Few shows manage to improve on a strong first season, but A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder somehow does exactly that. Season 2 is darker, smarter and far more emotionally gripping than what came before. What began as a compelling teen mystery has evolved into something much more intense, delivering a story that feels mature, unsettling and…
I need to talk about the Off Campus hype. If your social media feed looks anything like mine, you would think this show has single-handedly reinvented romance television. It has not. That said, I do not want to be unfair, because Off Campus is genuinely enjoyable, it just has not quite earned the level of…
Caroline Muirhead is an extraordinary woman though not in the way most stories would lead you to expect. This three-part limited series on Netflix (each episode running around an hour) begins like a modern love story before quickly descending into something far darker and more unsettling. At 29, Caroline meets Scottish farmer Sandy McKellar on Tinder, just…
After watching the BAFTAs, it’s hard to ignore how nuanced and complicated this situation really is. There was a strong and justified condemnation of the slur itself but when Alan Cumming read a quickly prepared statement it all felt a bit rushed and thoughtless. He said at the end, “we apologised if you were offended,” it…
Tell Me Lies season three is back on Disney Plus, and it’s darker, messier, and more toxic than ever. The first three episodes have dropped, and while the season remains addictive, it’s starting to feel familiar and I’m still not fully convinced where it’s headed. Some twists might be predictable, but the performances and tangled drama…
Run Away is a slow burner and honestly, it needs to be. This isn’t the kind of story you rush, because every layer is there for a reason. At the centre of it all is Simon Greene (James Nesbitt), a successful, devoted husband and father of three whose solid, comfortable life starts to unravel when his…
They say that nearly all movies date, just some quicker than others. Think of the number of thrillers that, before mobile phones, revolved around telephone boxes, couples sleeping in separate beds, or the stop-motion special effects of the 1960s. These things might look quaint now, but they’re usually harmless reminders of the era in which…
Does having autism make someone more or less likely to become a killer? It’s an uncomfortable question, yet it sits at the heart of this undeniably tragic yet often frustrating documentary. The film never quite knows whether it wants to explore the mystery of a family’s demise or the complexities of neurodivergence, and that tension…
We sat down with filmmaker Gabby Dellal to talk about her new film, Park Avenue a story of mothers, daughters, and the secret lives behind Manhattan’s grandest façades. Gabby spoke with her usual wit and honesty about what drew her to the Upper East Side, how costume became character, and why Park Avenue is her cinematic love letter to New…
There’s only one way to describe Lazarus overcomplicated, weird, and just plain strange. This might be one of the weakest Harlan Coben adaptations yet, which is disappointing because it had so much potential. Joel Lazarus, or “Laz” (Sam Claflin), follows in his father’s footsteps as a psychiatrist. To clear up any confusion early on the father…
