Tag: Netflix
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QUEEN CHARLOTTE- WHORES TO THE LEFT, VIRGINS TO THE RIGHT AND HEARTS IN THE MIDDLE
There is a moment in Queen Charlotte, and we are swept up in the moment with them, when they are suspended in the bliss of each other and world around them fades away; in that moment he is Just George and she is Charlotte who did not go over the wall. It is a moment…
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WATCH- INVENTING ANNA
The thing about Anna Delvey is that she is unremarkable; she’s not special, she’s not smart, she talks a good game and kudos to her, but everyone around her, everyone involved with her, was a fucking moron. It is the only excuse they have for falling for her bullshit; every single one of them was…
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WATCH | BRIDGERTON- EXQUISITE IN EVERY, SINGLE, SCANDALOUS MANNER.
Whenever Black characters are cast in programmes of any genre or in any setting real or imagined, there is an automatically added prism through which such setting is observed or programme viewed. It is an additional layer of scrutiny of the narrative, storylines, arcs, dialogue, each and every character development, especially Black characters, every single…
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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 10 | THE WATCH LIST
Where are all the vanilla hot men for the Christmas movies?! I must say all the romcoms I have seen so far, the men are blah. Look we do not come to holiday movies for the heavy narrative or deep meaning stuff, we come because at some point towards the end, the guy will get…
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ADVENT CALENDAR DAY 5 | SWEET MAGNOLIAS – SOOTHING
This was released in the summer but I cannot help but include this in the advent calendar ritual because it is such a series that it ought to be repeatedly relished whatever the season or occasion. Sweet Magnolias… from its release in the summer, at the peak of the pandemic, I have watched this show…
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Emily In Paris – Marmite
Carrie Bradshaw voice; And as I sat there watching episode one of Emily In Paris, I couldn’t help but wonder; do we really need another frivolous show set in Paris? With a bright-eyed, twenty-something caucasian American- Blair Waldorf looking, Serena van der Woodsen dressing, Carrie Bradshaw masquerading- mash up as the main character? Whose role…
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Netflix Fix- Van Gogh and Teenage love
I have a confession; I am addicted to Netflix and Amazon prime TV, and I am not even sorry about it. I could watch hours and hours of shows, even have it on when I am sleeping. When I cook I have on something on Netflix or amazon prime, typically something I have watched before…
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13th- An Awakening
My cousin died seven years ago after being restrained by 11 police men whilst in a mental health institution he’d voluntarily checked into for help. He collapsed and never regained consciousness. He died four days later. The CPS ruled that there was insufficient evidence that the collective action of 11 policemen to restrain one man, using…