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I normally can’t be arsed with any kind of “reality TV”, because people are knobs (this is based on years of attempts to see wtf people saw in Big Brother, and failing to get it)… but this one seemed different on 2 counts: the contestants are all professional chefs, and secondly – one of the…
Nicole Kidman’s been tackling some really interesting & difficult stuff the last few years, and putting her opposite Hugh Grant who’s also doing similar made for a very compelling if disturbing story to unfold, stripping back layers & lies, and definitely not finishing where you thought it would. 👍
Seems that the filming of Billions got caught in the COVID trap, because only the first 7 episodes of season 5 have been published. The ongoing dance between Rhoades, Axelrod and Mason sees Rhoades back in the US Attorney’s office and Mason working with Wendy Rhoades on a renewables fund out of Axe Capital. There’s…
Drama series centred around CIA-equivalent in Australia (ASD – Australian Signals Directorate), with Anna Torv in the lead role – an actor who I keep forgetting is Australian due to having first seen her in Fringe and Mindhunter. This season centres around an explosion in Davoren Park (I know, right? Never thought that would feature…
It’s plausible that I’ve seen more than just Season 11 of GBBO this year – Liz has undergone rather a deep dive on the franchise, following my presenting her with a Kitchen Aid last Christmas… so I suppose I’ve been in the room for a fair chunk of it. But I’d say Season 11 is…
The show chunters on closer to contemporary times, and one wonders how they avoid libel: such is the unsympathetic lens through which some members of The Firm are viewed. Nevertheless it’s required viewing, and we mainlined the whole thing in 2 sittings (albeit, whilst on holiday). Quite remarkable how the female characters are the movers…
Absolute gem of a series – great example of game-based suspense without resorting to bullshit Casino Royale-esque rules-exposition-for-dummies. Great role for Anya Taylor-Joy that has you wondering “why haven’t we seen HER in anything before?!”, and a beautifully shot/visualised setting of 50s/60s suburban America. One of the TV highlights of 2020. 👍👍
Intriguing drama about a present-day world where synthetic humans are engaged as domestic/industrial servants, until some of them develop consciousness. The characters have depth and dimension, and the synth acting is eerily good. And it explains why Richard Herring’s been banging on about sex robots that look like Gemma Chan for years. The part of…
Originally I had the feeling that Rick & Morty was something that had passed me by, and then I watched an episode or 2 and thought nothing of it – so it was only being brought to it through the laughter-teared eyes of my mate Adrian on a holiday that made me see it for…
Katherine Ryan’s TV vehicle which – based on her standup content – probably draws heavily on her real-life relationship with her daughter. The lengths and workarounds she goes to in order to conceive is a bit of a stretch, and it’s hard to believe that even someone so self-assured and self-aware would treat a partner…