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Cartoon Catch Up | The Animals of Farthing Wood
Animals have always played an important part in animation. Talking animals have played an even more crucial role. The Animals of Farthing Wood is a series that takes the concept of talking animals, a staple of children’s animated content,…
TV Review | The Crown’s Fourth Season Turns on its Duty Bound Queen
The Crown season four opens with a bang. Quite literally.
For three seasons, creator and lead writer Peter Morgan had been reticent about the Troubles in Northern Ireland. While incidents like Aberfan disaster and the UK miners’ strike…
5 Mind-Bending TV Shows on Hulu That Are a Must Watch
In the mood to stream something completely mind-bending? You’re in luck. We’ve dug deep and compiled a list of the top five TV shows on Hulu that will turn your brain to scrambled egg and leave you all scratching your heads long after the…
Sky’s Brave New World | An Out of Date Tale
Screen adaptations of classic novels can be uneven affairs. Sometimes they work, such as the epic treatment of J.R.R Tolkien's Lord of The Rings. Sometimes they fail miserably, case in point Robert Warren's excellent novel All the King's…
Cartoon Catch Up | The Smurfs
Created by Belgian Pierre Culliford (Peyo) in 1958, beloved little blue creatures The Smurfs have been a mainstay of pop culture for some time, appearing in animated shows and CGI films, as well as toys and comic books. When these mushroom…
Normal People and How Women in the Arts Are Overlooked
Willingly or not, we as a nation have collectively witnessed Sally Rooney’s rapid trajectory to fame with the television adaption of her sophomore novel Normal People. The series quickly became a household name, with seemingly everyone and…
Being Kind Is His Game | My Name Is Earl Retrospective
HeadStuff's new series Binge Guide sees the website's film section contributors recommend TV shows close to their heart. This entry is on My Name is Earl, in honour of its recent 15th anniversary.
In these times it can be hard to see the…
Credits Need Credit | Animated Title Sequences
Nothing makes a series or film stand out like a memorable theme song or title sequence. Often, including in live action, a memorable credit reel can come in the form of an animation. It would be hard to find someone who, when thinking about…
Netflix’s Ratched is at its Best a Homage to Classic Cinema
New Netflix series Ratched is escapism into very familiar territory. That territory is American Horror Story. Creator and director Ryan Murphy of course is the man behind the long running AHS franchise, and although that series has waned…
Cartoon Catch Up | Inspector Gadget
Inspector Gadget was a cartoon that ran from 1983 to 1986 and spawned a film as well as various other TV series, most of which are now more well-known than the original. That said, the first animated series deserves credit for paving the…