Dame Jilly Cooper’s titillating novels set the 1980s on fire with their sex, scandal and sauciness, and now the 1980s are back in all their salacious goodness in Disney+’s Rivals and a whole new generation about to be introduced to the charismatic rogue Rupert Campbell-Black and the residents of the county of Rutshire, and drama […]
Television Recaps
‘The Office’ – Review
We’ve had David Brent. We’ve had Michael Scott. But now there’s a new woman in charge in The Office: Australia. Her name’s Hannah Howard and she’s determined to make her office ‘the best place to work’ while keeping her work family together, even if it serves efficiency levels by having them split apart. Hannah Howard […]
‘The Penguin’ – ‘Cent’Anni’ – Review
The Penguin has established itself as a dangerous, evocative and addictive new crime series, and things take a turn for the unexpected in Episode Four, ‘Cent’Anni’, that none of us expected, and it is far and away the best episode of the series and one of the most intriguing pieces of television you’ll see all […]
‘The Penguin’ – Bliss’ – Review
Things are starting to heat up in HBO’s The Penguin, as Oz Cobb enlists the help of an intriguing new partner that could take his fortunes in a new direction, and Episode Three of The Penguin, ‘Bliss’ makes for a savage watch. Hoping to control the future of Gotham’s drug trade, Oz and Sofia must […]
‘The Penguin’ – ‘Inside Man’ – Review
Episode One of HBO’s The Penguin started off with a hell of whack, and audiences were in no mistake that they were witnessing a full-on crime series that was not afraid to take the narrative into the gritty, dark unpleasantness of Gotham City’s Underworld and the man who desires to control of all of it. […]
‘The Penguin’ – ‘After Hours’ – Review
Matt Reeves’ The Batman was a colossal cinematic event that brought a dark and noir-tinged shade to the activities of the Dark Knight, who was fighting a losing war on crime, and it was a revolutionary new take on the winged avenger. Stealing scene after scene in a fully transformative performance was Academy Award-nominated actor […]
‘Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos’ – Review
When it comes to serialised television, there is no bigger name in the field than David Chase, the singular visionary behind HBO’s The Sopranos, often regarded as the greatest television series of all time, and creator of one of the most complex and complicated characters ever to reach the small screen, mob boss Tony Soprano. […]
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ – Season Two – Review
Prime Video’s epic high fantasy series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has returned for an audacious second season, and following the shocking ending of the series’ first season, darkness has returned to the land of Middle Earth, and this evil is ready to construct its tools of power. In Season Two […]
‘House of the Dragon’ – ‘The Queen Who Ever Was’ – Review
The moment we have been waitng for has arrived, and we now find ourselves at the end of the Second Season of House of the Dragon, and the Greens and Blacks are heading for a confrontation that will the shape of destiny of all Westeros to come in ‘The Queen Who Ever Was’. As Aemond […]
‘House of the Dragon’ – ‘The Red Sowing’ – Review
The war for the Iron Throne intensifies, and in a critical gamble, Queen Rhenyra Targaryen is ready to risk much in her desperate search for dragon riders in this penultimate episode of House of the Dragon’s second season. As Rhaenyra looks to gain an advantage by unusual means, Jacaerys warns his mother that her plan […]