Welcome to my review of film in 2025. This year I hope you had a better viewing experience with my site following my decision to pay for my own domain. Hopefully you will have been enjoying it advert free and getting a cleaner view. This year has been rather hectic for me in both good … Continue reading 2025 – Year In Review – Film
My gut take on the TV shows that I watched this year is that there just was not as many shows that I loved unconditionally... but I still have a top fifteen worth sharing! 1. Mr. Scorsese (Apple) Is it a little too obvious for my favourite TV show of the year to be a … Continue reading 2025 – Year in Review – Television
Welcome to my review of film in 2024. This is the eighth year that I have spent writing my film reviews online and is by far and away the biggest year as far as viewing numbers have been, which is fantastic. As ever I am going to run through some of my thoughts on my … Continue reading 2024 – Year In Review – Film
In 2022 I had a bumper Top 20 Television Shows, whilst in 2023 I had a measly Top 10. This year I think I am going to land in the middle with a Top 15 because I want to talk about all the shows I saw this year that I think are worth catching. >>STOP … Continue reading 2024 – Year In Review – Television
Welcome to my review of film in 2023. If you want to see my top 30 films of the year and skip my other musings feel free to scroll down. As ever though I will share some stats about my year and some other thoughts. The Stats Personally I had a rollercoaster of a year … Continue reading 2023 – Year In Review – Film
Last year the television shows that I watched were so insanely good that I created a Top 20 list and had 5 special mentions. This year, with the exception of my favourite 3 shows I am not sure anything would jostle last year's top 10 for position. Which is a shame. Or perhaps I watched … Continue reading 2023 – Year In Review – Television
Welcome to my review of film in 2022. If you want to see my top 30 films of the year you can quickly scroll down, otherwise I was just going to share a few thoughts first. Personally I have found the year to be rather middling in quality. The opening and closing months included the … Continue reading 2022 – Year In Review – Film
Controversial statement - Was TV better than Cinema this year? One thing I am constantly amazed at is the sheer volume of terrific TV available to us now. Every time I have a conversation with someone about what they watched this year it almost goes without saying they will name a minimum of two shows … Continue reading 2022 – Year In Review – Television
Another year spent under the cloud of the Coronavirus pandemic comes to an end and the best thing that I can say is that my family are in good health still. I hope that is the case for all of you reading. Cinemas in the UK remained closed until May 19th of this year and … Continue reading 2021 – Year In Review – Film
This is a look at what I enjoyed the most on the ‘small screen’ this year, if that term can even apply anymore given the ridiculously high standard of programmes available across so many platforms. As with last year this is a look at what I enjoyed watching the most this year and release dates … Continue reading 2021 – Year In Review – Television
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