Zero F**ks Given, few laughs produced
We all need our anxiety and unease alleviated one way or another so you get your laughs where you can get them. For some this...
Film & TV Reviews
TV shows we love: Fleabag
British TV series Fleabag came highly recommended by a number of friends with diverse tastes, who described it variously as emotional, raw, funny, uncomfortable, insightful,...
Film review: The Secret Garden *
By Nikola Grozdanovic If you live in one of the cities where cinemas are still operating, and you’re looking for a bit of an escape...
Insecure remains strong in its fourth season
If this is your first introduction to HBO’s Insecure, you will have to travel back nine years for its inception. Insecure co-creator Issa Rae’s Awkward...
TV shows we love: The Good Place
You’re dead. But relax, everything is fine. This is heaven – a.k.a ‘The Good Place’ – and your exemplary life, although now over, means you...
Film review: Bloodshot **
By Nikola Grozdanovic As far as brainless action movies go, David Wilson’s Bloodshot raises the bar. Part Call of Duty cinematic, part bodybuilding infomercial, this...
Blood of Zeus: new take on classic tale
Before delving into Blood of Zeus, an original anime series released on Netflix in late October, let me acknowledge that though Greek mythology fatigue is...
TV Shows we love: Dollhouse
Would you rather go to prison or sell yourself to an underground corporation for five years? Still contemplating? What if they promised you that you...
Impersonating Thatcher in ‘The Crown’ was a tough act to follow says Anderson (V)
Playing famous people comes with myriad challenges and Gillian Anderson had it tougher than most when she took on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the new...
The Queen’s Gambit: coming of age of flawed genius
Despite ample evidence as to the pitfalls in praying at the altar of the flawed genius people remain perennially swayed by this exact notion. Netflix’s...
TV shows we love: Carnival Row
Over the past few months, I have had a lot of time to watch TV shows, but one that has stuck out is Amazon Prime’s...
Film review: Let Him Go ***
By Nikola Grozdanovic As quiet as a sunrise over an uninhabited mountain range, Let Him Go is an unpretentious gentle watch that’ll leave a lump...
I May Destroy You does not shy from the grim realities of life
Watching the first episode of Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You makes you wonder about the show’s music licensing budget. The aptly named Eyes Eyes...
TV Shows We Love: Dexter
Fans of one of TV’s best-known serial killers will be delighted that he is set to make a comeback after a lengthy hiatus. Dexter is...
Film review: Scoob! *
By Nikola Grozdanovic Disclaimer: Scooby-Doo is one of those massively popular cartoons that mostly passed me by as a child. Vague recollections of the mystery...
The good and the bad as SNL makes it to 46 years
American network NBC’s late-night live television sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live returned with its 46th season earlier this month, following a near-five month hiatus...
TV shows we love: Chuck
Prior to her debut as the infertile wife in the Handmaid’s Tale, Yvonne Strahovski took on the role of Sam Lisa, a spy working under...
Film review: The Peanut Butter Falcon ****
By Nikola Grozdanovic While not the kind of film that’ll move the needle in the box office or in general cinephile circles, The Peanut Butter...
Black Swan and a loosening grip on reality
The line between virtue and vice is thinner than most of us care to admit. So too the one between righteousness and inequity. Darren Aronofsky’s...
TV shows we love: Avatar
One show always on my favourites list, despite having come out almost ten years ago, is the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which as...
