CW: Child abuse The arrival of the spring season symbolises new life, new growth and, for many a newly invigorated dietary obsession. Anyone who is familiar with the onslaught of pro weight-loss propaganda in the run up to summer may be enticed to live in a country where big is beautiful. And where might you […]
Rating: ⭐⭐ On TV this week, Bryan Cranston plays an easy-going, jovial father, who is forced to spin a confounding web of deception and lies to cover up his involvement in crime as he descends deeper into a violent underworld. Sadly, the clocks haven’t been wound back 10 years, and Breaking Bad (2008-2013) isn’t what’s […]
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ After much nagging from my flatmate, this week I watched all of the Channel 4 sort-of-a sitcom Back in one go. I needn’t have resisted; Simon Blackwell’s latest venture is fantastic. This review is focused on the second season, though due to the (terrible pun incoming) back-to-back viewing (I’m so sorry) of both […]
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The late anthropologist David Graeber said, “the ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently.” This quote was placed directly at the beginning of Adam Curtis’ new documentary series called Can’t Get You Out of My Head. In these six hour-and-bit long […]
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Shrouded in mystery with shocking reveals time and time again, WandaVision is the perfect start to the new generation of Marvel TV shows being produced. Starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany, the show follows the romantic story of Wanda Maximoff (AKA Scarlett Witch) and Vision as they settle into a white picket-fence house […]
If you’ve got it, haunt it. And the second series of Ghosts certainly does haunt it. After a year, The BBC’s wonderfully silly sitcom is back, much to the delight of many avid fans. From the creators of the almost cult-like classic Horrible Histories, the show has remained true to its origins, offering the same […]