Book, Film & TV Reviews
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BBC One is always good for drama. But did their latest Wednesday 9pm series miss out in your TV schedule?
Well, here’s why you should catch up with the first episode.
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A while back I gave 4 reasons why you should catch up with American Horror Story, and if you didn’t take my advice then, now you’ll be eager to watch the new series with the release of this exciting first trailer.
We’ve been teased Lady Gaga’s AHS debut for quite some time and now we’ve finally got a trailer for the highly anticipated American Horror Story: Hotel.
Continue reading “The New Trailer For ‘American Horror Story’ Season Five Is A Haunting Journey”
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We’re super excited for the upcoming series of The Great British Bake Off, and we know you are too!
So let’s take a look at 2014’s series, before the new one kicks off on 5th August.
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Whilst many of us are getting excited for the upcoming fifth series of FX’s horror anthology series American Horror Story, subtitled Hotel, which is set to be released later this year, 5* are starting from the beginning and airing the very first series, beginning next week.
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The second series of Sky Atlantic‘s hard-hitting crime drama, True Detective, is returning to our TV’s later this evening, so here are five reasons why you should be watching it.
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It’s already been deemed “the hardest TV channel on the box”, and it’s no wonder when Channel 5’s spin-off channel, Spike, has such a fantastic schedule of shows. You can’t get much harder than Walter White, Rick Grimes, and Jax Teller.
With a number of exciting new programmes scheduled, ranging from drama to comedy to sport, the biggest news is that Spike, coming soon to the UK, is set to air three of the best TV series of recent years from start to finish – Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, and Sons of Anarchy.
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Masterchef is on its way back to our TV screens, and my mouth’s watering already!
Here are five reasons why I can’t wait for the reality cooking competition to return.
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Has the mid-season break for Channel 5’s Gotham been so long that you’ve forgotten what happened in the first half of series one? Or did you not watch the series and have now been tempted to catch up with the return of the second half? Whether you’re a fan of the series or not, here’s a re-cap of what’s happened so far, and a reminder of why you should be watching it.
Continue reading “What Happened In Gotham Before The Mid-Season Break?”
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With Charlie Brooker‘s new feature-length special of his dystopian series, Black Mirror, airing on Channel 4 this week, let’s take a look at his first two series and what we can expect from the new episode.
Inspired by the likes of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Brooker wants to tell his own ghost story this Christmas. His single feature-length tale won’t be particularly festive, as Brooker objects to certain parties exploiting sentimentality at this time of year (his words not mine!) but he has commented that, “I quite like Christmas specials – but I missed the tradition of having ghost stories at Christmas.”
Continue reading “Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror: A Retrospective”
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Downton Abbey already has some big names attached to it, but George Clooney? Well, you read correctly. The beauty that is George Clooney has made his debut in ITV’s period drama series in aid of Text Santa, and a teaser for his cameo has now been released, which you can watch below.
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Over half way into the latest series of The Apprentice, and we’re still laughing at Lord Sugar’s abrupt firings, one-liners, and ruthless put-downs. Here’s nine of my favourite Lord Sugar quotes from over the years.
1. “You didn’t like it when you got a B in your French exam. You’re not gonna like it now, because you’ve got the big F – you’re fired!”
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With E4’s reality TV show Made In Chelsea now on series eight, I’m missing some of the old cast. There’s a few members that will be forever in our Chelsea hearts, but there’s also a few that may just have slipped your mind. So let’s take a look at some of the series past members, and reminisce at some of their best moments.
Continue reading “Made In Chelsea Flashback: The Characters We Wish Would Come Back!”
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Seen as though everybody’s talking about Christmas already, let’s take a look at 12 of the best Christmas story lines ever. Unfortunately, I don’t have any happy stories to tell, but there’s been a lot of tears, tragedies, explosions, and deaths, over the years. Let’s hope that this year brings some better Christmas spirit, not that we don’t love a shocking Whodunit over the festive period.
Continue reading “12 Of The Best Christmas Soap Story Lines”
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With ITV’s series of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here returning later this month, we’re bored of the non-celebrities that enter the competition and disappoint us year after year. So here’s seven celebrities we’d love to see enter the jungle.
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If there’s anything that soaps can teach us, it’s the basic do’s and don’t’s of life. Unfortunately, it’s only through the failures and break-downs of characters that we learn these life lessons. And what’s the best day to confront yours and others wrong doings? On your wedding day, of course! Here’s a few tips on how to get through your big day without any confrontations, and most importantly, your life fully intact.
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We’ve had a few of our favourite soap characters make a small reappearance over the last few weeks including believed-to-be dead Nasty Nick and The Queen Vic’s finest Peggy Mitchell, which got me thinking – what other soap characters, dead or alive, would we love to see make a big return?
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With the final episode of E4’s teen drama Glue airing on Monday, the big question remains: Who killed Cal? The series is giving away very little clues and with the actors themselves not knowing the answer whilst filming, it all comes down to this episode. So let’s have a look at the characters in detail and try to figure out this mystery for ourselves.
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We’re all a little superhero mad at the minute, but is Channel 5’s new series Gotham worth watching for non-superhero fans and Batman fans alike? Here’s five reasons why I think Gotham is a show that you should be keeping an eye on.
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The Apprentice is back on BBC One and we have a host of new wanna-be business men and women to be annoyed by, humoured by, and at some point, find ourselves cheering on. So here’s some basic tips for the new competitors to remember. But of course, these are also the basic points that they will forget over and over again.
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It might not have been long since Made in Chelsea NYC departed from our screens, but we’re already anticipating the return of the Chelsea crew with the new series that’s on its way. Here are seven reasons why you should be getting excited for some all new drama in their eighth series, which is expected to air on E4 on 13th October.
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