Based on a Norwegian TV series, The Rig takes places on the Kinloch Bravo, an oil rig off the Scottish coast deep in the waters of the North Sea. At the end of their rotation, the rig’s crew are eagerly anticipating the helicopter that will return them to the mainland but when their communication systems…
Category: Series Review
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story (2022) Series Review
In my opinion, Netflix have delivered some excellent documentary films and series over the last couple of years, and although their latest offering, Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story isn’t their strongest, it does deliver exactly what it says on the tin. Knighted by the Queen, publicly lauded for his fundraising and charity work –…
The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (2022)
As fans of cinema and TV we do have a certain level of tolerance for the ridiculousness that sometimes comes with our favourite form of escapism. We like to poke holes in the logic of science-fiction, roll our eyes at the bad guy’s terrible aim in action movies and throw our hands up in exasperation…
Hawkeye (2021) Series Review
If you cast your mind back to late 2018, before pandemics, lockdowns and social distancing were common everyday phrases, Disney announced the release of their own streaming service to be launched in 2019 (or March 2020 for us Brits). Whilst everyone was excited about the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, it was the announcement of…
Clickbait (2021) Series Review
A few weeks before the Korean series Squid Game exploded onto our screens and dominated the Netflix top ten, Clickbait was enjoying it’s fifteen minutes of fame. The eight-part limited series, created by Tony Ayres, is a clever suspenseful thriller that is kicked off in quite spectacular fashion after a video appears on the web…
Sex Education Season 3 (2021) Series Review
Sex Education season three is finally here – the wait is over!! Thanks to Covid related delays, fans had to wait an extra half a year to reconnect with the students of Moordale High and the longer the delay went on the higher the expectation. So the real question is whether season three will live…
Loki (2021) Series Review
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier gave us a new Captain America. WandaVision delivered us a Wanda Maximoff who has finally tapped into the potential of potential of her powers and Black Widow potentially paved the way for a new widow. But where these all hint and tease at the future of the MCU, Loki…
The Falcon And The Winter Soldier (2021) Series Review
Following on from the risky but effective genre-bending WandaVision, Phase 4 of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe continues with The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which in essence is more in line with the MCU’s usual fare. With WandaVision‘s point of difference dividing both fans and critics alike, would the somewhat safer, more traditional set up of…
The ‘Criminal Minds’ Profilers Ranked From Worst To Best
After what feels like forever, I have finally finished watching Criminal Minds in its entirety but rather than attempt to write a review on a series that is 323 episodes long, I figured it would be easier to do something a little different and rank my favourite members of the BAU team from worst to…
The Last Dance (2020) Series Review
After finally getting Mark to watch Coach Carter, we got the basketball bug and decided to revisit the 2020 Netflix series The Last Dance, a ten-part docu-series which charts the rise of Michael Jordan and the 1990’s Chicago Bulls team as they cement their place as one of the greatest dynasties in sports history. You…
WandaVision (2021) Series Review
Us poor Marvel fans barely had enough time to reflect on the events of Endgame and Far From Home before the next three years of our cinematic lives were neatly planned out with new release dates acting as mini milestones to mark in our diaries. If there was one good thing to come out of…
Murder Among The Mormons (2021) Series Review
Netflix have been churning out the goods at a surprising rate this year, with something new dropping pretty much every week. Following on from the rather lacklustre The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel, their latest true crime docu-series Murder Among The Mormons delivers in a way that The Vanishing just didn’t. Using a combination of…
Ten Great Animated Shows For Adults
When we think of animation we typically think of sugary sweet feel good movies that are perfect for a family night in but this post is all about celebrating those animated shows that are definitely NOT suitable for children. Animated shows for adults aren’t exactly new with the likes of South Park, Family Guy and…
Series Review: The Queen’s Gambit (2020)
In a year that started with the bizarre true story of an eccentric redneck with a penchant for big cats, country music and assassination plots, ending 2020 with a drama series about chess seems like a dramatic and foolish change of pace but, yet again, Netflix managed to pull it out of the bag with…
Goodbye 2020
Usually this is the time of year where I would take a look back on my best and worst films of the last twelve months but with the craziness of 2020 and my complete lack of motivation, I’ve only watched a handful of new releases, and in all honesty I think I’ve already forgotten half…
Series Review: Emily in Paris (2020)
One of the things about having too much choice on the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime is deciding what to watch. A quick ‘let’s have a look’ turned into a binge watch and a midnight bedtime. When her boss’ unexpected pregnancy presents an opportunity, Emily, a smart young American woman takes her place in…
Series Review: The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
In this crazy year that has both dragged and flown by, there has been very little that I have been looking forward to entertainment wise but one exception to that is the release of the next instalment of Netflix’ horror anthology series – The Haunting of Bly Manor. As a group of guests gather the…
Series Review: Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer (2019)
Cinema does a fantastic job of creatively highlighting all the horrible things that humans are capable of doing to each other but if there is one fundamental truth about the human race, it is that nothing unites us more than its intolerance to those who cause harm to animals. And, let’s be honest, regardless of…
The Job Lot (2013-) Series Review
It’s now week three of the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown and with an additional three-week extension looking likely, now’s the time to move away from the mainstream and take a look at some of the smaller, lesser known shows. One of our particular favourites (we’ve watched it at least 3 times) is the little known British…
Series Review: Tiger King – Murder, Mayhem and Madness (2020)
With a trailer featuring big cats, a possible murder plot and a super cheesy, yet surprisingly catchy, Country & Western song, Netflix’s latest docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness seemed like a bit of a joke but it actually hooked us in and kept us gripped until the very end. If you think the…
Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (2020) Series Review
With a trailer featuring big cats, a possible murder plot and a super cheesy, yet surprisingly catchy, Country & Western song, Netflix’s latest docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness seemed like a bit of a joke but it actually hooked us in and kept us gripped until the very end. If you think the…
After Life (2019) Series Review
I think it is a bit of an understatement to say that Ricky Gervais is not everyone’s cup of tea. There’s something about him that is distinctly unlikeable but I think that is because he is not afraid to say what most of us are really thinking. If I am honest, it has taken me…
Don’t F**k With Cats (2019) Series Review
Cinema does a fantastic job of creatively highlighting all the horrible things that humans are capable of doing to each other but if there is one fundamental truth about the human race, it is that nothing unites us more than its intolerance to those who cause harm to animals. And, let’s be honest, regardless of…
Series Review: Sex Education (Season 2)
If you’ve already read my review of Sex Education season one, you will already know that I was a big fan of the Netflix series when it aired early last year so I think it is fair to say that I was pretty excited for the new season. I settled down to watch a couple…
Series Review: Sex Education (2019)
I first watched this Netflix series when it was originally released back in January of 2019 but never got around to actually writing up a review for it. With season two literally around the corner (available on Netflix from 17th Jan) I figured now was a perfect time for a full re-watch and review. Sex…
Series Review: Unbelievable (2019)
One afternoon, I was bored and just flicking through Netflix looking for something to watch when I stumbled across this limited series, Unbelievable, which turned out to be one of those shows that you just can’t stop watching, and with only eight episodes, it’s the perfect length for a weekend binge-watch. Based on true events,…
Series Review: Chernobyl (2019)
With the final series coming to an end, I was worried that I wouldn’t find anything to fill the Game of Thrones shaped hole in my life, but then along comes writer, Craig Mazin (Hangover 2, Identity Thief) with the hard-hitting HBO mini-series, Chernobyl, which is currently sitting pretty as the highest rated series on IMDB….
Series Review: American Gods
American Gods is one of those series that you really want to tell people about but is so difficult to put into words. Adapted from the critically acclaimed Neil Gaiman novel of the same name, American Gods is a twisted blend of fantasy and mythology, a tangled mix of the old and the new. The main storyline…