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    Less Than Perfect Parenthood: Dissecting the Similarities Between Aftersun and The Lost Daughter

    Nobody’s perfect. We all have our faults. Yet for some, such as our parents, certain traits are expected unconditionally: to love, to protect, and to care for our children. Do we put too much pressure on parents? Are they held to an unachievable, unfair standard? Through these stories, we...
  • The Best (and the Worst) Portrayals of the Queen on Screen

    Ellie Goodson With the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth II, many of us have been thinking about the 70-year legacy of Her Majesty, and how she and her family had shaped the public consciousness. From drama series like The Crown to comedies that can hit a nerve like The...
  • The Crown Season 4: Did It Live Up To Expectations?

    Sarah Harris The newest season of the crown was probably one of the most highly anticipated yet, due to the addition of Emma Corrin who played the beloved Princess Diana, and Sex Education Icon, Gillian Anderson who took on the role of former Prime minister, Margaret Thatcher. I wouldn’t...
  • TV Review: The Crown Season 3

    The third outing of the hit Netflix show offers solid performances and a keen attention to detail, although ultimately never quite reaches the heights of the first two series....
  • Look Out For… November

    As Hollywood continues to unravel in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, this awards season will certainly have an air of the paradoxical about it. Nevertheless, there’s an interesting bunch lined up this month. After Wonder Woman had her superb outing earlier this summer, Warner Bros. executives will...
  • TV Review – Broadchurch, Series 2

    Warning: Series 1 spoilers follow! “Do you find the defendant Joseph Michael Miller, guilty or not guilty?” On Monday 23rd February at 9pm, this very question, that has kept viewers on the edge of their seats for the second series of the ITV mystery crime drama Broadchurch, was finally answered. The finale brought an...
  • Has Broadchurch Series 2 Been Set-up to Fail?

    ‘The jury’s out’ is the almost unanimous, suitable courtroom-centred idiom currently being used to describe the second series of Chris Chibnall’s Broadchurch. We’re not even at the end of the series and already a verdict has been passed. What was in 2013 considered television critics’ golden child has now become a...