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Ballard… Renée Ballard… This is a spinoff from Bosch, a series I haven’t seen before, but it opens with the titular cop, played by Maggie Q (Allegiant: The Divergent Series), chasing baddie Windel with a …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of SMOKE on APPLE TV+!
Smoke centres around fireman-turned arson investigator Dave Gudsen (Taron Egerton – Carry-On), who changed his job because he’d put himself in danger one too many times. He’s involuntarily partnered with cop Michelle Calderone (Jurnee Smollett, …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of COUNTDOWN!
Countdown sadly doesn’t feature Series 91’s potential finalist, Amy Berry, from the popular Channel 4 daytime quiz that’s been running since 1982 and was their first ever programme, but that’s my cross to bear. Still, …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of TRANSACTION!
Transaction is the latest TV project to come across as a diversity box-ticking exercise, following Pushers and whatever passed for the last couple of series Doctor Who. Hey, it starts well, with hearing Ave Maria. …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MURDER MOST PUZZLING! (aka THE PUZZLE LADY) on Channel 5!
Murder Most Puzzling could also be considered as ‘Murder She Puzzled’, given its similarity with Murder She Wrote, which started when the late, great Angela Lansbury was almost 60. This time, the female in her …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of PUSHERS on Channel 4!
Pushers has the warning, online: “This programme is not suitable for younger viewers”, or anyone who likes comedy, really. For some reason, the executives at Channel 4 find Rosie Jones funny. I understand she suffers …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE WATERFRONT on NETFLIX!
The Waterfront is a new Netflix series which opens with a boat being seized by baddies, and the captain and first mate being forced overboard, bound and trussed up… but thankfully, not WITH Liz Truss. …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of WE WERE LIARS on PRIME VIDEO!
We Were Liars is based on a Young-Adult novel where 17-year-old Cadence Sinclair (Emily Alyn Lind – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) has had an accident and been left for dead. Dom RobinsonReviewer of movies, videogames and …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of SHARDLAKE on ITV!
Shardlake… Matthew Shardlake… Sounds like another awful modern cop drama, but it’s England, 1536. Henry VIII has broken away from the Catholic church, while powerful monstaries are going against reform… Good, they’re a joke party! …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of STICK on APPLE TV+!
Stick centres around Owen Wilson (Bliss) as Pryce Cahill, a former pro-golfer, whose career went off the rails 20 years ago, now leaving him selling expensive golf gear, while living from one paycheque to the …
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