News: TV
Would I survive on Survivor?
Being a contestant on Survivor is not for the light-hearted, it requires great resilience and strength.
Could you outwit, outlast and outplay everyone else?
Review: The Heights
When I told a friend I was watching The Heights on ABC, she referred to it as ‘ABC Neighbours,’ after the long-running Channel 10 soap. I thought this was a pretty funny and pretty fair characterisation of the show, now entering its second season.
Movies and TV shows about women aren't just for women
There's an accepted falsehood that films and TV shows about men are for everyone, while films and TV shows about women are for women only. Finally, that's starting to change.
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How I missed Game of Thrones
When it comes time to admit to people that I didn't watch Game of Thrones, I’m met with a variety of reactions, usually shock, sometimes disgust. How could I possibly have missed out?
My complicated relationship with The Walking Dead
used to be a major fan of The Walking Dead, but what was once an exciting, explosive, and emotional tale of survival in a post-zombie apocalypse world became an overblown, network TV-style melodrama.
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The 30-year cycle: nostalgia in the film industry
In the past 5 or so years, the 1980s have been lovingly reimagined on-screen in ways that feel both familiar to people who lived through that time and exciting to those who only wished they did. But these stories don’t merely recreate the decade, they invoke its essence, and in the process, sell us the memory of a moment in time.
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Review: Mrs America
Mrs America is another prestige television show.
The best TV series of 2020
As we reach the end of 2020, I've been reflecting on the best TV series of the year.
In Praise of: Packed to the Rafters
It seems that during these uncertain times we are all reaching for some form of comfort. Whether its comfortable clothing (guilty) or comfort food (definitely guilty), things that are familiar and homely are all the rage.
Recommendation: Fleabag
Time and time again, I seem to return to one of my favourite TV shows: the hilarious and heartbreaking Fleabag.
