Author: LT
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The Unwatchable Watch
The adaptation’s treatment of Cheery is emblematic of the show’s problems Like a lot of lifelong Pratchett fans, I gave myself a good talking to before I sat down to watch BBC America’s new series, The Watch. This series was touted as being ‘inspired by’ (rather than adapted from) the Discworld novels, including Guards! Guards!,…
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No Pot Plants Allowed: The Lead in Her Own Story
2020 had enough blazingly original female characters that even mentioning pot plants seems… well… just so last year. You know?
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Alice in Borderland Premiere Watch
Alice in Borderland is a Netflix live-action adaptation of the manga of the same name. A thriller, a horror and a parallel world mystery: three friends find themselves transported to an empty post-apocalyptic Tokyo and forced to play a never-ending and ultimately lethal “game”.
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Cherry Magic Premiere Watch
I was a little nervous to wade into the Japanese BL Cherry Magic, lest I didn’t connect with it as others have. There’s no need to fear though: Cherry Magic is as cute and as full of kilig as promised.
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My Irresistibly Indifferent Year in Kdrama: 2020
There was one female lead who really shone this year. One who really owned the drama she was in. One who outshone even the supposed female lead of that drama. That female lead of course was… me.
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The Best Television of 2020
As 2020 ends with a bang and not a whimper. As we ride out this global hell year. As we look back on everything we missed out on, did not do, wished we could do, regretted happened or just made us plain angry. It’s good to remember that 2020 got at least one thing right.…
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Nothing in his eyes: SF8 Empty Body
SF8 finishes its anthology with a darkly disquieting piece about parents, children, suicide and dealing with death