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The Blood Pact, All 4 review - a (tax) inspector fallsMonday, 06 September 2021
In Klem (meaning "clamp"’), we find ourselves in the calm, ordered and ordinary world of Amsterdam-Zuid. There are parents’ evenings to be attended, school plays to be watched. The area’s many pretty parks are just perfect for the early morning jog. Tall green bins stand in neat rows. Read more...
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Clickbait, Netflix review - fiendishly cunning thriller keeps everybody guessingSaturday, 04 September 2021
It seems Covid-19 may not be the only plague threatening mankind. Read more... |
The White Lotus, Sky Atlantic review - dark side of a tropical paradiseSunday, 29 August 2021
As we saw recently in M Night Shyamalan’s Old, a visit to a holiday resort in a tropical location can have ghastly consequences. Read more... |
Britannia, Series 3, Sky Atlantic review - murder, mysticism and anaemic slapstickWednesday, 25 August 2021
According to series newcomer Sophie Okonedo, arriving in Roman Britain as Hemple, the wife of David Morrissey’s General Aulus, "I was already a fan of the show. I love it so much… I’d been thinking this is such a brilliant show to be in.” Read more... |
Hit & Run, Netflix review - Lior Raz excels as a hard man on a hazardous missionFriday, 20 August 2021
Lior Raz is Israel’s very own man with a very particular set of skills. However, unlike the looming 6ft 4in Liam Neeson who plays Bryan Mills in the Taken films, Raz is stocky, shaven-headed and clocks in at a mere 5ft 7in. Read more... |
Deceit, Channel 4 review - how Colin Stagg became prime suspect in the Rachel Nickell caseSaturday, 14 August 2021
It seems unlikely that the Metropolitan Police will welcome Channel 4’s new four-part dramatisation of the hunt for the killer of Rachel Nickell, since it’s a reminder of yet another of the Met’s historic catastrophes. Read more... |
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson, Apple TV+ review - riveting survey of the technology that transformed musicMonday, 09 August 2021
Producer to the stars and creator of the monstrously successful “Uptown Funk”, Mark Ronson knows a thing or two about making noises. He has combined this know-how with a laid-back knack for presenting to make this six-parter for Apple TV+, delving into the history of how developing technology has driven innovation in the music business. Read more... |
I Am Victoria, Channel 4 review - improvised drama in need of more substanceFriday, 06 August 2021
This opener to the second series of Dominic Savage’s I Am… dramas starred Suranne Jones as the titular Victoria, an ultra-driven career woman surrounded by the trappings of material success but spinning into a dark vortex of depression. Read more... |
Bo Burnham: Inside, Netflix review - a masterpiece about lockdown angstMonday, 02 August 2021
Some people perfected their banana loaf or sourdough bread during lockdown. Others tried to learn a new language or how to play an instrument. Bo Burnham produced this masterpiece. Read more... |
Professor T, ITV review - whimsical tales of boffinly detectionMonday, 26 July 2021
ITV’s new detective mystery, Professor T, is an adaptation of a Belgian series of the same name, and was filmed in Belgium and Cambridge. Which is a bit weird since all the action supposedly happens in Cambridge. Read more... |
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