I Swear is a biopic about John Davidson, a Tourette’s campaigner and activist in Scotland. In 1983, John Davidson (Scott Ellis Watson) is a 13-year-old boy about to start secondary school, and is a promising goalkeeper. It’s at this age that he begins to show signs of Tourette’s Syndrome, leading him to be dismissed as a […]
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Say Nothing Review
It’s not possible to tell the entire complex history of The Troubles in a single nine-episode limited series. It’s not even possible to adapt the entirety of Patrick Radden Keefe’s searingly interesting 2018 book, “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland” into a nine-episode limited series. But the series Josh […]
Britflix: The Falling
The Falling was a drama written and directed by Carol Morley and notable for giving many young British actors their first major roles. Lydia (Maisie Williams) and Abigail (Florence Pugh) are best friends and attend an all-girls school in 1960s England. Abigail is more sexually experienced, leading her to become pregnant. When a tragedy strikes the […]



