The second season of Derry Girls finishes with important visitors coming to the Northern Irish city. It’s Christmas in Derry and the city is excited because Bill Clinton coming to the province. Despite Sister Michael stating that the school would be open as normal the girls decide to skip school and watch history. Closer to home an […]
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Game of Thrones – Winterfell Review
A lot of exposition was taken care of in “Winterfell,” the premiere of the eighth and final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones. We discovered where our remaining characters are (largely either Winterfell or King’s Landing, although I’ll be sure to take stock of those in other locales later on in the review), we saw […]
Derry Girls – The Prom Review
Whenever there is a show about high school aged characters there has to be an episode about prom. And the Derry Girls go to their prom in their latest episode. A new student joins the school from the far off lands of Donegal. The girls immediately attempt to befriend Mae (Aoife Hinds), mainly because she’s ethnically Chinese. Mae accepts them because […]
Derry Girls – The Curse Review
There is a wedding, a funeral, and mishap with drugs, it is the usual array of shenanigans for the Derry Girls in “The Curse.” An old family feud reignites when Erin’s family go to a wedding. It is made worst when Erin’s mother (Tara Lynne O’Neill) tells her aunt to drop dead and she promptly […]
Derry Girls – The Concert Review
Boy bands were all the rage back in the ’90s, including Take That. The latest episode of Derry Girls looks at the Take That phenomenon in a wacky adventure. The girls and James are excited to go to the Take That concert in Belfast. Their families refuse to let them go when news breaks that a polar bear has escaped […]
Cheat Review
Cheat is a thriller miniseries set within a prestigious university that shows an escalating rivalry between a lecturer and her student. Leah Dale (Katherine Kelly) is a sociology lecturer who accuses one of her students, Rose Vaughn (Molly Windsor) of cheating for final year’s dissertation. When Rose is unable to prove the works she sets out […]
Derry Girls – Ms. De Brún and the Child of Prague Review
Following a strong opening episode, the second season of Derry Girls continues with another hilarious outing. A new English teacher joins Our Lady Immaculate College, Ms. De Brún (Judith Roddy). She quickly inspires the students, including Erin and her crew. Whilst this is going on Erin’s family become obsessed with The Usual Suspects after their night at the cinema is cut short. “Ms. […]
Derry Girls – Across the Barricade Review
The Derry Girls (and the wee English Fella) are back for a second season of Channel 4’s popular comedy. The first episode sees the teenagers go on a Friends Across the Barricade weekend where Catholic and Protestant teens partake in group activities. Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson) and Michelle (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell) want to hook up with a […]
Big Mouth: My Furry Valentine (Spoiler-Free) Review
Something amazing happened last Friday: Big Mouth, the best animated look at the perils and pitfalls of adolescence on television, dropped a special, hour-long Valentine’s Day special. If you’re a fan of this delightfully dirty, yet surprisingly heartfelt, series, you don’t need me to recommend you drop what you’re doing at watch the episode (it’s […]
Russian Doll Review
Russian Doll, Netflix’s new dramedy, is, as has been reported by numerous TV critics, the perfect binge show. There are eight episodes, each clocking in at under 30 minutes. It’s a complete mind-fuck puzzle box story that ::gasp:: actually comes together perfectly at the end (take note, Westworld, this is totally possible). Oh, and it […]