Giselle Bastin Flinders University Peter Morgan’s fourth season of The Crown faces perhaps its greatest challenge so far. The 1980s was one of the most documented, catalogued, debated and scrutinised decades of the House of Windsor. Morgan will, no doubt be keenly aware of viewers using telephoto lenses to,
James Bradshaw James Bradshaw works for an international consulting firm based in Dublin, and has a background in journalism and public policy. Outside of work, he writes for a number of publications, on topics including politics, history, culture, film and literature. The Mrs. America historical drama series — broadcast on Ireland’
Luisa Cotta Ramosino mercatornet.com Luisa Cotta Ramosino is an Italian television writer and creative producer; she is also a regular contributor to the website Sentieri del cinema and Scegliere un film, an annual collection of film reviews. Dark Waters: A true story about an epic legal battle Rob Bilott
theplumlist.com After having filmed much of the footage of underwater phenomena for the hit nature documentary series Blue Planet 2, Craig Foster and his cameraman buddy Roger Horrocks started documenting the kelp forests off the coast of South Africa (the Sea Change non-profit is one of the outcomes of
Jane Fagan mercatornet.com Jane Fagan worked for 14 years as a children’s and reference librarian. She has a B.A. and a Grad Dip Library and Information Studies from Melbourne University. Why can’t we let kids be kids? If a boy wants to dress up, let him!
If you think that a Netflix Limited Series (7 episodes) which is all about the game of chess is likely to be extremely boring, then you are in for a surprise. I would not normally go for a series like this, being a very poor chess player myself, but I
Judicial Watch announced this week that President Tom Fitton’s new book, A Republic Under Assault: The Left’s Ongoing Attack on American Freedom will debut at #12 on the New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction List on November 8. The book will also come in at #14 on the Times’
In a past life, I was a literary buff and Rebecca, written by the brilliant Daphne du Maurier, was one of my favourite books. There is something particularly haunting about a novel whose main character is already dead; that sets the scene for a major backstory as well as the
Sophia Martinson mercatornet.com Sophia Martinson is a writer with a primary focus on cultural and family topics. She lives with her husband in New York City. If you are susceptible to bedtime spooks, you would do well to avoid watching The Invisible Man at night. The recent science-fiction thriller
theplumlist.com Sara Howard, the private detective, calls on her friends Dr Laszlo Kreizler, the criminal psychologist (known in the 19th Century as an “alienist”) and journalist John Moore for assistance when she’s hired to find the Spanish ambassador’s kidnapped baby, leading to the discovery of a disturbing
Imam Mohammed Tawhidi seeks reformation. It’s a word that I am always cautious about, as a genuine religious reformation should lead to conservative and fundamentalist theology. A Christian fundamentalist is harmless, but a Muslim fundamentalist can be quite an explosive figure. Imam Tawhidi understands this, and he understands that
theplumlist.com In Guilt, two disparate brothers, high-flying lawyer Max (Mark Bonnar) and record shop owner Jake (Jamie Sives), accidentally run down an old man, Walter, on their way home from a wedding on a residential street in Edinburgh. Uninsured and under the influence, Jake is persuaded by Max to
Bianca Coleman theplumlist.com The opening scenes showing a blood-soaked Sydney (Sophia Lilles) power-walking down a road at night immediately conjure memories of the movie adaptation of Stephen King’s Carrie, and as the drama rolls out, there are a few more similarities. Producers Jonathan Entwistle (The End of the
Eliora Guardian Angel – My journey From Leftism to Sanity by Melanie Phillips (Post Hill Press 2018) The author is a leading British journalist, broadcaster, and public commentator. In Guardian Angel, Phillips writes a short autobiographical memoir. A reader will get through the paperback quickly but may need to check out
theplumlist.com The highly anticipated Netflix Original movie about Sherlock Holmes’s teen sister was met with widespread praise from critics. NPR says, “The world of this film is a pleasure to disappear into, and in Enola, Brown has found a role to which she seems perfectly – even uncannily – matched.
A handful of ex-employees who designed software for social media companies left their jobs and are on a mission to tell the world about the manipulative software they now regret. A cynic might suggest they’re after their own slice of media revenue. When I was there I felt it
