Posts By Helen Archer
Borgen: Power & Glory review: As compulsive viewing as ever
June 5, 2022 | Helen Archer
This uneven but superbly performed return for the Danish political drama is as compulsive viewing as ever.
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True Crime Tuesdays: Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist
May 24, 2022 | Helen Archer
This meta examination of the LA celebrity burglaries in the early 2000s is lacking in style and substance.Read More
Netflix UK TV review: The Lincoln Lawyer
May 12, 2022 | Helen Archer
A decent cast and entertaining courtroom scenes elevate this dated, low-stakes legal drama.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King
May 10, 2022 | Helen Archer
Netflix’s summer of scam continues apace with Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King. British director Luke Sewell’s first feature documentary looks at the life and death of Canadian Gerry Cotten, founder of the exchange platform Quadriga CX, … Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
April 26, 2022 | Helen Archer
This lightly amusing life insurance fraud drama is a quintessentially British retelling of a quintessentially inept British crime.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story
April 12, 2022 | Helen Archer
This shallow dive into Jimmy Savile’s crimes is full of excuses more than scrutiny of establishment cover-ups.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Dr Death
March 29, 2022 | Helen Archer
Joshua Jackson is unsettling as a sociopathic surgeon in this compelling, chilling true crime drama.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Jobfished
March 22, 2022 | Helen Archer
This timely exposé of a fake company that scammed jobseekers is brief but breathtaking.Read More
True Crime Tuesdays: Murder in the Valleys
March 1, 2022 | Helen Archer
This sensitively handled, detailed study of one of Wales’ more notorious crimes offers renewed despair more than new answers.Read More
UK TV review: Four Hours at the Capitol
February 23, 2022 | Helen Archer
This tense retelling of the 2021 attack on the US Capitol captures the uncertainty of our post-truth age with clarity and precision.Read More
