The Forsytes opens in London, 1877, when I was knee-height to a grasshopper… Oh, actually that was *19*77, but close enough. It’s the time before Kid’n’Play, when people held house parties with the guests being …
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Category: TV Series
My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE RIDGE on BBC2!
The Ridge is a thriller with the initial mystery that when we see lots of unnecessary shakycam/zooming in-and-out as we’re introduced to anaesthetist Mia (Lauren Lyle – The Outrun) – the picture still unable to …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE IRIS AFFAIR on SKY ATLANTIC!
The Iris Affair is one of those dramas that begins with something happening later in the story – here, as someone’s getting savagely beaten up – before going back to a previous point in time. …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of SPLINTER CELL DEATHWATCH on NETFLIX!
Splinter Cell Deathwatch is a spin-off from the everlong Splinter Cell videogame series, based upon the Tom Clancy novels, and it makes me realise that we haven’t had one in a while. In fact, 2013 …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of RIOT WOMEN on BBC1!
Riot Women is the BBC’s answer to We Are Lady Parts, this time with women of the next generation up, including Beth (Joanna Scanlan – Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy) at a very low …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of BOOTS on NETFLIX!
Boots initially sounds like it’s pitched as Full Metal Jacket meets Queer As Folk. Set in 1990, young private Cameron Cope (Miles Heizer – Nerve) and some others are gay, but homosexuality was not allowed …
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Worlds Apart – The DVDfever Review – Channel 4 – Travel gameshow
Worlds Apart is a new Channel 4 gameshow that takes place in Japan, a place I want to visit, having seen a zillion videos about just how stunning and well-behaved it is, especially in comparison …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG on CHANNEL 5!
Murder Before Evensong brings the novels of Rev. Richard Coles to the small screen. I haven’t read a book since I was at school, but at that same time, I regularly watched Top of the …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of FRAUDS on ITV!
Frauds opens at the very remote (and fictional) La Cienaga Prison in the back of beyond in Spain, as Bert’s (Suranne Jones – Film Club) getting out of chokey after ten years in the slammer, …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of FILM CLUB on BBC3!
Film Club centres around best friends Evie (Aimee Lou Wood – Daddy Issues, Living) and Noa (Nabhaan Rizwan – The Accident), who only seem to watch one film a week, yet I can go to …
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