Posts By Helen Archer
Why you should be watching Back to Life
May 1, 2019 | Helen ArcherThis review is based on Season 1. Read our review of Season 2 here.
This new comedy takes the tradition for flawed female characters trying to make their way in life and turns it up to 11.
Daisy Haggard … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
April 16, 2019 | Helen ArcherNetflix’s retread of this well-known case is lacking in revelations, analysis and human heart.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Dirty John
April 7, 2019 | Helen ArcherPleasure and guilt collide in this true crime drama that entertains but leaves you wanting a good wash.Read More
First look UK TV review: UnREAL Season 3
March 7, 2018 | Helen ArcherWhile the first season of UnREAL garnered glowing reviews (not least from us), its follow-up was what can only be described as a big old mess. What had been a caustic takedown of the popular yet problematic programme, The Bachelor, … Read More
VOD film review: Into the Forest
January 31, 2018 | Helen ArcherEllen Page and Evan Rachel Wood are on top form in this thoughtful tale of survival.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Stranger Things Season 2 (Episodes 7, 8 and 9 – spoilers)
October 30, 2017 | Helen ArcherWarning: This binge review contains spoilers for the first six episodes of Stranger Things Season 2. Not got that far yet? Read our spoiler-free look at the opening two episodes here.
It’s no small feat for a new show to … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Stranger Things Season 2 (Episodes 3, 4, 5 and 6)
October 28, 2017 | Helen ArcherWarning: This binge review contains spoilers for the first six episodes of Stranger Things Season 2. Not got that far yet? Read our spoiler-free look at the opening two episodes here.
While the beginning of Stranger Things 2 saw a … Read More
First look Netflix UK TV review: Stranger Things Season 2
October 25, 2017 | Helen ArcherStranger Things 2 gets off to a slow start, but the warm glow of nostalgia hides real emotion, guilt and trauma.Read More
Netflix UK film review: The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson
October 8, 2017 | Helen ArcherIn early July 1992, the body of Marsha P Johnson – the “saint of Christopher Street”, in this documentary dubbed “the Rosa Parks of the LGBT movement” – was pulled out of the Hudson River. One of the original founders … Read More
VOD film review: Killing Ground
September 29, 2017 | Helen ArcherThis violent, creepy flick is a deftly diverting horror from Down Under.Read More