Man On Fire opens with Special Forces soldier John Creasy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MAN ON FIRE on NETFLIX!
Man On Fire opens with Special Forces soldier John Creasy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II – Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom) in an operation which goes wrong, in Vallejo Industrial Zone, Mexico City, with all his team …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of EXIT 8!
Exit 8 opens to the strains of Bolero blaring out, so that’s a good start, and with some remembering that used by Torvill and Dean for their ice skating win, in 1981. Less so for …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of HALF MAN on BBC1!
Half Man shows that Niall (Jamie Bell – All of Us Strangers) and Ruben (Richard Gadd – Against The Law) have frequently been at loggerheads, and with a rather violent bent from the latter, so …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of LEE CRONIN’S THE MUMMY!
The Mummy – aka Lee Cronin’s The Mummy – opens with the news that the locals, Layla Khalil (May Elghety), and her hubby have a mummy in the loft, as you do. Meanwhile, Charlie Cannon …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of PRISONER on SKY ATLANTIC!
Prisoner‘s trailer felt like Bruce Willis’ 2006 action/drama 16 Blocks, where his exhausted, long-in-the-tooth detective just HAD to get Mos Def to the court on time in order to testify about a crime bigwig, despite …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of SECRET SERVICE on ITV!
Secret Service opens with Kate Henderson (Gemma Arterton – The Critic) and her busy family getting ready for the day… very ’24’ opening episode… Before long, Kate’s in Senglea, Malta, which is actually Stockport doubling …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MICHAEL!
Michael… It’s not a biopic, but a Coronation of a Nonce. In fact, it’s the not-true story of pop music’s most notorious kiddy-fiddler who got away with it, because money talks and facts take a …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of STRAIGHT TO HELL on NETFLIX!
Straight To Hell is so-called because it centres around (Erika Toda), once the most famous fortune teller in Japan, a ‘career’ that should really be ignored because it’s just made-up nonsense. She’s very insulting, and …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE CAGE on BBC1!
The Cage may be on BBC1 and not ITV, but it’s still time for Sheridan Smith! The opulent casino setting matches with the early ’80s music, opening with New Order’s 5-8-6, before moving on to …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE NEIGHBOURHOOD on ITV!
The Neighbourhood sounds like the title from another mad-cap Channel 5 four-part drama, but in this case, it’s another ITV gameshow. Once again, they wheel out Graham Norton – late of this parish in the …
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