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Month: February 2021
Charmed Season 3 Review | You Can’t Touch This
Charmed enjoys a soft reset and a fresh return to form as it starts its Season 3 arc
‘Fate: The Winx Saga’: Unsure of its audience
Bright and colourful Italian cartoon Winx Club gets the Riverdale treatment, seemingly losing sight of the appeal of the original
‘Modern Love’ Review: Overflowing with heart and charm
Adapted from New York Times’ massively popular column of the same name, Amazon Prime’s Modern Love explores a host of different relationships, without becoming too saccharine or losing its realism
‘Defending Jacob’ Review
An ordinary couple’s world is shaken when their son is accused of murder, especially when they start to doubt his innocence themselves
‘The One and Only Ivan’ Film Review
Based on a true story and originally intended for theatrical release, The One and Only Ivan is unsure where its chief conflict lies and takes far too long to get there
“WandaVision” Episode 7 Review: “Breaking the Fourth Wall”
WandaVision delivers its most game-changing cliffhanger yet.
‘The Morning Show’ Review
Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston excel in Apple TV+’s first foray into original programming
‘Bombshell’: Film Review
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie star in this powerful depiction of the allegations that preceded the #MeToo movement
‘Spies in Disguise’ review: fun, though forgettable
An amusing, fast-paced, family friendly caper, Spies in Disguise is undemanding, but not quite groundbreaking enough to establish itself as a classic
‘Secret Society of Second-Born Royals’ is ‘Spy Kids’ meets ‘Sky High’
The Disney+ original movie has all the typical hallmarks of a Disney Channel movie, with a brightly lit, squeaky-clean aesthetic and unchallenging, easy to follow plot
‘Safe’ is a typical, twisty thriller
The brainchild of Harlan Coben, Netflix’s eight-part drama series features all of the expected tenets of thriller fiction.
“Never Have I Ever” Review: Witty, winsome and warm
Created by Mindy Kaling, Never Have I Ever is deeply honest in its writing, and series lead Maitreyi Ramakrishnan is incredibly endearing.
“You Me Her” Season 5 Review: A satisfying and emotive conclusion
Despite its unusual premise, You Me Her continues to be characterised by its realistic writing and grounded portrayals.
“Little Fires Everywhere” Review: Taut and Transfixing
The televisual adaptation of Celeste Ng’s book, Little Fires Everywhere thrives off the fraught tension between its two leads.
“WandaVision” Episode 6 Review: “All-New Halloween Spooktacular”
WandaVision continues to intrigue, as Episode 6 sets up brilliant conflict to come, while also conjuring a host of additional questions.
“To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You” Review: Just what happens after you get your happy ending?
Romance obsessed Lara Jean discovers that getting the guy was the easy part: being a girlfriend is much, much harder
“To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” Review: A charming, genuine high school rom-com
Lana Condor stars as Lara Jean Covey, desperate to conceal her feelings for her sister’s ex-boyfriend by entering into a fake relationship with another past crush
“The Fall” Review: Tense and gripping
A thriller series with a crucial twist
“WandaVision” Episode 5 Review: “On a Very Special Episode…”
Worlds continue to collide, as reality bleeds through into Wanda’s utopian dream, while a surprise cameo has potentially universe-changing effects.