The Little Stranger (2018)

Inadequate. Who knew when Ruth Wilson played the most useless character on 'Suburban Shootout', she had the career she had ahead of her?

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Zeppelin (1971)

There is 1970s hair in this WW1 drama. During WW1 UK children playing in fields could see the zeppelins overhead on their way to bomb the docks. I know, one of them was a ( Read more... )

'Secret Obsession' trailer

An accident and amnesia and the whole plot is given away.

'Another Life' trailer

This tale of aliens looks okay.

'Luz' trailer

A demon or something? No.

'The Lion King' TV spot

No.

Piri piri chicken & rice - nice.

Milkweed honey - yum.

Garlic stuffed olives - totes.

Colin Donnell will be back on 'Arrow'!

I won't read 'The ( Read more... )

Episodes 1&2
Barbara's in jail and her cellmate is an aggressive chav named Donna. Barbara soon establishes herself as topdog by smacking Donna around with a bar of soap in a bra. Meanwhile Jeremy hosts a visiting group of policeman from five hell hole cities around the world who want to see the crime free Little Stempington for themselves. The ( Read more... )

A Nation Reborn

This was lamentable. People live to excess and have moral decadence. The cheating whore is patronising and contemptuous of her husband. She scowls disapprovingly. Miguel and Pete are in hostile territories. This is clearly not of great importance. There is no uncompromising clarity. There is a hateful atmosphere and fear and blame. ( Read more... )

Ordeal By Innocence (2018) 1x01
Finally BBC1 airs this reshot Agatha Christie 3-part adaptation. Christian Cooke of ‘Demons’ and ‘Trinity’ replaced Ed Westiwck. Rachel, a matriarch and heiress, is killed. There is blood and screaming. Her adopted son Jack is arrested and claims an alibi but no-one listens. Did he kill his mother? He spits and does ( Read more... )

Tom Holland the new Spider-Man co-stars in this tonally inconsistent UK drama alongside Anna Chancellor of ‘Suburban Shootout’. Loud unhappy American Daisy comes to the rural UK to spend time with her aunt (Chancellor) and cousins Piper, Ed and Isaac (Holland). Daisy is all Beats headphones, eyeliner, noir nail polish, ripped tights and rank ( Read more... )

The cop spoof returns! After a fatal bank robbery, Jack Cloth returns from retirement again, to go undercover. Meanwhile Anne Oldman is distracted by mayoral candidate Hope Goodgirl (Anna Chancellor of ‘Suburban Shootout’). Tom Boss the villain of the original is back in his old job. There is a nasty gangster to foil and this was witheringly wry. ( Read more... )

A non Miss Marple book gets turned into a terrible ‘Marple’ ep as the annoying old biddy learns there is a crazy serial killer going undetected in a village and heads off to sniff them out.

Along the way she meets the idiot local copper (Russell Tovey of ‘Being Human’), a local rich idiot with no day job (Benedict Cumberbatch of ‘Sherlock’), an ( Read more... )

Death In Brunswick (1991)

Carl (Sam Neill) is a loser who has a perpetually disappointed mother. To get away from her he gets a job as a cook in the filthy kitchen of a nightclub run by bogans. Carl hates the job but falls for a barmaid named Sophie.

The sullen, awkward Carl is always in the wrong place at the wrong time. This leads to him ( Read more... )

This comedy ran for two series and was overlooked. Series 1 was very good but series 2 was bad. Joyce and Jeremy Hazeldine move to the village of Little Stempington. Jeremy is the new police chief and Joyce is forcibly befriended by two rival gangs of housewives. The bad gang led by Camilla are into crime, protection rackets and violence. While ( Read more... )