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Timeline-spanning story about 2 best friends, which I was basically put up to watching by Liz. It departs from the usual cliche of these stories of nobody ever having to do any goddamn work despite having seemingly limitless time and resources by virtue of Katherine Heigl’s character being a talk TV star (and Sarah Chalke…
Continuing the quality streak from season 31 – some good (coherent) stories, and really watchable. And we learned that Superindendant Chalmers’ first name is Garibaldi. 👍
I found it hard to assess what I thought of the material of this, so caught up was I in how Armando Ianucci it was – even with everyone in it being American. While desperately missing Chris Addison and Peter Capaldi, this seemed a solid show and I’m looking forward to cruising through the rest…
This might be the first time I’ve said this about this show, but I actually enjoyed this season – and this represents a bit of a seachange in that it’s become more driven by plot, and seems less about making the viewer seem complicit in witnessing something awful. Of course the architects of Gilead are…
My favourite cooking show. Judged by my favourite chef. What’s not to love? The skills tests this year were pretty brutal, and the departure of Monica Galletti was ably covered by Anna Haugh, who’s forged a formidable place for herself in the lineup. This year’s contestants all seemed pretty green (although notable to see how…
Why do stories set in 80s suburbia always immediately conjure up the idea that some of them might be swingers? I know fashion’s a fleeting and ephemeral thing, but even having grown up there it’s impossible to believe that people ever thought any of the 80s (early 80s, specifically) was a good look. Also there’s…
The Orville’s now almost totally shed its comedy roots and transmorphed into a late-90s space scifi serial. Season 3 was a “replatforming”, that saw a new titlecard (The Orville – New Horizons), and longer episode lengths – which made for slightly more self-indulgent plotlines. As well as this, the writers leant into reincorporation/revisiting of story…
We’re pretty close to present day now, and you’ve got to wonder how pleased the monarchy are with these dramatisations. Imelda Staunton makes a feasible Elizabeth (amazing the power of an iconic hairstyle on a quality actor), but the real issue is the PAGES of dialogue – obviously invented, and QUITE some licence taken. The…
Iconic, and part of the culture – no idea how I got this far in the UK without having consumed this. I paid for a compilation on Amazin that claimed to be the whole of The Fast Show – no idea if it was complete, but I got a great sense of the initial innovation…
Holy crap. THIS is good Star Wars Universe content. As my colleague put it, “It doesn’t have space wizards” – what it DOES have is intrigue, politics, characters you give a shit about, and storyline that it’s foregone conclusion EVEN THOUGH it’s prequel to other universe properties. And all done lovingly and accurately using the…