On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Originally derided, OHMSS has been steadily reappraised down the years and is now (rightly) considered one of the best Bond films. With Diana Rigg stealing the show, an amazing alpine location and the most emotional conclusion to a 007 adventure, it was ahead of its time and blew us away….
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A semester in San Fran
“So, you were in San Francisco for a year? What was that like?” This is the question that greets me every time I mention I studied abroad in America, and to be honest, I’ve run out of ways to answer it. Sometimes I’ll reply with a rather underwhelming “yeah, it was great” other times I’ll…
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House of Cards Season 5 Review
“You made this bed, America,” drawls a smug Frank Underwood. “You voted for me.” This is about as subtle as House of Cards gets, as Kevin Spacey stares down the lens, straight at the nation who voted for this president. He’s an outrageous President who is bathed in controversy daily and has many terrified and…
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House of Cards
Early 2016: House of Cards season four is released. Barack Obama is still President. Britain is still a part of Europe. Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston are an item. Innocent times. However, as this all came crashing down towards the end of 2016, the most interesting thing will be to see how House of Cards…
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TV Guilty Pleasures: Please Like Me
When my friend recommended a small Australian TV series called Please Like Me I was skeptical, even when she pointed out that it had a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score (after all this does not always equate to ‘greatness’). Even after the first episode I still was not won over but over the course of the…
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Sherlock: A critical view on series four
Sherlock has dealt with some turbulence in recent years on its upward surge to international juggernaut. Series three had the problem of trying to top the sterling series two, bring back Sherlock from beyond the grave, breathe life into the usually bland Mary Watson and fill the Moriarty-shaped hole in the show. The product ended…
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Doctor Who: What happened?
When did it stop being cool to bring up in conversation that you watch Doctor Who? For many it would be the end of David Tennant’s run as the energetic suited and impressively side burned 10th Doctor. Post-Tennant, admitting to still watching Doctor Who is usually greeted with a chuckle or a mocking smile, in…
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The Crown: Netflix’s new £100m show
Why are we as a country so obsessed with the royal family? Is it because they are the beating heart of our nation? Is it because they have been through such public humiliations and come out the other side to become the big happy family they are today? Is it because they are secretly reptiles…
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Parks and Rec: The office’s little brother
Parks and Rec may always be remembered as the TV show which first introduced the world to the most unlikely Hollywood leading man: Chris Pratt, and heavily borrowed the mockumentary format that worked so well for The Office, but it’s easily one of the best sitcoms of the last 10 years. While on the surface…
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