TV reviews

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4 February 2021

RuPaul Drag Race Season 13 Episode 5 Ruview: Are you ready for the ball, darling?
One of my favourite episodes has arrived; it's ball season, babes! Get your mind out of the gutter, I know what you were thinking... With a whopping 36 outfits, our racers ...

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4 February 2021

LGBT History Month 2021: It’s A Sin review
NOTE: There will be discussion of the series from beginning to end, including spoilers At times, a television series will come around so powerful that you don’t think you’ll ever ...

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30 January 2021

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13, Episode 4 Ruview: It’s the RuPaulidays!
The episode we have been waiting on, the self-proclaimed Winner's Circle and the Pork Chop Loading Dock have finally come together! With an intense face-to-face showdown between the two groups and the ...

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24 January 2021

We review the first episode of Nicolas Cage’s new show on Netflix – History of Swear Words
Swearing has a huge impact on everyone and everything. This is especially evident in cinema and TV, with the ratings of films and the like being changed and even censored ...

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16 January 2021

WandaVision Episodes 1 and 2 review: Perhaps the most interesting project Marvel has ever done
There have been countless endeavours by the Marvel Cinematic Universe to bring a fresh and unique take to proceedings with their beloved characters, but they’ve never done anything quite as ...

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14 January 2021

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK Season 2 premiere spoiler-free review: The Brits sure do know how to entertain
Just under a year ago, I was wandering around the first-ever DragCon UK, meeting some of the stunning drag artists who had made the debut season of RuPaul’s Drag Race ...

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7 January 2021

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13 premiere RuView: The perfect antidote to lockdown!
With a brand-new season, us fans of RuPaul’s Drag Race have prepared ourselves for all the twists and gags that will be thrown at us. Just from the get-go, you ...

Connie and Maury, the hormone monsters / Picture Credit: Nexflix
10 December 2020

Big Mouth Season 4 review: As hilarious, witty and important as ever
Big Mouth has been loved by audiences from the start. The show exercises stretching the boundaries of sexuality, truly awful language, and the tests of friendship – all surrounding a ...

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2 December 2020

The Doctors: Heroes and Villains - Female First review
Our staff writer Melissa Allen was lucky enough to be sent her own copy of this DVD, complete with six interviews with actors who were involved in Doctor Who in ...

The Roku Streambar is available now
6 November 2020

Roku Streambar review: The streamer media player and soundbar is almost too good to be true
I’ve been contemplating getting a soundbar for quite some time now. Unfortunately, there’s never really been a single one that was within my budget without taking too much away from ...

How to Look Good Naked
11 March 2020

Review: How To Look Good Naked Episode 2
In episode two, we meet Jade and Sadie, auntie and niece who have both fought through cancer and are now dealing with the aftermath and the changes it makes to ...

How to Look Good Naked
10 March 2020

Review: How to Look Good Naked Episode 1
When I heard that How To Look Good Naked was coming back, I was thrilled as I beleive it to be one of the most empowering shows that has ever ...

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6 January 2020

Big Little Lies: The Complete Second Season [REVIEW]
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, Shailene Woodley, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Zoë Kravitz Rating: 15 DVD Bonus Features: The Lies Revealed: A Conversation with the Cast – “Meryl Streep, Shailene Woodley, Reese Witherspoon, ...

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30 October 2018

Halloween (2018) is an exploration of destructive obsession and a masterclass in horror
I've been looking forward to seeing Halloween (2018) for some time. When it was revealed the horror flick would be directed by David Gordon Green, who was also writing the script with Danny ...

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26 October 2018

Former Apprentice candidate Elliot Van Emden on which contestants should be doing more in episode 4
Its that time of the week again folks! Wednesday nights always seem to draw around quicker as we get through the series – and tonight’s episode of The Apprentice was ...

Lachlan Watson, Jaz Sinclair, Kiernan Shipka and Ross Lynch in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina / Photo Credit: Netflix
26 October 2018

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina review: Television's leading women are given a shake-up
From the incredible opening credits that pay homage to the Archie Comics Chilling Adventures of Sabrina series, audiences know that the new Netflix original series of the same name is going ...

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19 October 2018

Former Apprentice candidate Elliot Van Emden isn't a fan of the team names in episode 3!
The Apprentice this week in many ways was similar to the first task I participated in last year. The first thing we did was choose a team name – and ...

The Apprentice's drama ramped up in episode 2 / Photo Credit: BBC
11 October 2018

Former Apprentice candidate Elliot Van Emden gives his verdict on this year's second episode
And so its 9pm on Wednesday night – time for another hour of (lack of) business acumen, endless bickering and of course those scary glances from Claude Littner and Karen ...

The Apprentice returned this week (October 3) with a selection of new candidates / Credit: Photographer Jim Marks for BBC/Boundless Taylor Herring
4 October 2018

Former Apprentice candidate Elliot Van Emden reviews this year's debut episode
It’s that time of year again. No I’m not talking about Christmas adverts being on television at the beginning of October – I’m of course talking about the return of ...

The Manchester City locker room is often a noisy place, which manager Pep Guardiola encourages
16 August 2018

Amazon's new Manchester City documentary All Or Nothing paints Pep Guardiola as football's Einstein
Walking into the world premiere of All or Nothing: Manchester City at Vue Cinemas - Manchester The Printworks last night (August 15), the energy was electric. Football fans lined up either ...

The Handmaid's Tale season 1 is perfect television
18 March 2018

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 1 DVD Review
Whether you’re coming to The Handmaid’s Tale completely green, or you’re ready to rewatch the first season of the critically-acclaimed series all over again, this experience is an essential one ...

The unforgettable group of UnREAL characters are back for a third season
27 February 2018

UnREAL Returns To Form In Brilliant Season 3 Premiere
When UnREAL made its return for a second season all the way back in 2016, fans were super excited to delve back into the unscripted reality series world of ‘Everlasting’, ...

Pamela Rabe as Joan 'The Freak' Ferguson
22 June 2017

Wentworth Delivers An Incredibly Strong Season 5
Earlier this week, the fifth season of Australian prison drama Wentworth came to a close, and with it, the closing of one particular big door. Note, that as we discuss ...

Daya has a big decision to make / Credit: Netflix
11 June 2017

Orange is the New Black Season 5, Episodes 1-4 Review
It’s fair to say that Orange is the New Black is back to its best with its fifth season. Through the first four episodes of the show’s latest outing, there’s ...