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So, I find it *really* hard watching things with Toni Collette in (and this is TOTALLY my issue) because I keep getting distracted about whether it was her that I really disliked in that Jurassic Park sequel (spoiler: it isn’t – that was Tea Leoni, and I don’t know why I can’t tell the two…
Seth McFarlane’s love-letter to Star Trek TNG iterated even further into the SciFi while still keeping enough comedy in the mix to sell that as a premise. These stories felt like GENIUNE TNG stories, which while the names and forehead-prosthetics were different, everything else about it smelled like episodes that didn’t quite make it out…
The best way to consume this, I think, is to have it on in the background & dip in and out periodically – otherwise you’d lose your mind. Notionally interesting due to the regional heats/finals nature of the contest, the show promises that everyone’s in with an even chance. But some groups are clearly in…
We started this season in around Feb/March last year. They’re just so damn epic in scale! Season 2 was quite the journey, with LOTS of key character deaths and huge changes in the political setup in 13th Century Turkey. It’s crazy-infuriating sometimes as you wonder WHY THE HELL ARE THESE PEOPLE LISTENING TO {character}, despite…
The fortunes of this show were always going to be interesting following the plot developments closing out the 5th season, however the show weathered that change quite well – and in fact strongly. Props to the writers for the onion-like layers of screwing-over that went on in this season.
I think I got a bit confused here, as there’s been loads of media rhetoric about the Steve Coogan-led dramatisation of the Savile story: and that’s what I was interested in. It’s probably no coincidence therefore that Netflix have been pimping out this documentary to capitalise on the story’s current profile. Once started, of course,…
I’m not one of the legion of fans who devoured the Lee Childs books – my only exposure to Reacher really has been the Tom Cruise film. Seasoned by the mouth-agape review of my mate Rodney, who just couldn’t get over the fact that they’d cast a 5’6″ actor as the 6’5″ Jack Reacher. This…
This felt like Maisel back in form after wandering a bit – albeit getting plenty more value out of the supporting characters too, especially Abe Weissman and Moishe Maisel. The plot arc shows The Plan starting to turn to doubt rather than events getting in the way of The Plan. And, I think it’s setting…
Intriguing, this one – I had a look at the first one of these ages ago because of the concept (space/scifi comedy, helmed by Seth McFarlane), and found the whole thing a bit desperate. However one of the blokes at work suggested sticking with it – and I’m kinda glad I did! By about 5…
Thanks again, Disney, for force-feeding me more bullshit. Take one of the best, most ruthless, understated characters from the Star Wars universe, build the fanbase’s expectation & excitement, and then reveal that the bloke underneath is a smug boomer who’s generally *just* a little bit too pleased with himself. Throw in a load of stupid…