From the mind of Levi Eddie Aluede comes a fascinating, award-winning web-series, Visions of a Vivid Life. In the same way that watching Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things feels like getting an insight into one of your nightmares, Visions is like recalling a dream; consistently surreal and not always forthcoming, the series certainly […]Read More
A few weeks ago, as many of us have done over the last months, I found myself flicking through every streaming medium available to find an evening watch. I yawned at the idea of the new trends, Selling Sunset, The Fall – the Tiger King phase of lockdown has put me off starting any over-hyped […]Read More
The hit TV show Pretty Little Liars is the latest series set to get the reboot treatment, three years after its end in 2017. The show ran for seven seasons on Freeform and was followed by spin-off Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists which ran for only one season last year. The rebooted version of the […]Read More
The Powerpuff Girls, are set to receive a makeover. Sources report that The CW Network is developing a live action version of the series.Read More
Hey all you cool cats and kittens… 2020 just got a lot weirder. Remember the early days of quarantine when we were all binging Tiger King, thoroughly obsessed with Joe Exotic and his arch-nemesis Carole Baskin? It feels almost a lifetime ago. That is, until now. As Strictly Come Dancing bosses reveal their 2020 line-up, […]Read More
Since its inception in 1925, the television has been a big part of our lives. It’s safe to say it’s come a long way since a tiny black and white screen, reaching the point where everyone and their grandma had a TV in their house as the source of an evening’s entertainment for all the family. […]Read More
First aired on July 13th on BBC2 (and now available on BBC iPlayer), Once Upon a Time in Iraq covers a great deal in its five episodes, delving deep into the chaotic quagmire of the Iraq War. Beginning with the horror of 9/11, which provided the catalyst for the swift invasion and toppling of Saddam […]Read More
A new series We Are Who We Are, (2020) directed by Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, is set to premiere at this year’s San Sebastian film festival. Guadagnino, well-known for his previous works Call Me By Your Name (2017) and Suspiria (2018), has co-written his latest project with Paolo Giordano and Francesca Manieri, and once again […]Read More
Keira Knightley, empress of the period drama, is bringing Sarah Perry’s award-winning novel to our screens as both actress and executive producer of the upcoming Apple TV series adaptation. Reeling off period dramas that Knightley has starred in is easy; from her moving romance with dreamy Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfayden) in Pride & Prejudice, to […]Read More
If you’ve been keeping up with American politics since Donald Trump took office in 2016, you’ll have no doubt heard of the name James Comey. Comey was the director of the FBI from September 2013 to May 2017. During this time, he was tasked with investigating the controversy surrounding Hilary Clinton’s e-mails whilst Clinton was […]Read More
The Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale, has made two big announcements regarding its 2021 event. First, they have stated that the event will go ahead as physically planned. The linked EFM (European Film Market), at which film and media industry professionals come together to trade film and audiovisual content, will be run on a ‘hybrid […]Read More
Selling Sunset lured many of us in at some point during lockdown with its glitzy houses, glamourous realtors, and a little bit of help from a very pushy Netflix algorithm. Giving an insight into the lives of the super-rich and their gorgeous houses, with a generous side order of catty drama, Selling Sunset is 2020’s […]Read More
Hollywood star and Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain, Nightcrawler, Spider-Man: Far From Home) is set to star in upcoming TV series based on Ian Parker’s 2019 New Yorker article: A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions. The article accuses Dan Mallory, author of suspense novel The Woman in the Window, of fabricating aspects of his […]Read More
As someone who grew up watching Diane Morgan’s appearances on Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe, it’s hard to separate her from the persona of Philomena Cunk. Cunk clearly became a phenomenon, going on to host the BBC2 five-part historical mockumentary Cunk on Britain, and Cunk and Other Humans, alongside releasing books under the name. Cunk is hard to describe […]Read More
In a world where we’re constantly surrounded by the uncertainties and anxieties of the future, television often unsuccessfully attempts to offer some form of escapism from an incredibly bleak and sombre reality. Whilst we can’t really forget the need to social distance, wear face masks, or the looming threat of another lockdown, This Is Us […]Read More
