The annual event of Charlie Brooker's Yearly Wipe is the one piece of satire I have been sure not to miss over the years. But 2020 has been a bit different, and finding himself in lockdown like everyone else, Brooker re-imagines the format into a full on talking-heads mockumentary that does away with himself as … Continue reading Death to 2020
As a movie star, which, let's face it, is George Clooney's main and best job, we haven't seen the guy for four years, since the largely underwhelming Money Monster. And, as a director, you'd be forgiven for thinking he hasn't done anything for years, so unmemorable was 2017's Suburbicon, with Matt Damon. It is a … Continue reading The Midnight Sky
Remember before the digital revolution and on demand TV channels when you had to stay up late and watch the films shown after midnight to see anything outside of the mainstream? Quite often they were awful, cheap, rambling experiences that maybe had one or two memorable scenes, or something so weird that you had to … Continue reading Buster’s Mal Heart
It's about 6 weeks since I finished season 3 of this incredible show from Netflix. I have been putting off writing about it, because I wanted to let it settle. And also because I have a hell of a lot to say about it. I am gonna try and be comprehensive, without giving too much … Continue reading Ozark
It is a guilty secret of mine that when in the right mood I love to get a small fix of the unexplained or the macabre true crime documentary type thing. They tend to range from truly ridiculous to the mildly convincing, but tend not to have especially high production value. Netflix seem to know … Continue reading Unsolved Mysteries
A very quick review of a little thing you may have missed on Netflix. Two of my very favourite creative auteurs coming together to make an interesting morsel, combining music, dance and filmic tricks, called Anima. It is the fourth collaboration between the P. T. Anderson and Thom Yorke, the last being the excellently moody … Continue reading Anima
It's difficult not to enjoy or at least admire anything Ricky Gervais writes for TV. His track record now speaks for itself. What you are going to get at the very minimum is a well thought out concept, some odd characters, mostly with their hearts in the right place, and a handful of irreverent jokes … Continue reading After Life 2
I have been a fan of stand up comedy, erm, all my life... well, at least since Billy Connely kinda invented it, in a way that wasn't all about hating the mother in law and homophobia. When I moved to Edinburgh in 1999, I found myself at the epicentre of new comedy, every August at … Continue reading James Acaster: Repertoire
Another catch up on a bit of Netflix that I watched pre lockdown, based on Charles Forsman's graphic novels. I watched this quirky gem hard on the back of the very enjoyable I Am Not OK With This, which is like a wee American cousin to this British set drama, with a dark humour vein … Continue reading The End of the F***ing World
Ever wondered what happened to Jessie after he drove away with his life and his freedom at the end of the superlative Breaking Bad? Yeah, kind of... I mean, I was happy to leave it alone and ambiguous, but show runner writer and director Vince Gilligan thought it might be a good thing to show … Continue reading El Camino
The Wasteland 