TV Review: The Newsroom, S1E1
byAfter penning the screenplay for The Social Network and winning an Oscar, Aaron Sorkin returns to the small screen with his latest venture.
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TV Review: Game of Thrones, S2E4
byWarning: full spoilers follow. “Leave her face, I like her pretty”. Despicable as he is, every scene with the terrible King Joffrey (Jack Gleeson)…
TV Review: Game of Thrones, S2E1
byWarning: spoilers follow for the premiere of Game of Thrones’ second season. “For the night is dark, and full of terrors”. Ominous warnings of…
TV Review: Game of Thrones Season 1
byNote: full spoilers for Game of Thrones season one follow. HBO have achieved something truly impressive with their excellent first season of Game of Thrones, faithfully…
Thievish Thursdays: The Sopranos
byFrom the first episode, The Straits has been compared to David Chase‘s landmark HBO series The Sopranos. It’s easy to see where the comparisons…
Film Review: Gloria: In Her Own Words (2011)
byHBO Documentaries, a fairly new branch of the US television cable network are establishing themselves as a leading producer of contemporary documentary films.
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
byJust managed to get my hands on a copy of HBO Doc’s I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale. The short documentary is…
Film Review: The King’s Speech (2010)
byBy James Madden. Viewed 01.01.11 It’s good to be a King! …or so the saying goes. But for George VI, or “Bertie” as we…