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Dr Brain

The unprecedented success of Netflix’s Squid Game has made the show more than a mere hit – more…

By Oliver Johnston
apple

Swagger

Apple TV’s latest release is, in the words of one of its own characters (Ike the coach, played…

By Mae Trumata
britbox

Crime

Adapted from the 2008 novel of the same name by writer Irvine Welsh, Crime follows DI Ray Lennox…

By Umar Ali
amazon

I Know What You Did Last Summer

In 1997, Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson penned the script for bloody teen slasher I Know What You Did…

By Andrew Murray
apple

Acapulco

Acapulco takes viewers to Mexico, with orange-tinted filters and the flamboyance of resort life. Well-timed background music elevates…

By Mae Trumata
netflix

Maid

Overwhelming in more ways than one, Maid sees Margaret Qualley play Alex, a mother who suffers at the…

By Mae Trumata
apple

Foundation

While direct adaptations of writer Isaac Asimov’s work are rather thin on the ground (with the films I,…

By Oliver Johnston
netflix

Midnight Mass

Mike Flanagan is one of the few filmmakers working today who truly understands horror. Not only does he…

By Andrew Murray
apple

The Morning Show: Season Two

Season two of The Morning Show exhibits just what one would expect from this series, based on its…

By Mae Trumata
netflix

On the Verge

Tediously bourgeois and unfathomably shallow, the first impressions of Julie Delpy’s Netflix series On The Verge are less…

By Andrew Murray