TV REVIEW: American Crime Story – The People vs OJ Simpson
A friend of mine who is really into true crime series recommended this to me knowing that I am a fan of American Horror Story. American Crime Story shares the same producers and follows a similar...
View ArticleMOVIE REVIEW: Fyre (2019)
I have heard the word “clusterfuck” used to describe things that have gone wrong on numerous occasions but I don’t believe there has ever been any event that quite captures it the way that Fyre...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Outlander – Season 4
Season 4 of Outlander sees Claire (Catriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) attempting to start a life in colonial America. As always things are not easy. They lose all their money to a robbery by a...
View ArticleTV Review: Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
I quite enjoy a bit of true crime and when people started talking about the Ted Bundy tapes on Netflix I found it irresistibly intriguing. For those who don’t know, Ted Bundy is an American serial...
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Universal Yums: January 2019 – Germany
This month’s snacks came from Germany. I have actually been to Germany a few times in my previous job. We had offices in Frankfurt, Hamburg, Berlin and Dusseldorf… although I never actually went to...
View ArticleTV Review: Luther – Season 2
Season 2 sees Luther (Idris Elba) struggling to cope with his wife’s murder and considering leaving the police force. Of course starting a new life is not as easy as it looks, especially when there are...
View ArticleRECIPE: Chocolate chip banana loaf
Little O regularly eats half a banana and abandons the rest or declares a brown banana too “dirty” to eat, leaving us with a lot of random banana bits. I love banana in things but not raw banana on its...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: You – Season 1
From the moment aspiring writer, Beck (Elizabeth Lail) walks into the bookshop Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) is obsessed with her. From his inner monologue we discover he’s decided it’s love at first...
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MOVIE REVIEW: How to Train Your Dragon – The Hidden World (2019)
If you had told me before I had children that the majority of my cinema trips would be to see animated films, I would have scoffed. Now that Little O is old enough to go to the cinema though, taking...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: The Sinner – Season 1
One beautiful summer’s day on the beach, young mum, Cora Tannetti (Jessica Biel) snaps and murders a man with seemingly no provocation. Cora pleads guilty but detective Harry Ambrose (Bill Pullman) is...
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MOVIE REVIEW: The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (2017)
About five years ago I watched my first episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race and became instantly obsessed with Drag culture. I think the artistry of what female impersonators do is so creative and...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Luther – season 3
After her humiliation in season two, Erin Gray (Nikki Amuka-Bird) has a new partner in trying to investigate Luther’s (Idris Elba) alleged corruption. DSU George Stark (David O’Hara) is ruthless,...
View ArticleMOVIE REVEW: Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)
They say the truth is stranger than fiction. I can think of no example more apt than the relationship between the Broberg Family and their neighbour Joe Berchtold that is depicted in this Netflix...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: American Crime Story: The Assasination of Gianni Versace
In July 1997 Andrew Cunanan (played by Darren Criss) murdered world famous fashion designer, Gianni Versace (played by Edgar Ramirez) outside Versace’s Miami mansion, sparking a nation wide manhunt....
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Universal Yums: February 2019 – Italy
This month’s box came from Italy. It has been the box I could eat the least from because there were so many things with nuts in them. Fortunately Little O was on hand to help me with the eating....
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MOVIE REVIEW: The Breaker Upperers (2018)
Kiwi best mates, Mel (Madeleine Sami) and Jen (Jackie van Beek) have not been successful in love. What they have been successful in is creating a unique business where they’ll break up with your...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Peaky Blinders – Season 4
Season 4 of Peaky Blinders begins with the Shelby family and their associates separated by the terrible deal Tommy (Cillian Murphy) made at the end of season 3. Feeling betrayed, they are keen to...
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RECIPE: Baked vanilla cheesecake with berry compote
Last week I asked Mr O if there was anything in particular he would like me to bake and he said “cheesecake”. I have a few go to cheesecake recipes for set cheesecakes but I have never made a baked...
View ArticleTV REVIEW: Luther – Season 4
Season 4 of Luther is short and intense, comprising of just two episodes, which I think were a Christmas special when they were aired. Although there is no festive content in the episodes. It starts...
View ArticleMOVIE REVIEW: The Lego Movie 2 (2019)
The second Lego Movie kicks off the Dystopian Apolcalypseburg, five years after the events of the first Lego Movie. Following the Duplo invasion the former residents of Bricksburg hav ebeen forced to...
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