I’ve been saying it all year 2025 is shaping up to be the year of television, and Ballard is more proof of that. While movies this year have been sluggish filled with remakes and lacking in originality (even the new F1 film feels like a carbon copy of Top Gun, right down to sharing the same director) TV…
This 6-part adaptation of Jane Harper’s Australian bestselling crime novel is an intense and grown-up murder mystery. While it is ostensibly a whodunnit, its real focus is the fracturing of individuals and families after grief, guilt and resentment takes its toll. This is part of its problem, as those looking for a straightforward twist and…
Imagine your next-door neighbours come for dinner one night and they bring their young filipino au pair with them. After dinner the au pair secretly and mysteriously asks you if you can help her, without going into details. You say it’s best to talk to the people looking after her. The next day she vanishes. …
“Do you think I invited you to get revenge, for stealing my life… Do you think I want to make you pay.” I loved the first movie when it came out in 2018, well before I knew about the Blake Lively drama with Justin Baldoni. Another Simple Favour was filmed before the controversy surrounding Blake…
I don’t know what is happening this year, but I seem to watch more TV shows than movies and this is one that you simply cannot miss. What adds to the satisfaction in this series is that the trials are all cold cases that the prosecutors have been able to re-open due to the blend…
If you are into puzzles, doing crosswords and if you don’t mind the odd murder this 6-Part BBC comedy/mystery is the show for you. I didn’t really think that David Mitchell could act that well, but in this show his comedic and more surprisingly his dramatic timing is impeccable. The set up is not original…
“I’m not sure I’m the good girl I once was. I’ve lost her along the way.” Holly Jackson’s 2019 debut book, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder has been adapted by creator Poppy Cogan into a 6 episode limited series which was directed by Dolly Wells. Pip Fitz-Amobi (Emma Myers) a 17-year-old teenager decides to…
I saw this show when I was little, however I completely forgot how impressive this perennial thriller is. I was pleasantly surprised how good it was and was enthralled for the entire performance. Agatha Christies legendary whodunnit is one show in the West End that you must see at least once in your life. It…
