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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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of APEX on NETFLIX!
Apex opens with couple Sasha (Charlize Theron – The Old Guard 2) and Tommy (Eric Bana) having a rather unwise climbing trip up the Troll Wall in Norway, which requires a 1000m vertical ascent to …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of UNCHOSEN on NETFLIX!
Unchosen opens by telling us “Over 2000 cults exist in the UK. Some are closed communities. But many, like this fictional one, live in plain sight.” Although it feels like this Christian community – that’s …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’
California Schemin’ opens in 2003, and centering around Dundee-based real-life rappers Billy Boyd (Samuel Bottomley – The Teacher Series 1, Ghost Stories) and Gavin Bain (Seamus McLean Ross), sending demos to record companies, and getting …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THEY WILL KILL YOU!
They Will Kill You opens with Asia Reaves (Zazie Beetz – Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die) on the run with her sister, Maria, away from their abusive dad, but getting separated to the point …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MINT on BBC1!
Mint… have you ever watched a programme and still have absolutely zero idea what’s going on, or why it was made? Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from …
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Stand By Me 40th Anniversary – The DVDfever Cinema Review – A spellbinding first-time experience!
Stand By Me is one of those films I’ve somehow not got round to seeing until now, when it’s been projected onto the big screen for its 40th Anniversary, and what a spellbinding experience! At …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MISSED CALL on CHANNEL 5!
Missed Call is a new Channel 5 drama which sees Sarah (Joanna Scanlan – Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy) send her daughter, Katie (Emily Coates – The Little Mermaid (2023)), off on a trip …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE!
The Magic Faraway Tree is an Enid Blyton novel, obviously updated a bit for the big screen, given how Claire Foy (H Is For Hawk), as Polly Thompson, is a “fridge designer”, yet stupidly quits …
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