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House of the Dragon is the long-awaited prequel series to the smash hit Game of Thrones, based on George R. R. Martin’s Fire & Blood novel. Unsurprisingly expectations for this series were high and despite my own personal misgivings about whether this prequel was necessary, House of the Dragon is undoubtedly a success. Set 200 …
She-Hulk, the latest series to enter the MCU, has finally wrapped on Disney+ after an interesting 9-episode first season. Due to its unconventional storytelling, it is Marvel’s riskiest move to date and sadly they don’t quite manage to pull it off. The show follows successful district attorney Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany), who also happens to …
Apple TV+’s miniseries, Five Days at Memorial, tells the story of Memorial Hospital in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and the events that followed. After sustaining relatively minor damage during the hurricane, the hospital did not evacuate, not knowing the levy would fail, leading to widespread flooding. The hospital staff do their best to care …
Arriving on Netflix today, The Sandman is a new series based on the award-winning DC comic series by Neil Gaiman. The original comic series ran for 75 issues between 1989 and 1996, made the New York Times Bestseller List, and continues to be one of the most beloved graphic novels of all time. And, surprise …
Resident Evil is the latest adaptation of the smash hit Capcom video game series, this time brought to our screens as a Netflix tv show. Airing only 7 months after the release of the last adaptation, the promising yet disappointing Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, this series has decided to try a change of …
After a month’s wait, Volume 2 of Stranger Things Season 4 has finally landed on Netflix. With 2 episodes boasting an inflated total run time of nearly 4 hours, the action picks up right where the excellent volume 1 left off. But after all of the wait and hype, volume 2 is rather more filler …
Picking up ten years after Revenge of the Sith, Obi-Wan, now known as Ben, is a broken man, haunted by Anakin’s turn to the dark side. After Leia is kidnapped, Obi-Wan sets out to rescue her; unaware that the kidnapping is a ploy to lure him out of hiding. He is relentlessly pursued by the …
HBO Max’s The Staircase dramatizes the events of the strange Kathleen Peterson murder. After Kathy (Toni Collette) mysteriously falls and dies at the bottom of the staircase in her home, law enforcement questions whether it was an accident or murder and Kathleen’s husband, Michael (Colin Firth), becomes the only suspect before being charged with murder. …
I have no issue at all with bees; bees are lovely. However, during the warmer months, when flies are constantly finding their way into the house, I can’t help feeling that they have it in for me, which can cause me to get a little… cranky. Why else would they repeatedly buzz around me instead …
Belly (Isabel) Conklin is fifteen – nearly sixteen – and she goes to Cousins beach with her brother and mum every single summer. Days upon end were spent on the beach and by the pool at Susannah Fisher’s beach house. Susannah is the best friend of Belly’s mum Laurel, they’ve known each other since they …
Two years after the release of the last series, Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy is finally back for season 3. After foiling their second apocalypse, the dysfunctional family are thrown into yet more time travelling hijinks as they return from 1963. While initially, this season takes some time to settle in, once it finds its groove it’s …
This is a spoiler-free review for episodes 1 to 5 of season 3. Season 2 of The Boys did a fantastic job of tying up multiple plot threads in both an entertaining and satisfying way, while still managing to set up and tease some exciting new ones for season 3. With Stormfront left badly burned …
This review covers part 1 of season 4 only Stranger Things Season 4 has just landed on Netflix, but with a catch. The new release is Volume 1, featuring 7 episodes, with the final 2 episodes making up Volume 2 due to hit our screens a month later on 1st July. Due to lengthy runtimes …
Over the last few months, viewers have been bombarded by a deluge of miniseries based on true stories. Most of these shows have already been covered by popular documentaries or podcasts, so there’s already a built-in audience for them, and I am one-hundred percent the target demographic for these shows. Here’s a rundown of some …
Starring Oscar Isaac, Moon Knight is the first Marvel release to be completely untethered from the rest of the MCU. In what could have been a risky move that might easily polarise fans, the end result is a hugely entertaining story that is probably the best Marvel show to date. The show opens with Steven …
HBO Max’s Tokyo Vice focuses on American reporter Jack Adelstein’s (Ansel Elgort) time in Tokyo reporting on crime in the 1990s. Adelstein is employed by the largest newspapers in Japan and is making a mess of it. As the only gaijin (foreigner) at the paper, he is desperate to prove himself to the newspaper and …
