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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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! …
Continue readingSeize Them! is the command bellowed by Queen Dagan (Aimee Lou Wood – Living) after Humble Joan (Nicola Coughlan – Big Mood) turns up with her crew to take the castle over. As such, everyone …
Continue readingSexy Beast is an 8-part TV series based on the 2000 hit movie, which starred Ray Winstone in the lead as Gal Dove. Now with Gal portrayed by James McArdle (Andor) as a very smooth …
Continue readingThe Third Day begins with Sam (Jude Law), taking some time out from life for personal reasons that show he’s suffered a great loss, interrupted only to talk to his wife on the phone about …
Continue readingThe Stranger begins with something I never expected in a drama… scenes from my hometown of Stockport! Then there was something rather less palatable as we saw a naked man running through the woods before …
Continue readingAnna and the Apocalypse is a film which was released in UK cinemas just before Xmas 2018, with the DVD in April 2019. For some unknown reason, like Upgrade, it’s taken some time for a …
Continue readingCatherine The Great is a new four-part series from Sky about the titular lady who came to power in circumstances which didn’t exactly please everyone. Personally, I know nothing about this period of history, but …
Continue readingI Am Kirsty sees the lead portrayed by Samantha Morton (Two For Joy, Minority Report), a busy mother of two girls, and dealing with an absolute b’stard of an other half, Steve, as we see …
Continue readingYear Of The Rabbit gives us Matt Berry as Matt Berry, this time in the Victorian era as Detective Inspector Rabbitt, who’s quickly annoyed when being given a cop partner for the first time, in …
Continue readingThree Girls takes place over three nights on BBC1 and is based on a true story. The story began with schoolgirl Holly (Molly Windsor) being assaulted in the local ‘Top Curry’ takeaway, her father, Jim …
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