A version of this article originally appeared on CineChat. I discovered Superstore the week I moved out of my childhood home for the final time. I had the house to myself and was packing up my belongings in the living room when I stumbled across an episode on ITV2 (Manager’s Conference). Within a couple of… Continue reading Saying Goodbye to Superstore
Tag: TV
Made For Love Season 1, Episodes 1-3
A version of this review originally ran on CRPWrites. Made for Love is the latest HBO Max offering, starring Palm Springs’ Cristina Milioti as a perfect silicon valley wife on the run. Married to eccentric tech billionaire Byron Gogol (played by an always excellent Billy Magnussen), Hazel has spent her days in the ominous sounding ‘The Hub’… Continue reading Made For Love Season 1, Episodes 1-3
Fate: The Winx Saga
A version of this review originally appeared on CineChat. A reimagining of the Italian cartoon, Fate: the Winx Saga is a coming-of-age story set in a magical boarding school where fairies learn to use and control their powers. Assigned the same dormroom, a group of 5 young girls form unlikely friendships and navigate everyday emotional traumas like love and heartbreak… Continue reading Fate: The Winx Saga
Star Trek: Lower Decks
A version of this review originally appeared on CineChat. Star Trek Lower Decks is going forward to the next frontier – animation. Now whilst this isn’t the first animated Star Trek series, it’s certainly a different take on one and as the ship itself is all about second contacts, it feels fitting that this is the second… Continue reading Star Trek: Lower Decks
WandaVision (Episodes 1 & 2)
A version of this review originally appeared on CineChat. On Friday, the long awaited return of the MCU arrived. But for this viewer, it was never about the return of the MCU, it was always about Wanda. First teased well over a year ago, every plot detail given WandaVision sounded more and more like a fever dream pulled from my mind.… Continue reading WandaVision (Episodes 1 & 2)
A Teacher
A version of this review originally appeared on CineChat. A Teacher is a 2020 limited series that you can now stream on BBC iPlayer in the UK. Created by Hannah Fidell who wrote and directed the 2013 film of the same name, it stars Kate Mara and Nick Robinson, focussing on an affair between a female teacher and… Continue reading A Teacher
Everything Entertaining
Everything I'm Listening to This week keeping me company while I cook, shower and drive were Anna Faris is Unqualified, The Big Picture, and Life is Short with Justin Long. Featuring on Unqualified and Life is Short were Kate Mara and Kat McNamara respectfully, who are actresses I have been aware of but knew little… Continue reading Everything Entertaining
The Queen’s Gambit Review
You’ve probably been living under a rock if you haven’t heard at least one person gushing over The Queen’s Gambit, a limited series now streaming on Netflix, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. But just in case you have been living under that rock, let me add my voice to the chorus of praise – The Queens’ Gambit… Continue reading The Queen’s Gambit Review
Emily in Paris Review
A version of this article originally appeared on CRPWrites. Arriving on Netflix this weekend is Emily in Paris, a new 10 episode show from Darren Star (Sex and the City, Younger). Focussing on 20 something Emily, played by a charmingly annoying and peppy Lily Collins, she ends up taking a yearlong promotion at a company… Continue reading Emily in Paris Review
Ted Lasso Review
A version of this review originally appeared on CineChat. It’s hard to express the pure joy that the first season of Ted Lasso gave me. I found myself laughing out loud, cheering, I found my eyes watering at a football match. A FOOTBALL MATCH! This is no small feat. From Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Cougar Town)… Continue reading Ted Lasso Review








