Southland: The Complete First Season (Uncensored)
Draws you in with the smaller dramas rather than whacking you over the head with something huge.
The Boys Are Back
Takes pain and loss and gives it a slightly glossy treatment that holds the drama but doesn’t quite get to the point of complete emotional puppetry.
Edge of Darkness (1985)
Dark and edgy, it goes beyond traditional thrillers and infuses a deep sense of emotion and commentary to create a truly dynamic production.
The Joy of Singing
At times serious, others farcical, it’s a film that ignores expectations and creates an experience that’s like a helium balloon. It slowly lets itself out before finally settling.
Surrogates
A film that raises many interesting ideas but follows through on few of them.
The Sherlock Holmes Collection (BBC)
All episodes share the same breezy attitude and distracting production values.
10 Things I Hate About You
Takes an old story and proves the themes are timeless by applying them to a modern setting.
Extract
A classic Judge film: somewhat uneven but filled with interesting, albeit clueless, characters and funny set-ups.
Slightly Used
Although sometimes a little too cartoonish, the cast is an enjoyable lot with plenty going on to drive the film forward.
Christmas · Sucky Sequels · TV: A-M
A Miser Brothers’ Christmas
Aside from the charming technical aspects, A Miser Brothers’ Christmas is a fat lump of coal in the Christmas special canon.
