Post Views: 9 Portraits of Dogs review – pass the pooper-scooper, this one’s a stinker Woofers and tweeter … Hector, Nero and Dash with the Parrot, Lory, 1838, by Edwin Landseer. Photograph: Royal Collection Trust This show of canine portraiture is so trite and desperate to please, it ends up insulting …
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Post Views: 1 The Big Door Prize review – Chris O’Dowd’s comic timing is immaculate in this beautifully light sci-fi ‘The actor you want when you need to ground any show with surreal or sci-fi elements…’ Chris O’Dowd in The Big Door Prize. Photograph: AP This funny, friendly series about a …
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Post Views: 9 Unforgotten series five, episode five recap – TV doesn’t get more head-spinning than this ‘I didn’t have an ideal childhood’ – Martina Laird as Precious’s mother, Ebele Falade. Photograph: ITV Did Precious have a ‘sugar daddy’? Why was she blackmailing Karol? And will Hume make it to Zurich? …
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Post Views: 9 Succession: this glimmering show will end on a high that we’ll be talking about in 30 years’ time Squabbling along … Shiv, Roman and Kendall Roy. Photograph: HBO As the Roy family’s fleet of helicopters land for their final outing, there’s no point in resisting this sumptuous …
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Post Views: 10 Blue Lights review – don’t sleep on this fantastically tense Belfast cop show In at the deep end … police recruit Grace (Siân Brooke) in Blue Lights. Photograph: BBC/Gallagher Films/Two Cities Television This tantalising police drama sees naive newcomers utterly unprepared for the dangerous situations they face on …
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Post Views: 7 Yellowjackets season two review – this wonderfully imaginative sequel is even better than last time New high scares … (Left to right) Christina Ricci, Steven Krueger, Samantha Hanratty, Tawny Cypress, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Juliette Lewis, Sophie Thatcher, Melanie Lynskey, Sophie Nélisse, Ella Purnell and Warren Kole in …
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Post Views: 9 The Night Agent review – this twisty political thriller is slicker than slick Slicker-than-slick fun … Luciane Buchanan and Gabriel Basso in The Night Agent. Photograph: Dan Power/Netflix Great acting, kills galore and a pacy plot about an FBI agent who spends his days waiting for a hotline …
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Post Views: 10 This Is Going to Hurt and The Responder lead in 2023 Bafta TV nominations No pain, no gain … Ben Whishaw in This Is Going to Hurt, nominated for six TV Bafta awards. Photograph: Ludovic Robert/BBC/Sister/AMC NHS drama starring Ben Whishaw and Martin Freeman’s portrayal of troubled policeman …
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Post Views: 12 Dance 100 review – does anyone understand this choreography competition’s judges? Smashed it … Dance 100. Photograph: Tom Dymond/Netflix It’s a hyper-energetic dance off that’s watchably perky to the end. But unless you’re a specialist choreographer, you may be baffled by the criticism. ‘Needed a lot of face’, …
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Post Views: 11 Extrapolations review – even Meryl Streep can’t save this convoluted eco drama ‘Voicing a humpback whale’ … Meryl Streep in Extrapolations. Photograph: Zach Dilgard/Apple TV+ Photograph: Zach Dilgard/Apple TV+. An impossibly starry cast put in brilliant performances in this anthology series about the climate crisis. If only …
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