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The White Lotus
(2021)

Stupendous Storytelling
This is (not has to be) the best thing ever on TV. Meet 'Tales of the Unexpected' with 'Fantasy Island' with 'Babylon' all wrapped up in layers of intricate observations and obsessions on the human condition. Utterly beautiful and brilliant.

Season 1 is a 9.5. Season 2 is a 12. Stunning scenery interplays with complex situations and growing diverse outcomes for the characters based on (first instance) innocent motivations.

I watched the lot in a binge and I've never done that before!!

It takes you by the throat and just won't let loose until you have sat in awe of the 14 episodes, Don't delay...watch today.

You won't regret it Easy 15 out of 10.

The Capture
(2019)

Exceptional Drama
So, The BBC can commission excellent drama far beyond the mediocre hum-drum crap we normally get fed! This drama is an exceptional work, brilliantly crafted and superbly acted throughout which asks and answers the big questions apropos our rights and our privacy versus protection of the State in a growing and ever intrusive and expanding Big Brother Police State. Great acting. Fantastic plot with compelling twists and turns all over the plot. The big question is...why does the BBC commission its mediocre crap when there is talent around to produce such quality? Or maybe this is a Deep-Fake comment!!

Marriage
(2022)

Wonderful exploration of relationships
This is a wonderfully crafted and thoughtful work of microscopic analysis exploring the complicated multi-faceted layers of a long-lasting marriage and the extraneous interactions and relationships that effect its health and trust of each other in that relationship. Sean Bean is brilliant (socially awkward) and Nicola W (put upon and says nothing) is just superb. Finally, a decent BBC drama! Maybe the BBC will learn and commission more quality productions line Marriage. This is a wonderful watch but you have to invest in the characters and get past episode one. It's worth the investment of your time you won't be disappointed.

The Control Room
(2022)

Don't watch this utter garbage
This is Anothe BBC pile of mediocre bilge. Tedious, boring, bitty...just utter garbage.

If I could give 0 I would. BBC drama has gone downhill and this bilge proves it.

Witness
(1985)

Just superb in all respects
This is an awesome movie. The characters are portrayed brilliantly, the tension of modern v old world is compelling and gripping. The cop v cop storyline is an equal contender in a great story.

Avengement
(2019)

Absolutely brilliant film
This is a hidden gem of a film. Cracking story of revenge with a bit of fighting!! Seriously, it's all in context...and brutal. Great final fight scene and plot twist.

Sherwood
(2022)

Started well then collapsed
This started very well and lasted two episodes. It just collapsed after that, utter dribble. The final episode was just pure torture. I can only say don't waste your time. It's not worth it,

Last Seen Alive
(2022)

This a great suspense movie
I like this movie. The suspense and tension build-up is superb.

GB is excellent and yes the acting of Lisas' Dad is wooden but don't let that put you off.

Revolver
(2005)

Could have been a Peach; a great film!! It's a Lemon
This had the potential to be a great film. Instead it is a hum-drum confusing mishmash of a script with too many loose ends and incomplete narrative. Not a GR triumph at all!!

Slow Horses
(2022)

Wonderful slow-burn Watch
This is a cracking story well acted by everyone.

The layers of intrigue just keep building.

The new (CST) v the old (GO) is brilliantly delivered by both.

Anatomy of a Scandal
(2022)

Mediocre - at best
This could have been a really great story, it could have been so much more than the poorly acted, poorly told mediocre dribble with silly camera angles and daft special effects that we got. Massive disappointment.

The Batman
(2022)

Too long and Too dull
This is a film that should be 2 hours max. It's just a dull diatribe mixed with regurgitated scenes of yesteryear. There are some good points that save the day if it wasn't for these I'd award 5.

The Power of the Dog
(2021)

Awesome Movie
Really great movie with a great plot. Slow-burn, brilliantly observed interactions and great characters.

This is a great watch. You feel the tension in every shot and pan of the camera.

Doomsday
(2008)

Mad Max Scotland
This is a great easy watching movie. Brilliant plot and storyline with great characters and twists. Well worth the viewing investment you'll love it. The different tribes are great and allow the story to diversify and create stories within the story.

The Responder
(2022)

Gripping and Heartfelt Tribulations
This is a beautiful yet stark statement of life on the edge of the rules and the bounds of reality, as society sees it!! Endless pressure and grind of existence in a uniform combined with revenge.

This Is Going to Hurt
(2022)

Utterly Brilliant
This has to be one of the best things on TV. Simply great plot with great characters. Tragic, heroic, compelling, agonising, wonderful and beautiful. Brilliant from start to finish.

Chloe
(2022)

Not a Great Watch
It's ok. That's it ok. Six episodes of ok that could be three! Slow and tepid. Not compelling nor gripping. This is a plot that just takes tooooo long to get to its conclusion.

Margin Call
(2011)

Good Movie-Deals well with the subject matter
Worth a watch. Deals well, in a measured yet compelling way, with the money-grabbing, back-stabbing, power-playing events of 2008 through a micro-view of a few individuals in one firm.

After Life
(2019)

Utterly Brilliant and Utterly Perfect
This has to be the best thing on TV. It is a wonderful, heartfelt journey of a man who has lost his wife,his friend, his soulmate and his struggle back from the brink to a place where he can be happy again.

Four Lives
(2022)

Utterly Brilliant
A gripping and utterly brilliant piece of work with superb acting and storytelling of a really very horrible and ugly set of events compounded by Police incompetence and disinterest in the victims.

A Very English Scandal
(2018)

Really very well done indeed
This is an excellent production. A great dramatisation of a rather incredible story. The story-telling is first class with the acting to match. HG is wonderful and so is the entire cast. Great acting and delivery. Can't believe it's a BBC production!!

Deadwater Fell
(2020)

Excellent, brilliant. Awesome
This is an absolute cracker. It is a slow burn but don't let that put you off...the tension just keeps building to the very end. The storyline and the acting really draw you in. I binge watched the whole thing and I don't do that; the tension pulls you in and grips you like a vice.

What We Do in the Shadows
(2019)

The funniest show on TV
This is without a doubt the funniest show on TV ever. The character depth and plots are brilliantly constructed and delivered. Colin the 'Energy Vampire' is pure genius.

No Time to Die
(2021)

Too Long too long winded too much hype!
This is worth a watch. The first 15 minutes of the film 10/10. The remainder is just a downward spiral of degenerating plot and story line with action errors and a white t-shirt that never gets dirty.

Identity
(2003)

Just go with it; excellent
Really clever movie with lots of twists. Great tension through out with a multiple layered plot. Final end a bit messy; hence the 8/10.

Could have been better driven the quality of the preceding story.

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