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I am an ambitious man. No, I do not long to bring about world peace (though that would be nice) or to become president of something or to write the definitive novel to which all other novels are compared (though that would, naturally, be also very nice). What I do Continue Reading

SNAPSHOTThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — which debuted in November 2017 — follows Midge, a Jewish American housewife, and her family in 1960s New York City. Their seemingly perfect life is turned on its head when her husband, Joel Maisel (Michael Zegen), announces he’s leaving her for his secretary. While rambling Continue Reading

We have sci-drama, apocalyptic tension and hilarious humanity in the spotlight in this post, proof that streaming TV has something for pretty much anyone! Want to see old friends on a bold new adventure? We can do that! What about going to the end of the world and finding that Continue Reading

SNAPSHOTIn the third season of Ted Lasso, the newly-promoted AFC Richmond faces ridicule as media predictions widely peg them to finish last in the Premier League and Nate (Nick Mohammed), now hailed as the “wonder kid,” has gone to work for Rupert (Anthony Head) at West Ham United. In the Continue Reading

Have you ever wondered, and if not, why not, what a reboot of Murder, She Wrote would be like if Jessica Fletcher (played by the delightfully talented and now sadly departed Angela Lansbury) was a minimum-wage worker (and sometimes not even that), on the run from organised crime casino-owning thugs, Continue Reading

SNAPSHOTLucky Hank is a mid-life crisis tale set at Railton College, told in the first person by William Henry “Hank” Devereaux, Jr. (Odenkirk), the unlikely chair of the English department in a badly underfunded college in a working-class American town. His discontent is rooted in unresolved issues with his father, Continue Reading

SNAPSHOTPer the official logline, the 12-episode third season of Ted Lasso will follow the newly promoted AFC Richmond, which faces ridicule as media predictions widely peg them as last in the Premier League, while Nate, now hailed as the “wonder kid,” has gone to work for Rupert at West Ham United. In Continue Reading

Much as I would love to save episodes up and watch whole seasons at a time, the fact of the matter is that bingeing, still fun in its own if you have great stretches of time free, is more stressful than its worth. The fact of the matter is that Continue Reading

SPOILERS AHEAD … AND FUNGI MONSTERS FROM YOUR KISSABLE NIGHTMARES … Apocalypses are never meant to be fun. The very cadence of the word suggests that, but if you add in the arrival of climate change horrors or monsters or aliens, that point is well and truly driven home as Continue Reading

Can you ever really go back? Or in the case of sequels to much-loved shows go forward whilst also going back? It’s a huge question and one increasingly being asked as streaming platform scour the televisual and cinematic past for properties that might have a shot at another life in Continue Reading