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 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 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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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of HEATED RIVALRY on SKY ATLANTIC!
Heated Rivalry: In December 2008, playing hockey on the ice rink, like The Flintstones, competing sports stars Russian Ilya (Connor Storrie) and Asian-Canadian Shane (Hudson Williams) are about to have a gay old time! In …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of HIS AND HERS on NETFLIX!
His And Hers brings together Tessa Thompson (The Marvels IMAX 3D) and Jon Bernthal (The Accountant 2), as Anna and Detective Jack Harper, respectively. She’s a former TV news anchor, who took a year off …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of GIRL TAKEN on PARAMOUNT+!
Girl Taken opens with the titular female, Lily Riser (Tallulah Evans – The Forsytes), starting to eat a strawberry… only for her captor, Rick Hansen (Alfie Allen – Atomic), to tut, causing her to put …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of PATIENCE SERIES 2 on CHANNEL 4!
Patience Series 2 should probably have begun at Halloween, given that a male dead body has been found with a stake through the heart and two bite marks in his neck. However, as it stands, …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? on BBC1!
Can You Keep A Secret? Can I? Well, you might want to with this new series that attempts to put a light spin on a ‘Canoe Man‘-type story, and fails miserably. Debbie Fendon’s (Dawn French …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MILLIONAIRE HOT SEAT on ITV!
Millionaire Hot Seat finally brings the format to a better length, since the 60-minute shows have been way too long for some time, and the original format’s well has run dry. However, this new format …
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