The third and triumphant final season of one of my favorite guilty-pleasure period dramas of the past few years. After losing her first great love after season one, spirited heroine Charlotte is still trying to figure her place in the town…
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- A return to form after the relative disappointment of season two and three. Its arctic setting and grim subject matter bring all the tension and bleak vibes we’ve come to expect and love with this series. Also, great to see Jodie Foster…
- This re-release of the classic 70’s BBC production should not be missed by lovers of classical history and Game of Thrones. The levels of deception, backstabbing and power-play that take place in this show put the exploits of Littlefinger…
- An at times discomforting watch considering the recent US election results, this ‘what if’ dystopian tale follows a group of journalists in a war-torn and divided USA. Extremely gripping with great performances all round, this film is…
Furiosa
a Mad Max Saga
Although not quite having the visceral intensity of the last Mad Max film with Tom Hardy, this is still a worthy follow-up that tells us the origin story of that film's best character, Furiosa. She is played by a very-much up to the task…- I was totally sucked into this moody, sweaty, neon-lit story of two star-crossed lovers, Lou and Jackie, whose short-term bliss soon goes off the rails and erupts into violence and chaos. Made by A24 films (along with Civil War and…
- A witty and light-hearted film based on a real-life hate-mail scandal that involved two battling neighbors in Littlehampton, England and eventually led to four court cases and three prison sentences. Olivia Coleman and Jessie Buckley are…
- The third film in the ‘X’ series (After ‘X’ and’ Pearl’) follows the further adventures of Maxine Minx as she travels to Hollywood with aspirations to being a film star, only for her plans to be derailed by a serial killer on the hunt for…
- When an acclaimed actress comes and shadows the everyday life of the woman she plans to portray in her next film, many uncomfortable questions are raised regarding the womans 23-year gap with her younger husband. The story delves deep…
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