Finding Her Edge is Netflix’s new Young Adult skating drama, which is basically 90210: The Skating Years. Adriana Russo (Madelyn Keys) is a former ice skating champion, who’s hey-day was some time ago, and now, …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of FREE BERT on NETFLIX!
Free Bert centres around comedian Bert Kreischer, playing a version of himself, who we first see performing at Rob Lowe‘s birthday party. I was this years old when I (a) first heard of Bert Kreischer, …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of RENTAL FAMILY!
Rental Family is the title given to a strange Japanese phenomenon of someone acting in order to pretend to be someone’s friend, lover, relative etc. Hence, when we first meet Phillip Vanderploeg (Brendan Fraser, who …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE!
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is the unnecessary follow-up to last year’s unnecessary sequel, 28 Years Later. With both films, it makes me ask: What is Danny Boyle‘s obsession with Jimmy Savile?! Very suspect. …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS on SKY ATLANTIC!
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms takes place a century before Game Of Thrones, and centres around Ser Duncan ‘Dunk’ the Tall (former Rugby Union player Peter Claffey – Harry Wild), the title being another …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE RIP on NETFLIX!
The Rip is the term given by cops to busting a stash house, i.e. a place where drug money is… well, stashed. As the film begins, Captain Jackie Velez (Lina Esco), has been killed, and …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of AGATHA CHRISTIE’S SEVEN DIALS on NETFLIX!
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials is the latest tale from Mrs C’s works to get the TV treatment, this time on Netflix. Opening in 1920, Ronda – a city in Andalusia, Spain, although not all of …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of LOVE THROUGH A PRISM on NETFLIX!
Love Through a Prism is a new Japanese anime, set in the early 20th Century, which is absolutely stunning. Revolving around Lili Ichijoin (Atsumi Tanezaki), a young Japanese girl who’s going to olde-world London, given …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of GIANT!
Giant has nothing to do with James Dean, even though he comes to mind whenever I see the title, but it tells the rise and rise of boxer “Prince” Naseem Hamed (Amir El-Masry – A …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of STAR TREK STARFLEET ACADEMY on PARAMOUNT+!
Star Trek Starfleet Academy is the latest Star Trek series to grace our screens, and this one in time for the franchise’s 60th Anniversary. Note that I’ll avoid spoilers, but will set the basic premise. …
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