Television

It's no secret how important a filmmaker Danny Boyle is. Ever since the cult classic Shallow Grave (1994), and his era-defining Trainspotting (1996), he has remained integral to cinema - granted there have been some clangers such as The…

“I don’t think you want to peel that onion.” – Nadia Vulvokov After the triumph of 2019's mind-bending Netflix series Russian Doll, Natasha Lyonne revisits her twisted moral compass, Nadia Vulvokov. With the praise and awards for the…

Heartstopper is a close-to-perfect TV series. Beautifully presented and thoughtfully cast, it chronicles a simple love story of two teenage boys who must each overcome difficulties of identity in order to be together. What sets …

Of late the streaming service Disney+ has branched out. With its Star series of movies and programmes, they moved from Disney only products and are now wholly aimed at competing with Netflix. One much-hyped series which promised to nourish…

Whomst among us is not guilty of using filters on Social Media platforms to change our appearance? That is at the core of Inventing Anna: pretense, faking and reinvention. Granted, in this limited series from Netflix, this pretense is on a…

Sometimes we ask - "Why do we pay our Netflix subscription?" Then a series such as Archive 81 lands and we re-evaluate that statement. We find ourselves thrown into a world of addictive 'binge watching' - screaming at the screen when the…

Heads up, sorority members, teenage bullies, and fans of blondeness everywhere: the CW is apparently developing a TV adaptation of the Sweet Valley High books with Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the team behind Gossip Girl and The…

“Once you overcome the one inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films” - Bong Joon Ho These were the words spoken by Bong Joon Ho at the 2020 Golden Globe awards after winning best…

With Money Heist (La Casa de Papel), Netflix landed a winner. Since its release in 2017, the Spanish-language crime thriller has had all the right twists and turns, but now we get the final twist, and it does not disappoint. It is truly…

When toy manufacturing company Mattel first presented the main character of Masters of the Universe to writer Robby London, he thought the name He-Man was ludicrous. It was believed by the entire staff to be nothing more than a working…