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…
‘Have you ever used anal beads while playing chess?’ This ridiculous question was asked by Piers Morgan to chess wonder kid Hans Niemann who found himself caught up in a cheating scandal. So begins the fascinating documentary ‘Chess Mates’ out now on Netflix. For many, chess was seen as a game reserved for intellectuals and…
What would you do if your fiancée revealed, in front of your friends during wedding preparations, the worst thing they had ever done? In The Drama, this shocking confession becomes the catalyst for the film’s central conflict, as Emma admits that, at 15, she once planned a school shooting but ultimately did not go through with…
When you watch a theatre show and you are completely absorbed in the production, thinking of nothing else, it becomes something special. This is one of those shows that I will think about for a long time. Watching Romeo and Juliet at the Harold Pinter Theatre felt like that kind of experience. For me, William Shakespeare is a hit and miss…
From 2013 to 2022, Peaky Blinders, created by Steven Knight, dominated TV’s crime drama landscape with its distinctive style and unforgettable characters. At the heart of it all was Birmingham’s Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy), a war-scarred anti-hero who rose from the trauma of the First World War trenches to lead his family’s Romani-traveller crime empire. Despite his…
If you’re looking for your next binge-worthy thriller, 56 Days is a must-watch. This isn’t just another crime drama. It’s a distinctive, tightly wound mystery wrapped inside a riveting, sexy psychological thriller the kind that makes you promise yourself one more episode and then immediately ignore that promise. The series opens with a grim discovery inside Apartment…
Sometimes you don’t want gritty realism or prestige TV sometimes you just want something smart, silly, and ridiculously entertaining. It’s pretty impossible to create anything truly original in the packed murder/police crime drama genre, and High Potential doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel. Instead, it relies on strong performances, a tight script, and a genuine sense…
Fresh off the global success of Netflix’s His and Hers, Astrid Rotenberry is stepping into the spotlight with a performance that quietly lingers long after the final twist. The Tennessee-born actor appears as Catherine Kelly, a character intricately tied to the past of Anna played by Tessa Thompson in the gripping murder mystery that has captivated…
Filmmaking often looks glamorous from the outside the finished frames, the festival screenings, the cinematic escape. But as director and actor Josh Shea reminds us, the reality is far more grounded. It’s early mornings before sunrise, coffee in hand, and a quiet moment of disbelief where you ask yourself, what are we actually doing? In this…
