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It has come to this, after 21 films over 11 years Marvel Studios has now developed their most ambitious film yet with Avengers: Endgame. Avengers: Endgame takes place five years after The Snap, the event that wiped out half of all living things. The remaining Avengers are divided and at their lowest ebb. When Scott Lang/Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) returns […]
Well, I guess Missandei and Grey Worm won’t be getting that beach front property after all (too soon?). There’s a general problem that arises as a series that is as plot heavy as Game of Thrones approaches its end game: characters and story arcs become rigidly stuck along a particular path to get to the […]
Following a fairly uninspired opening episode, “Gorilla War” is a much stronger offering for Ghosts. After being pushed off a window ledge and waking from a coma’ Alison has gained the ability to see the dead. Thinking she has a concussion Alison tries to ignore the ghosts who attempt to drive her and her partner out […]
Based on a novel by Jennie Rooney, Red Joan was inspired by the true story of Melita Norwood, an OAP who was revealed to be a Soviet spy. This ends up being the pretext for an uninspired World War II spy story. In the year 2000 Joan Stanley (Judi Dench) was a widower living in the suburbs […]
That was, dare I say, pretty disappointing? For all the hype, for all the talk of the longest sustained battle on screen, for all the warning of painful character deaths, we got that? An hour and a half of quick, confusing cuts (that made it incredibly hard to understand just what was happening- and who […]
Ghosts is the latest comedy show that the BBC has been heavily promoting and a part of their Monday night comedy double-bill. The only thing the opening episode had to offer was a mild entertainment. Alison (Charlotte Ritchie) and Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe) are a young couple struggling to find their first property. They come into some sort of fortune when a […]
Wild Rose is a Scottish film that attempts to combine kitchen sink realism and a story about a young person trying to succeed in the music industry. It is a film that has already received a lot of praise and centres around a fantastic rising star. Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) is the titular ‘Wild Rose,’ a […]
Well, that was quite a bit of fan service (even after last week’s fan service-filled premiere) to get us to the start of The Battle of Winterfell. And, honestly, I really didn’t mind. During my seven season rewatch leading up to season eight, my major takeaway was how wonderful the quiet moments of the show […]
The Long Song is a BBC miniseries based on a novel by the recently deceased Andrea Levy. What was created was a lavish, humorous and tragic period drama. The Long Song follows July (Tamara Lawrance), a house slave for the Mortimer family at the beginning of the 19th century. It is a time where slaves are starting […]
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 […]