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Renfield Review

There have been many featuring the Prince of Darkness himself, Dracula. Renfield is the latest film to feature the famous vampire. Robert Montague Renfield (Nicholas Hoult) is Dracula’s familiar. He must do the usual things for his master: find accommodation, get victims, and protect the Count from the forces of good.  When Renfield finds himself in New Orleans […]

TV TV Reviews

The Great Season Two Review

Utterly delightful. That’s the phrase I used to describe season two of Hulu’s The Great to a friend last week. And that’s ultimately what the season is – utterly delightful. Sure, there’s squabbles (Catherine is attempting a coup against her husband, Russia’s emperor, after all) and not all the jokes land as well as could […]

TV TV Reviews

The Great (Spoiler-Free) Review

I suspect the major tagline for The Great, the (dare I say) great new limited series from Hulu about the rise of Russia’s Catherine the Great, will be some variation of “If you loved The Favourite, you’ll love The Great!” And, really, that statement isn’t wrong. But it sells The Great short. While there is […]