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Bodies is a new limited series now available to stream on Netflix. Based on a graphic novel of the same name, the mind-bending, time-travel thriller brings a refreshingly new and interesting take to the detective crime genre. The 8-episode series opens in London in 2023 with DS Shahara Hasan (Amaka Okafor), as she heads to …
The Fall of the House of Usher, Mike Flanagan’s most recent Netflix project, is based on a collection of works by Edgar Allan Poe. The Usher family, headed up by twins Roderick Usher (Bruce Greenwood) and Madeline Usher (Mary McDonnell), own a large pharmaceutical company called Fortunato that makes a boatload of money from a …
Episodes reviewed: 1-6 Gen V is a new 8-part series, coming to Prime Video this Friday and set in the same supe-inhabited world as The Boys, a show that has already racked up three brilliant seasons and is still going strong. Gen V is set in Godolkin University, a prestigious superhero-only college, where students train …
After a 3-year absence, Black Mirror made a surprise return to Netflix this month. The latest season of the dark, technology-based anthology series features 5 brand new episodes with a host of famous faces, however, a change in thematic direction of the show is an area of contention. The first episode, Joan is Awful, stars …
After toxic air pollution turns Korea into a desert wasteland, only 1 percent of the population survives. Using social status, the remaining citizens are segregated into separate living districts. Thirty years after the disaster, in 2071, people wear respirators to go outdoors and rely on deliverymen, or “knights,” to protect and deliver daily necessities like …
After a public misstep, the haughty daughter of a chaebol family, Won Mi-ho (Lee Da-hee), is banished to Jeju Island by her father to reflect on her actions and teach at a high school. Mi-ho is only accompanied by Butler Chang (Oh Kwang-rok), whom Mi-ho is closer to than anyone else in her family. Little …
The Last of Us is the HBO adaptation of the smash hit video game, that has just finished airing on Sky Atlantic in the UK. Bringing video games to life in big and small screen adaptations has long been fraught with danger, with many suffering at the hands of fans and critics alike. However, The …
Red Rose is a horror series set in Bolton, now airing on Netflix after debuting last summer on BBC Three. The series follows a group of teenagers who find themselves entangled with the very sinister titular app. While starting off promising, feeling very akin to the likes of Black Mirror, the end result is a …
After taking on superheroes, vampires and Hitler, Taika Waititi turns his hand to pirates as the star and executive producer of Our Flag Means Death, now showing on BBC Two in the UK. With an ingenious comic premise and a fantastic cast, this should have been a home run of hilarity. Instead, the end result …
Hulu/Disney+ miniseries, Welcome to Chippendales is a semi-biographical drama about the origin of Chippendales, and its founder, Somen “Steve” Banerjee (Kumail Nanjiani). The series starts in the 1970s where Indian immigrant Banerjee aspires to become a successful businessman and idolises people like Hugh Hefner. He tries various club ideas and meets Club Promoter Paul Snider …
The Rig is Amazon’s latest Prime TV release to hit our screens, starring a whole host of recognisable faces from the likes of Game of Thrones and Line of Duty. Advertised as a supernatural thriller, the series follows the crew of an oil rig over six episodes as a mysterious fog descends on them. However, …
Coming to Disney+ on January 25th, Extraordinary is a new 8-part British series from debut writer Emma Moran and the producers of Killing Eve. Extraordinary follows 25-year-old Jen (Máiréad Tyers), who lives in a world where everyone over the age of 18 develops a superpower… except for her. What follows is a hilarious and beautifully …
After serving as a faithful employee to the Jin family for years, Yoon Hyun Woo (Song Joong Ki) is framed for embezzlement and executed by someone in the family. When he dies, he is reborn in the past as the youngest grandchild in the Jin family, Jin Do Joon. When Yoon realizes he was betrayed, …
Wednesday is an eight-part series which focuses on The Addams Family daughter as she moves away to attend a boarding school for the gifted. Created and written by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar, the series is also directed and executive produced by Tim Burton, so you’ll have a pretty good idea upfront of what to expect from the style and tone of the show.
AMC’s Interview with the Vampire, based on the book of the same name, follows Louis on his journey through immortality. Louis, a prominent Creole businessman in New Orleans, meets French vampire Lestat de Lioncourt. They develop a romantic relationship, and Lestat makes Louis a vampire. They live together as a couple, and Lestat teaches him …
Cabinet of Curiosities is a new horror anthology series from Guillermo Del Toro, now airing on Netflix. Featuring 8 stories from some well-known directors and personally curated by Del Toro himself, you’d be forgiven for expecting big things from this series. However, despite some promising aspects, the end results aren’t nearly as terrifying as it …
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