Television

The wait is finally over. A year since we left Erin, Orla, Clare, Michelle and James dancing in the assembly hall at school, the Derry Girls make a triumphant return for a second series. Expectations were high due to the huge response to…

As a die hard fan of Friday Night Lights, I was eager to watch Connie Britton take the lead in the Netflix original true crime series: Dirty John. Anyone who’s a fan of the high school drama will remember Britton as “Tammie”, the school…

When it comes to TV shows, casts have been getting steadily larger and larger over the past few years. However, that hasn’t always been the case and shows were able to dedicate more screen-time to their protagonists. Because of that, many…

Dating Around isn’t your typical dating show. As a seasoned dating show viewer I initially found it off-putting. There are no voice overs, introductions, or off-side interviews. Instead, visual queues and body language are key to figuring…

True Crime is my favourite genre to read, watch and listen to. But let’s be real here – the genre has officially reached saturation point. With help from Netflix, the True Crime genre went from being a niche genre that you wouldn’t dream of…

Many TV shows have been developed from movies. After all, the leap to the small screen can offer an opportunity to continue to cash in on big screen success. However, it can also keep a beloved project alive for its fans, even when the…

“Life is like a box of timelines," - Nadia, Russian Doll. The latest Netflix assault on boundaries, Russian Doll might appear to be something which is complicated on the surface. Yet, at its core the message is simple – how it feels to be…

I grew up in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, 40 miles northwest of Freehold, where Bruce Springsteen is from. A couple of miles away from my childhood home is the town of Centerville, where a blue sign marks what was the “center point for…

Netflix originals can almost always assure quality, particularly with their animated shows. You could have something profound yet odd with BoJack Horseman, graphic yet endearing with Castlevania or polarising yet not without its fans like…

“He thought of the telescreen with its never-sleeping ear. They could spy upon you night and day..” George Orwell, 1984. The feeling the viewer gets from the Netflix series You is the unnerving-equivalent of getting an unexpected hug from a…