TV REVIEW: WandaVision Episode 4 (2021)
A massive thank you to WandaVision for allowing me to create an entire new segment for these weekly reviews of the series, delving into the Theory Zone and discussing what exactly is going in the show. Along comes its fourth episode and effectively gives us…
TV REVIEW: It’s a Sin (2021)
Over the years many writers and performers have been involved with projects that shed light on the HIV/AIDs crisis that began in the 1980s. In films such as Philadelphia and Dallas Buyers Club, A-listers Tom Hanks, Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto have all found Oscar…
TV REVIEW: WandaVision Episode 3 (2021)
The weekly release of WandaVision, harkening back to the pre-Netflix days of a bygone era, is both a blessing and a curse for the MCU’s fledgling Disney+ series. The gap in between each episode encourages heavy theorising, discussion, and analysis, poring over every detail of…
TV REVIEW: WandaVision Episodes 1-2 (2021)
563 days. It’s been 563 days since our last main entrant into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the release of Spider-Man: Far From Home. The MCU had several casualties in 2020, having to remove Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and…
TV REVIEW: History of Swear Words (2021)
The History of Swear Words is a F**king Delight! *maybe don’t read this review if you’re offended by swear words Whether you like the content that Netflix Originals are bringing to the streaming service or not, it can’t be denied that some of the films…
TV REVIEW: Ted Lasso (Season 1)
Takin’ on a challenge is a lot like ridin’ a horse. If you’re comfortable while you’re doin’ it, you’re probably doin’ it wrong. If there was one thing I didn’t expect to happen going into 2021 it’s that I would find myself caring about a…
TV REVIEW: Bridgerton (2020)
It’s been a great year for irreverent historical and literary film and TV, with the most prominent being The Personal History of David Copperfield (dir. Armando Iannucci), Enola Holmes (dir. Harry Bradbeer) and The Great (Tony McNamara, creator). We’re also currently between seasons of Dickinson…
TV REVIEW: Dash & Lily (2020)
I’ve been obsessed with America and specifically New York, for as long as I can remember. Two early influences on this obsession were Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) and being ‘stuck’ or ‘stranded’ at the Plaza like Kevin is still my life’s…
TV REVIEW: The Crown Season 4 (2020)
This review describes episodes in some detail, so read at your own risk. Season Three brought a total aged-up recast to the jewell in the Netflix Crown, and although the new cast is almost faultless, the writing of that season did not do them justice….
TV REVIEW: The Queen’s Gambit (2020)
Scott Frank, the Oscar-nominated writer of Out of Sight, Minority Report and Logan brings a new 7-part mini-series to Netflix – The Queen’s Gambit. It is based on the novel by Walter Tevis, who also wrote The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Hustler and…
REVIEW: Small Axe – Mangrove (LFF 2020)
A number of the films that’ve snuck through the bars of the cinematic prison that is 2020 are films that chastise many of the institutional issues that have suffocated the most vulnerable for decades. Recently we saw a damning indictment of the American justice system…
TV REVIEW: Lovecraft Country – Season 1: Episode 9
After Episode 8 (Jig-a-Bobo) used Emmett Till’s funeral as the backdrop to one of the scariest episodes yet, Episode 9 (Rewind 1921) of Lovecraft Country is set during the Tulsa massacre of 1921. HBO’s Watchmen already highlighted this event – one of the darkest few…
TV REVIEW: The Boys – Season 2: Episodes 7 & 8
And so ends another season of super f*cked up madness from Amazon’s flag-wearing middle finger to the superhero genre. It’s caused a bit of a mixed response within the JumpCut Camp but there’s no denying that just like before, The Boys has been the refreshing…
