The Crown – Season 5 ★★★
by Jeremy Ricketts-Hagan Season 5 of The Crown premiered in a year of immense change for the Royal Family, and…
House of the Dragon vs The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
House of the Dragon by Sulakshi Ratnayake ★★★★ Game of Thrones had been completely erased from the cultural zeitgeist, due…
It’s scamming season! Inventing Anna ★★
By Natasha Porter “This whole story is completely true, except for all the parts that are totally made up.” Netflix’s…
Maid (2021) ★★★★★
By Inayah Inam Heart-wrenching, empowering, soul stirring and brutally real, Margaret Qualley is captivating in this revelatory miniseries about extreme…
Love Is Blind – Stay away. ★
I have, from time to time, become stuck with the most unfortunate of addictions – reality TV. It was another…
Noughts and Crosses – A race reversal drama that oozes originality ★★★★
I had no idea what to expect before I started watching the first episode of BBC’s Noughts and Crosses last…
Sex Education Season 2 – a letdown expected for a first-timer, not a second
Sex Education season one was pretty great. I remember it being good-looking, sexy, cool, aware, and honest, whilst, yes, giving…
What’s coming up: February 2020 in film, in print, on TV, and on stage
Films Perhaps the most anticipated film in February is Birds of Prey, the Suicide Squad spin-off, which says a lot…
Anne with an E – ahead by a century ★★★★
L. M. Montgomery’s 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables is more than a beloved classic. It’s warmly comforting and upliftingly…
Dracula – A bloody good adaptation ★★★★
The infamous story of the blood-sucking vampire is well known and often adapted, but this new miniseries, from Sherlock creators…
