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A Greyhound of a Girl is a pan-European animated film based on a children’s novel by Roddy Doyle and follows a young girl as she lives through a great upheaval. Mary O’Hara (Mia O’Connor) is a young girl who aspires to be a chef and is close with her fun-loving but no-nonsense grandmother, Emer (Rosaleen […]
The murder mystery – or rather, the dark comedy murder mystery – is having a bit of a resurgence on the small screen with the success of Hulu’s Murderer’s in the Building. But now AppleTV+ has gotten into the game with the exceptional, dark, moving, and yes, funny, Bad Sisters, an adaptation of the Flemish […]
The second season of This Way Up has come to its conclusion on British television. The season’s finale is one of the best episodes the series has ever produced. Aine receives the tragic news that her friend from rehab, Tom, has killed himself. She sets out to pay her respects and his death makes Aine try and set things […]
The fourth episode of This Way Up’s second season was disappointing because it was a nothing episode. The follow-up episode was a big improvement as it was filled with character drama. It’s Shona’s Hen Do, but it has to be a scaled-back affair due to the rise of the Coronavirus. Vish drops a bombshell on […]
This Way Up is a show that can be brilliant or boring. The fourth episode of the second season was an example of being a dull entry in the series. Aine helps her flatmate, Bradley, with a Windrusher fundraiser. Richard comes to support Aine, but Aine gets worried that he’s getting too friendly with one of […]
After two decent if unremarkable episodes, the second season of This Way Up finally hits it stride with its third episode. Áine makes steps setting up an educational business with James. However, Shona is still sceptical and gives Áine a grilling at a meeting. Áine also has to face relationship and personal issues. There were three things […]
Aisling Bea’s comedy-drama series, This Way Up has returned for a second season. The first episode of the new season was a solid if an unspectacular entry for the series. Étienne (Dorian Grover) goes back to France for the first time since his mother’s death. That means Áine (Bea) and Richard (Tobias Menzies) can have sex for […]
Disenchantment returns for a third part and doubles down on the mystery and world-building. Part Three picks up where Part Two left off: Bean, Elfo, and Luci survive being burnt at the stake and find themselves in the underground world of the Trøgs. Odval and Arch Druidess have taken over Dreamland and plan to turn the […]
Christmas has come and gone, but it doesn’t stop us from watching Christmas related programming. One of the few shows to get a Christmas this year was BBC Two’s Motherland. Christmas is upon the mums. Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin) has to prepare the Christmas meal and look after her in-laws, Kevin (Paul Ready) plays Minecraft […]
BBC Two’s Motherland has returned for a second season and shows the struggles of middle-class parenthood. A new school year has started. Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin) continue struggling to balance childcare and work, Kevin (Paul Ready) has joined the workforce, and Liz (Diane Morgan) is well, Liz. A new mum who seems to have it […]