Posts By Mike Williams
Netflix UK TV review: Big Mouth
October 15, 2017 | Mike WilliamsBig Mouth, Netflix’s latest original animated series, is set around the adolescent lives of Andrew, Nick, Jessi, and Jay, as they embark on the nightmarish and testing phase of puberty. Maurice the Hormone Monster rears his aggressive, encouraging head throughout … Read More
Why Larry David is the hero we need right now
October 9, 2017 | Mike WilliamsLarry David is back on our screens. And with the re-emergence of Curb Your Enthusiasm (for a ninth season, no less) comes all the cringe-worthy controversy we’re accustomed to, and, dare we say, endeared to, ever since that misunderstanding of … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Disjointed
September 4, 2017 | Mike WilliamsThis review is based on Part 1 of Disjointed.
Chuck Lorre’s latest comedy, Disjointed, will hope to be championed by fans of the inane yet somehow hugely successful Two and a Half Men and the super popular (and arguably funnier) … Read More
VOD film review: Voice from the Stone
August 28, 2017 | Mike WilliamsThis uninventive horror is unbelievably dull.Read More
VOD film review: The Odyssey
August 18, 2017 | Mike WilliamsDirector: Jérôme Salle Cast: Lambert Wilson, Audrey Tautou, Pierre Niney Certificate: PG Watch The Odyssey online in the UK: Curzon Home Cinema / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Sky Store
Telling the lifelong story of renowned filmmaker … Read More
First look Netflix UK TV review: Gypsy
June 30, 2017 | Mike WilliamsConvoluted stories of equally complex characters don’t always work. It’s even more of a challenge when you’re trying to woo the Netflix crowd, coaxing them to persist with a 10-hour mini-series. The beginning of Gypsy, a psychosexual drama starring Naomi … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: F Is for Family Season 2
June 22, 2017 | Mike WilliamsF is For Family’s sophomore season has made its way to Netflix just six short months after it debuted at the end of 2016, with a bigger, brasher, more blasphemous expansion to 10 episodes.
Season 1’s finale of the adult-themed … Read More
VOD film review: George Best: All By Himself
June 21, 2017 | Mike WilliamsDirector: Daniel Gordon Cast: George Best Certificate: 12A Watch George Best All By Himself online in the UK: BBC iPlayer / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
Anyone who watches football will be aware of George … Read More
UK TV review: The Wizard of Lies
June 16, 2017 | Mike WilliamsAfter decades of movie output that’s not so much undone the largely fantastic body of work that includes Raging Bull and Goodfellas, but redefined his character type in modern film, HBO’s The Wizard of Lies sees him return to his … Read More
The Real Ghostbusters: The quintessential version of Ghostbusters?
May 6, 2017 | Mike WilliamsWith The Real Ghostbusters now on Netflix UK, we look back at the childhood-shaping cartoon of the 80s and 90s. Looking for the 2016 Ghostbusters? Click here.
As a child of the 1980s – born in 1984, when the first … Read More