the story of Oxycontin — which Disney+ did so successfully with Dopesick — creators Micah Fitzerman-Blue and
  • Good Omens Takes the Extra Out of Extraordinary in a Lacklustre Sophomore Season
    With one vintage Bentley and a taste for the demonic, Crowley (David Tennant) is an uber cool embodiment of evil which leapt from the minds of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, in a collaboration which ended up being called Good Omens. A show which launched in 2019 and now finds itself heading into season 2
  • Special Ops: Lioness review: Taylor Sheridan’s latest Paramount+ series gets off to a strong start
    The Sicario writer returns to familiar territory for his latest TV thriller. New Paramount+ series Special Ops: Lioness opens in Syria on a forward area, baked solid by the unforgiving sun, populated by American operatives. With tensions hanging on a hair trigger and bone-dry dust clouds obscuring visibility, Joe (Zoe Saldaña) is forced to make
  • The Bear Serves up Another Slice of Kitchen Sink Drama
    With seismic intensity and more powerhouse performances than most shows can muster, The Bear returns to Disney+ from 19 July for another run. Created by Christopher Storer, this Emmy nominated Chicago based drama has turned actor Jeremy Allen White (Shameless) into a Golden Globe winner, with his scenery chewing turn as Carmen ‘Carmy’ Berzatto. A
  • The Afterparty S2 review: Apple’s whodunnit keeps you on the edge of your seat
    Lacking in life signs on every level, Edgar Minnows (Zach Woods) opens season 2 of The Afterparty still suited and booted in his wedding bed. With both eyes open but most definitely deceased, his widow Grace (Poppy Liu) is busy screaming the place down while a house full of family members wait in earnest for
  • Then You Run review: Sky Gangster Drama Is Something Special
    The show premieres on Friday, 7 July. Then You Run just sounds like good advice for anyone waking up next to unrefined heroin, a recently deceased father figure and one blood-stained laptop. Adapted by Ben Chanan (The Capture) from Zoran Drvenkar’s novel, this Sky original bounces between decades in a savvy opening episode, introducing audiences
  • Secret Invasion Heralds the Return of an MCU Favourite Ready to Wage War
    With an old skool Cold War vibe, a dash of alien infiltration, and the emergence of an avenging angel from his intergalactic safe house, Secret Invasion starts strong as Marvel attempts a resurrection of sorts spearheaded by one grizzled Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson). Donning a beanie hat and wealth of facial hair, audiences are
  • Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror Offers Lashings of Savage Satire in Its Sixth Season
    With an on-going threat of Eastern bloc uprising from an obsolete superpower, openly corrupt world leaders pleading their innocence both sides of the pond, and global economies in freefall – it seems an ideal time for another Black Mirror from Charlie Brooker.  Between himself and producer Annabel Jones, Black Mirror moved from being a cult
  • Best Interests review: A hard-hitting but vital ethical conundrum
    Hard-hitting new BBC series Best Interests — written by hardest working man in TV Jack Thorne (His Dark Materials) — explores the moral and ethical debates around terminal illness. Andrew (Michael Sheen) and Nicci (Sharon Horgan) have a twelve-year-old daughter (Niamh Moriarty) with muscular dystrophy, who is progressively getting worse. Read more at: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/best-interests-review-hard-hitting-vital-ethical-conundrum-093907084.html
  • The Full Monty review: Character-driven Disney+ revival is hot stuff
    Returning to screens after 26 years, Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) revisits some old friends from South Yorkshire, who once found fame giving it The Full Monty. Much of what made that original film work came down to its character actors. Headlined by Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson, and Paul Barber, The Full
  • Citadel review: An enjoyable if derivative spy romp
    High-octane action and lavish European locations are the hallmarks of Citadel – a super slick new espionage romp from Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo. Featuring high-speed inter-railing fist fights, exotic femme fatales, and a touch of low-grade amnesia for suave black-op agents Mason Kane (Richard Madden) and Nadia Sinh (Priyanka Chopra-Jonas), this Prime
  • Review: ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ makes a staggering debut in its opening season
    Boldly going where countless other have gone before, season one of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds hits digital download, DVD, Blu-ray steel book and 4k from May 15th.  Having made quite the splash when it hit Paramount+ last year, this new incarnation comes fresh from the creative team behind The Man Who Fell to Earth,
  • A Town Called Malice review: 80s jukebox crime saga lacks substance
    A killer soundtrack papers over the cracks in Nick Love’s new Sky Max series. Created by Nick Love (The Sweeney), starring Jason Flemyng (The Walk-In), and full of pulsing 80s anthems – new crime drama A Town Called Malice launches on Sky Max from 16 March. This retro crime thriller, which exists in Spain’s sun-kissed
  • Review: ‘Lucky Hank’ sees Bob Odenkirk embrace an unmissable midlife crisis
    With key supporting roles in both The Post and Little Women, alongside that career-defining performance as Saul Goodman in Breaking Bad and prequel Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk is becoming an unsung hero in every medium, a trend which shows no signs of slowing down in Lucky Hank. Adapted by showrunners Aaron Zelman and Paul
  • Review: Kiefer Sutherland emerges from the ‘Rabbit Hole’ to get back into the espionage business
    Audiences get to see how deep the Rabbit Hole goes on Mar. 26, when Kiefer Sutherland returns to the espionage genre as John Weir, an off the radar undercover operative who runs an elite team of specialists dealing in counterintelligence. Not only dealing with government agencies and tech firm takeovers, but manipulating information in their
  • Review: Life-changing revelations promise huge things in ‘The Big Door Prize’
    Life, as it turns out, is a lottery rife with missed opportunities, fortuitous interactions, and more than the occasional happy accident. The Big Door Prize, which stars Chris O’Dowd (Slumberland), Crystal Fox (Big Little Lies), and Gabrielle Dennis (Luke Cage) – digs into those ideas just a little deeper on Mar. 29, when it hits
  • Review: An impeccable Christoph Waltz makes cost-cutting cool in ‘The Consultant’
    Created and written by Tony Basgallop (Servant), The Consultant brings Hollywood chameleon Christoph Waltz (No Time to Die) to Prime Video – breathing life into productivity expert Regus Patoff. Set in the world of app-based computer games, The Consultant opens at CompWare, as audiences are swiftly introduced to Elaine (Brittany O’Grady) and Craig (Nat Wolff).
  • Review: Top-tier talent is just about enough to save ‘Liaison’ from mediocrity
    Globetrotting espionage thriller Liaison, which premieres on Apple from Feb. 24, brings together two formidable performers in Vincent Cassel (La Haine) and Eva Green (Penny Dreadful) for the first time, making this slick slice of bilingual cyber-terrorism an enticing prospect for anybody after some international espionage. Created by Virginie Brac and Oliver Butcher, Liaison opens
  • The Twelve review: Sam Neill series is more than just another courtroom drama
    Innocence is matter of opinion in new Aussie courtroom drama The Twelve — now streaming on ITVX — when fourteen people are asked to pass judgement. Created by Sanne Nuyens and Bert Van Dael, this character driven social commentary piece asks audiences some deeply personal questions as the finer points are initially unpacked. Professional artist
  • Review: ‘Hello Tomorrow’ misses a big opportunity in lunar real estate
    Hello Tomorrow, which premieres on Apple TV on Feb 17, exists in a world futuristic ’50s kitsch, where huge Buicks glide by without wheels, and salesmen sell people lunar timeshares. Perfect picket fences, retro-tech Facetime, and an endless stream of ‘can do’ optimism shapes an American society where no dreams are too big. In this
  • Better review: BBC cop show makes for compelling viewing
    When personal grief and professional loyalties collide things rarely get Better – as Detective Inspector Lou Slack (Leila Farzad) finds out — in the new BBC drama streaming on iPlayer now. Written by Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent (Humans), this Leeds based melodrama deals with police corruption, drug dealing turf wars, and a very special
  • The Gold review: BBC hits the jackpot with Brinks-Mat robbery drama
    The Brink’s-Mat gold bullion theft — the subject of BBC One’s new drama The Gold — is so infamous there should be a monument. Committed on 26 November 1983, by six men who broke into a London Heathrow lock-up looking to grab £1m, but stumbled on gold instead. Read more at: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/the-gold-review-bbc-brinks-mat-robbery-drama-102444264.html
  • Review: Season 3 is the magic number, as ‘Star Trek: Picard’ continues to hit those high notes
    Straight out of the gate and leading with his front foot, Jean-Luc (Patrick Stewart) embarks on his final frontier-busting season from Feb. 16 in Star Trek: Picard. Following the solid storytelling and intricate plot lines, which welcomed Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan), renegade pilot Raffi (Michelle Hurd), and an enigmatic Q (John de Lancie) back
  • ‘Lockwood & Co.’ review: A supernatural hit for Joe Cornish and Netflix
    Headlined by a charismatic cast, Netflix’s new fantasy series Lockwood & Co — streaming from 27 January — proves that quantum realms and alternate dimensions are old hat. Based on the hit YA books by acclaimed fantasy writer Jonathan Stroud — the creator of the Bartimaeus books — this glossy adaptation from writer-director Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) introduces a supernatural
  • Review: ‘Shrinking’ is packed with pathos, and laugh out loud funny
    Harrison Ford seems to be experiencing a career renaissance, with the imminent Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Yellowstone prequel 1923, and now Shrinking – which hits Apple TV Jan. 27. That this surge in productivity coincides with the return of Scrubs legend Bill Lawrence to writing, should perhaps come as less of a surprise. Co-created by Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso), Jason
  • Review: ‘Poker Face’ adds another string to the bow of Rian Johnson
    Infused with the essence of Jim Jarmusch and Quentin Tarantino, Peacock original Poker Face may prove to be another home run for prolific writer and director Rian Johnson. Coming on like Columbo with better hair and hygiene, Natasha Lyonne (Russan Doll) plays reformed card shark Charlie Cale. An essential piece of this anthology hybrid, which effortlessly combines quirky character studies
  • Review: ‘Truth Be Told’ continues to intrigue in a riveting third season
    Inspired by the novel Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barber, police procedural and podcast private eye hybrid Truth be Told has consistently delivered from day one. With the Oscar winning Octavia Spencer embodying Poppy Scoville-Parnell, this family drama has remained compelling for two seasons now. That the show also had some top tier support from the likes of Aaron Paul (Breaking
  • Review: ‘Stonehouse’ is filled with super savvy political potshots
    On November 20 1974, English parliamentary MP John Stonehouse (Matthew Macfadyen) walked into the ocean off Miami. A confirmed philanderer, family man, and suspected spy for the Czech Republic, this morally bankrupt member of parliament was already in hot water before he decided to do it. What dramatization Stonehouse decides to do is shape this political scandal
  • Review: ‘Servant’ season 4 cranks up the creepy to deliver something truly special
    Season 4 of Servant promises a reckoning on Spruce Street, which will begin with homeless gatherings and continue inside as masonry cracks and basements subside. This is when Leanne (Nell Tiger Free), Sean (Toby Kebbell), Dorothy (Lauren Ambrose), and Julian (Rupert Grint) will learn the truth. Only then will this whole twisted tale finally make sense and
  • ‘Welcome to Chippendales’ review: Slick 70s drama gets pulses racing
    With an edgy 70s vibe and pulsing disco beat, creator Robert Siegel (The Wrestler) opens up a Pandora’s box of sexual liberation in Welcome to Chippendales, his new original series streaming on Disney+ from 11 January. It’s a slickly produced and dynamically stylised dip into the world of Somen ‘Steve’ Banerjee (Kumail Nanjiani), the founder
  • ‘The Rig’ review: Iain Glen and Martin Compston lead chilling oil rig thriller
    Launching on Prime Video on 6 January, The Rig sees Vigil star Martin Compston returning to the waves for a gripping new year treat. Days away from shore leave and stranded off the coast of Scotland, workers on the Kinloch Bravo drilling platform are shrouded in fog. With communications cut off, dwindling morale and a powder keg
  • Review: Picard season 2 is an essential purchase for any Star Trek fan
    Image via Paramount Pictures When season 2 of Picard hit Prime Video earlier this year, it confirmed that Michael Chabon, Akiva Goldsman, Kirsten Beyer and Alex Kurtzman were right to follow their gut. Now well into his eighties, Patrick Stewart still personified the ideal amongst Star Fleet captains, within a world which had all begun
  • Yahoo! – ‘SAS Rogue Heroes’ review: Steven Knight delivers another period cracker
    Coming on like the lovechild of David Lean and Guy Ritchie, SAS Rogue Heroes is fuelled by AC/DC guitar riffs and a healthy amount of irreverence. Written by Oscar-nominee Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders), this BBC limited series draws its inspiration from the book by Ben McIntyre, which documents how Britain’s SAS (Special Air Service) came into being. Read more
  • London Film Festival 2022 Review – ‘Mammals’ gives James Corden back his heart and soul
    Mammals, which hits Prime Video on Nov. 1, is much more than a dramedy with romantic notions and moral conundrums. Writer Jez Butterworth is deliberate in exploring questions of trust and of attraction, with debates around monogamy throughout. Headlined by Emmy-winning chat show host, stage actor, and UK television mainstay James Corden, Mammals marks his return to dramatic
  • ‘The Peripheral’ review: Chloë Grace Moretz anchors solid sci-fi distraction
    With fully immersive avatars, time-travelling conundrums and elements of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One, Prime Video may have hit pay dirt with its new sci-fi series The Peripheral, streaming from 21 October. Read more at: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/the-peripheral-review-chloe-grace-moretz-solid-sci-fi-distraction-075705713.html
  • ‘Let the Right One In’ TV adaptation proves worthy of its source material
    Eternal youth comes with compromises when a need to feed can clash with the desire for friends and family. Let the Right One In deals with just such a conundrum when it launches on Paramount+ from 8 October. Read more at: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/let-the-right-one-tv-adaptation-source-material-review-230141770.html
  • We Got This Covered Review – ‘A Friend of the Family’ takes true crime drama to new levels with Jake Lacy’s chilling performance
    In the 70s, American middle-class attitudes to friends and neighbors were a little more relaxed. Communities gathered around their religion and close-knit groups of like-minded people sprung up in every cul-de-sac, creating a safe haven for all. It was an era when phrases like A Friend of the Family meant exactly that – which is why when Peacock’s
  • ‘The Old Man’ review: Jeff Bridges hits the target with ageing spy thriller
    To quote Dylan Thomas: ‘Many rage against the dying of the light, as advancing years and dwindling faculties see them stripped of their dignity. Mortality, legacy and those we leave behind us become more important as that time ebbs away.’ Nowhere else are those sentiments felt more deeply than in The Old Man, which hits Disney+ from 28
  • ‘This England’ review: Kenneth Branagh’s Boris Johnson drama is an eye-opening exposé
    Starring Sir Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson This England — which airs on Sky from 28 September — never seeks to challenge the notion that British politics is an institution tainted by self-serving bureaucrats with barely veiled agendas, but instead uses drama to dig deeper into the debacle. Read more at: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/this-england-review-kenneth-branagh-boris-johnson-inflammatory-drama-091826766.html
  • ‘Inside Man’ review: David Tennant and Steven Moffat team up for deliciously deviant drama
    To commit murder, one should never get emotional. Like everything else in life, that most heinous of crimes comes down to a simple choice. Inside Man, which airs on BBC One and iPlayer from 26 September, not only explores that darkest of decisions, but manages to shape a deliciously deviant piece of drama from it in the process.
  • We Got This Covered – ‘Andor’ goes rogue, offering new hope to ‘Star Wars’ fans
    Surfaces slick with rainwater cast neon reflections into the night sky. Foreboding concrete buildings close in around a lone figure cloaked by darkness, who bows his head against the curious. Nearby, pounding bass beats assault the senses, while overzealous doormen admit revelers after an intrusive body search. Welcome to the world of Andor, streaming exclusively on
  • Crossfire review: New Keeley Hawes thriller is unmissable TV
    Everybody thinks the choices they make have nothing to do with chance. Crossfire, which hits the BBC on 20 September, puts pay to that assumption in brutal fashion. Read more at: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/crossfire-review-new-keeley-hawes-thriller-unmissable-tv-105712538.html
  • ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture – Director’s Edition’ Review
    There is an old adage amongst the Star Trek community which is tantamount to scripture.  A fiction which has festered into fact, that states any odd numbered entries in this revered sci-fi cannon are best avoided. A tradition which was kickstarted over forty years ago with the much maligned motherload of Star Trek: The Motion
  • ‘The Serpent Queen’ review: Samantha Morton drama lives in the shadow of its contemporaries
    For audiences keen on rabble-rousing historical romps, jam-packed with political intrigue and copious coupling The Serpent Queen — which launches on Starzplay from 11 September — might just make a few watch lists. Read more at: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/the-serpent-queen-review-samantha-morton-drama-shadow-contemporaries-102602027.html
  • ‘American Gigolo’ review: Jon Bernthal shines in classy adult drama
    With crime drama American Gigolo (streaming on Paramount+ from 10 September) debates around masculinity, gender identity and sexual desire are given a contemporary twist. Read more at: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/american-gigolo-review-jon-bernthal-shines-classy-adult-drama-095319337.html
  • We Got This Covered – ‘Wedding Season’ is a truly original rom-com
    With cast iron contracts, invasive background checks and a bewitching bride-to-be, Wedding Season hits the ground running on Hulu from Sept. 8th. Coming off like the evil twin of Richard Curtis rom-com classic Four Weddings & A Funeral, this off-kilter romantic steeplechase is galvanized from the off by Katie (Rosa Salazar) and Stefan (Gavin Drea). Opening like the
  • We Got This Covered – ‘Last Light’ is an eco-thriller with a pulse
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