Film Reviews Archive

  • Review: Fair warning: this review is not going to be kind. To put it bluntly, watching this movie was painful – and the thing that pained me most of all […]

    Son of Batman – review

    Review: Fair warning: this review is not going to be kind. To put it bluntly, watching this movie was painful – and the thing that pained me most of all […]

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  • Review: Wow was I nervous going into this movie – I really, desperately wanted a vintage Veronica Mars showing (a la season one glory), and not a replay of Veronica 2.0, […]

    Veronica Mars (movie) – review

    Review: Wow was I nervous going into this movie – I really, desperately wanted a vintage Veronica Mars showing (a la season one glory), and not a replay of Veronica 2.0, […]

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  • This movie is the kind of movie you can’t help but leave with a slightly silly grin on your face. Now it might not be as quirky as you might […]

    Warm Bodes – review

    This movie is the kind of movie you can’t help but leave with a slightly silly grin on your face. Now it might not be as quirky as you might […]

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  • Now this, this is my kind of show. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: when it comes to period pieces and murder mysteries, the Brits do it […]

    Ripper Street (pilot) – review

    Now this, this is my kind of show. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: when it comes to period pieces and murder mysteries, the Brits do it […]

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  • Here’s the thing about Elementary – there is literally no way to discuss this show without it being colored by comparisons to the BBC’s exemplary Sherlock. In fact, this is what […]

    Elementary (pilot) – review

    Here’s the thing about Elementary – there is literally no way to discuss this show without it being colored by comparisons to the BBC’s exemplary Sherlock. In fact, this is what […]

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  • Oh, Lewis, you know I love you. From your tongue in cheek fun at academia’s expense, all the while unabashedly slinging literary references left and right, to the drollness of […]

    Inspector Lewis, series VI – review

    Oh, Lewis, you know I love you. From your tongue in cheek fun at academia’s expense, all the while unabashedly slinging literary references left and right, to the drollness of […]

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  • Review: We Sherlock fans endured a vast, interminable wait between series one and two, but I have to say, tortuous as it was, I’m glad the creative forces behind this show […]

    Sherlock, series 2 – review

    Review: We Sherlock fans endured a vast, interminable wait between series one and two, but I have to say, tortuous as it was, I’m glad the creative forces behind this show […]

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  • Review: There is zero magic to be found in this show. The premise you can pretty much guess from the title: a cop suddenly is able to see the fairy […]

    Grimm (pilot) – review

    Review: There is zero magic to be found in this show. The premise you can pretty much guess from the title: a cop suddenly is able to see the fairy […]

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  • Review: I’m a sucker for a good fairy tale retelling – but good definitely is the operative word. I approached this pilot with both hope and trepidation, as the trailers […]

    Once Upon A Time (pilot) – review

    Review: I’m a sucker for a good fairy tale retelling – but good definitely is the operative word. I approached this pilot with both hope and trepidation, as the trailers […]

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  • Episode one (based on Case Histories by Kate Atkinson): While searching for a lost cat, Jackson takes on the cold case of a girl who went missing thirty years earlier. […]

    Case Histories (ep 1) – review

    Episode one (based on Case Histories by Kate Atkinson): While searching for a lost cat, Jackson takes on the cold case of a girl who went missing thirty years earlier. […]

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