All Critics articles – Page 8
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CriticsThe Tattooist of Auschwitz; Clarkson’s Farm
“It is easy to pick holes in this adaptation but it is still a compelling piece of storytelling”
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CriticsA Man in Full; Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion
“A Man in Full is a solid, satisfying thing but it lacks a true satirical edge and it lacks flair”
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CriticsShardlake; Stalking: State of Fear
“This is a hugely well-executed and enjoyable addition to the Tudor drama canon”
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CriticsMiriam: Death of a Reality Star
“The story is a desperately sad one, and you may be shedding tears by the end”
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CriticsThe Piano; Red Eye; When Evil Came to Rochdale
“I was blubbing within seconds of the first piano player striking up”
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CriticsJoe and Katherine’s Bargain Holidays; Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story; Dead Boy Detectives
“This sort of holiday is right up my cobbled street”
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CriticsThe Red King; Growing Up Jewish
“It is better than your average potboiler, with a faint vibe of The Wicker Man”
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CriticsGlitter: The Popstar Paedophile
“It was challenging, occasionally stomach-turning viewing, but nonetheless an important film”
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CriticsThe Jinx – Part Two; Murder Case: The Digital Detectives
“This sequel is just as gripping as the original”
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CriticsWildlife Rescue; The Apprentice; Bottom Exposed
“Has the potential to be the sort of comforting show that runs for years and years”
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CriticsMammoth; Feud: Capote vs the Swans
“Mammoth has plenty of warmth to see it through any potentially choppy waters”
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CriticsMichael Palin in Nigeria; How to be A Man; It's Showtime!; For the Love of Dogs
“The old pro still finds just the right line of humour with those he meets”
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CriticsBlue Lights; Jamie’s Air Fryer Meals; Pompeii: The New Dig
“It has what you don’t get from police dramas these days — realism. Some scenes feel so authentic that they are almost documentary-like”
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CriticsBig Zuu Goes to Mecca; Midsomer Murders; Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music
“This a quietly revolutionary programme, in terms of how it intimately depicts an Islamic pilgrimage and as a rare look at Muslim masculinity”
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CriticsFranklin; The Apprentice; The Cuckoo
“The story of Benjamin Franklin in 1776 could have been left in the history books without anyone feeling hard done by”
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CriticsRace Across the World; Baby Reindeer; Stacey Solomon’s Renovation Rescue
“Like so many holidays, Race Across the World is mostly lovely and occasionally quite stressful”
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CriticsMinistry of Evil: The Twisted Cult of Tony Alamo; Cuckoo
“If you think you have heard everything about hypocritical Christian fundamentalism, the cruelty, venality and greed that burst from this unsparing four-part series will take, if not the biscuit, then certainly the communion wafer”
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CriticsDefiance: Fighting the Far Right; Meet the Roman Emperor; The Cuckoo
“This is fresh, important and detailed history about the brutal birth pangs of a multiracial society”
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CriticsThe Regime; The Assembly
“While the star wattage is there, the intended satire does not shine quite so brightly”