In November 2023, Doctor Who, the BBC’s flagship science fiction series, turned 60. To celebrate this milestone, over the course of 100 days leading up to the anniversary, I sped my way through the series on my fledgling BlueSky account, charting the course of the show from that first ever episode through to the finalContinue reading “Doctor Who: The First 60 Years – Reviewed & Ranked”
Category Archives: Reviews
Review: Charlie Says
The Manson murders have been the subject of so many different film and TV adaptations that there are more interpretations of what happened than there are films made by his most notable victim. This fact in itself, could be argued as evidence that the madman’s belief that we’re all just piggies eating up whatever we’reContinue reading “Review: Charlie Says”
Review: JANET JACKSON.
At one point in the early 1990s, it could be argued that Janet Jackson was the most famous woman on earth, or certainly in the top five. There are a great number of people who would like to tell you that’s entirely down to nepotism – and record labels wanting a piece of the actionContinue reading “Review: JANET JACKSON.”
Mini Review: The Amusement Park
Those who know of George A. Romero’s seminal film about the living dead may not be as familiar with his other works. But even his diehard followers usually only spoke of The Amusement Park as a curiosity… something he made for a quick buck that had been lost forever. Now restored as best as canContinue reading “Mini Review: The Amusement Park”
Review: Mike Batt – The Penultimate Collection
SOURCE: We Are Cult A carefully-crafted collection celebrating a prestigious career spanning more than five decades. Many artists receive both warm praise and damning dismissal during their illustrious careers. Few seem to have unintentionally been on the receiving end of both quite like Mike Batt, who is credited with writing some of the most well-regardedContinue reading “Review: Mike Batt – The Penultimate Collection”
Review: Toyah Solo
SOURCE: We Are Cult “I’m too qualified, to give up lie down and die. This is my unsentimental education.” Toyah Willcox has been a household name since her eponymous band burst onto the UK pop charts in the early 1980s. Juggling her musical career with high profile work as an actress on stage and screen,Continue reading “Review: Toyah Solo”
Review: Space: The Anthology
SOURCE: We Are Cult It’s 1996, and the United Kingdom is celebrating what will quite probably be its final hurrah as the epicentre of pop culture. Cool Britannia is in full swing, with Britpop, Trainspotting and the Spice Girls making enormous waves all over the world. The Tory government, led by an increasingly disheartened JohnContinue reading “Review: Space: The Anthology”
Review: The Fight
SOURCE: We Are Cult The very notion of Jessica Hynes writing and directing her own feature film feels long overdue. To paraphrase an old script of hers, every time the actress has written for television, the results have been a slice of fried gold. And yet the announcement of The Fight felt rather subdued. It’sContinue reading “Review: The Fight”
Preview: The League of Gentlemen Specials
SOURCE: The Velvet Onion The League of Gentlemen return with three anniversary specials next week, and TVO has been lucky enough to take a sneaky peek at the first two instalments. Fifteen years after the third series, and twelve since their movie spin-off and final UK tour together – is it worth the wait andContinue reading “Preview: The League of Gentlemen Specials”
Preview: This is Going to Hurt
SOURCE: The Velvet Onion This week sees the release Adam Kay’s medical memoir, This is Going to Hurt, in which the former Mongrels and Crims writer and musical satirist revisits his seven years as a practicing Doctor. TVO took a sneak peek at the results, to find out if you should buy a copy yourselves. As journalist, author and full-time punkContinue reading “Preview: This is Going to Hurt”
Review: Prevenge
SOURCE: The Velvet Onion Alice Lowe’s smash hit film Prevenge is released on DVD and Blu-Ray in the UK on 5th June, which gave TVO an ample excuse to revisit a film we’d previously called “a startling debut from an incredibly talented individual”. With the film also available to download from today, we’ve had a sneaky peek at the discs themselves, and our fresh thoughts onContinue reading “Review: Prevenge”
Preview: Murder in Successville Series Three
SOURCE: The Velvet Onion Murder in Successville is back on our screens next week, with a third series once more bringing Tom Davis back as uncompromising cop DI Sleet, alongside a whole new roster of celebrity rookie-cops to help him solve a crime. But is the third series up to the high standards set by theContinue reading “Preview: Murder in Successville Series Three”
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