Brace yourself for a sudden rush of coulrophobia: because it’s time to send in the clown and return to the deeply unsettling, always-watching town of Derry, Maine. Stephen King’s most infamous nightmare has been reborn in HBO’s It: Welcome to Derry, a chilling, gorgeously mounted horror event that drags audiences back decades before The Losers […]
Television Recaps
‘Lolo: The Champion Maker’ – Review
New Zealand has carved out a formidable reputation in the global fight game, producing some of the most respected and dangerous competitors to ever step into the ring or the cage. From heavyweight bruisers like Mark Hunt and Ray Sefo, to boxing icons like Shane Cameron, to modern-day MMA superstar Israel Adesanya, Kiwis have made […]
‘Gen V’ – Season Two – Review
Season Four of Prime Video’s hit television series, The Boys, went nuclear in its final moments as audiences saw Homelander and his followers move in against The Boys and the Starlighters, and a new day for Supe supremacy dawned. It was a highly shocking ending, and audiences were in no doubt that that is Homelander’s (Antony […]
‘Top End Bub’ – Review
2019’s Top End Wedding was an Australian rom-com gem that utterly melted the hearts of audiences across the globe and delivered on the spectacle comedy of Miranda Tapsell and her perfect pairing with Gwilym Lee that delivered all the feels! Now audiences are transported back to Top End and the beauty, grandeur and hilarity of […]
‘King & Conqueror’ – Review
For one to rule. The other must fall. So begins King & Conqueror, the sweeping historical epic that brings to life one of the most defining moments in English history: the clash between Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, and William, Duke of Normandy. Two titans of ambition, pride, and ruthless military might, whose fateful meeting […]
‘Outrageous’ – Review
Scandal, seduction, and a thunderclap of history collide in the BBC’s Outrageous, a truly decadent dive into the lives of the infamous Mitford Sisters: aristocrats, renegades, revolutionaries, fascists, communists, and everything in between. This is not your average period drama. Instead, it’s a full-blown, high-stakes social and political melodrama, soaked in champagne, scandal sheets, and […]
‘The Gilded Age’ – Season Two – Review
High society returns in Season Two of The Gilded Age, and this time the stakes are higher, the corsets tighter, and the claws even sharper. Julian Fellowes delivers another dazzling slice of period drama that’s dripping in opulence, scandal, and no small amount of ambition. If Season One was about entering society, Season Two is […]
‘The Gilded Age’ – ‘Season One’ – Review
When Julian Fellowes, the maestro behind Downton Abbey, announced his next grand period saga, expectations were high—and The Gilded Age doesn’t just meet them, it throws on a bustle, struts down Fifth Avenue, and declares itself the belle of the HBO ball. Set in 1880s New York; a time of seismic social change, ruthless ambition, […]
‘Tucci In Italy’ – Review
Stanley Tucci is a treasure of a human being; elegant, eloquent and entertaining in harmonious measure; he’s an incredibly passionate performer of both screen and theatre and one of the most joyously happy creative people working in Hollywood today. His work is measured, fascinating and complex, with new projects sprouting here and there, and he’s […]
‘Clarkson’s Farm’ – ‘Season Four’ – Review
Celebrated broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson is back on the farm, and there’s a lot of work to be done at Diddly Squat in Season Four of Clarkson’s Farm; this season comes with an audacious new idea from Jeremy that leads to plenty of trouble and a whole heap of laughs, and it makes for a very […]