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Boy needs a big mouth: a review of Boy Swallows Universe

Based on Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton Written by John Collee Directed by Bharat Nalluri, Jocelyn Moorhouse, Kim Mordaunt Composers Johnny Klimek & Gabriel Mounsey Production location Brisbane 7 episodes, Running time 49–77 minutes Production companies Brouhaha Entertainment, Anonymous Content, Chapter One Pictures Starring: Felix Cameron as Eli Bell (age 13)[4] Zac Burgess as …

A Year in review: a review of 2023

A Year in review: a review of 2023 2023 was another great year for television. Among other great shows we watched (and I reviewed) this year were Gen V (outrageous spin-off of The Boys), One Piece (excellent live-action version of a rather dumb anime), a new BBC remake of War of the Worlds, an engaging …

Paying a Butcher’s Bill: a review of Gen V

Also known as The Boys: Gen V Genre Black comedy, Drama, Superhero Based on The Boys Volume 4: “We Gotta Go Now” by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson Developed by Craig Rosenberg, Evan Goldberg, Eric Kripke Starring Jaz Sinclair as Marie Moreau – has telekinetic control over blood (Jaeda LeBlanc portrays a young Marie) Chance …

Will I break my “R” key writing this? : a review of ONE PIECE

Based on One Piece by Eiichiro Oda Developed by Matt Owens & Steven Maeda Starring Iñaki Godoy Emily Rudd Mackenyu Jacob Romero Gibson Taz Skylar Vincent Regan Jeff Ward Morgan Davies Narrated by Ian McShane Composers Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli Production companies Kaji Productions Tomorrow Studios Shueisha ONE PIECE is the most popular manga/anime …

They boldly went there: a review of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the Subspace Rhapsody episode

Songs written by Kay Hanley and Tom Polce of the ’90s alt-rock band Letters to Cleo directed by Dermott Downs and written by Dana Horgan and Bill Wolkoff There is a scene in Tim Burton’s 1988 classic Beetlejuice in which a dinner party is being held by a group of people from The City—stuffy, pretentious, …

Bears and Fish: a review of Season 2 of The Bear

The Bear Created by Christopher Storer Starring Jeremy Allen White Ebon Moss-Bachrach Ayo Edebiri Lionel Boyce Liza Colón-Zayas Abby Elliott Matty Matheson Executive producers Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Christopher Storer, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson, Matty Matheson Producer Tyson Bidner Cinematography Andrew Wehde Running time 20–66 minutes Every so often, a television series produces an episode …

Eclectic Loch Therapy: a review of DeadLoch

Created by Kate McCartney & Kate McLennan Written by Kate McCartney, Kate McLennan, Kim Wilson, Christian White, Anchuli Felicia King, Kristy Fisher, Madeleine Sami Directed by Ben Chessell, Gracie Otto, Beck Cole Starring Kate Box, Madeleine Sami, Nina Oyama, Alicia Gardiner Saying that DeadLoch is an Australian comedy is a bit like saying the Sopranos …

A Quiet Stillness at the heart of Tokyou: a review of Midnight Diner

Midnight Diner Directed by Joji Matsuoka, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Shotarou Kobayashi Starring Kaoru Kobayashi No. of seasons 5; No. of episodes 50 Producers Hitoshi Endo, Natsuko Mori, Takeshi Moriya, Shogo Ishizuka, Jun Takahashi Running time 25 minutes MBS (2009-2014) & Netflix (2016-2019) Netflix has an absolute jewel in the form of a quiet little drama about …