Unlikeable on-screen female characters are often problematic. It seems that we are often more likely to forgive the flaws of male characters, dubbing them anti-heroes, rather than just writing them off as horrible people. And…
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Our big, fat guide to Route 62 stops
In August 2017, CNN identified Route 62 as one of the 10 best road trips in the world. With 65 wineries, more or less, and spanning across nearly 530km, Route 62 is definitely one of…
Amazon Prime Video’s Forever Is Nothing It seems To Be
Amazon Prime Video’s Forever dropped mid-September and was almost instantaneously dubbed as this year’s best-kept TV secret. Early reviews urged you to not read any reviews, but to experience the series unmarred by outsider opinions….
Our favourite Online October Laughs
To me, 2018 just seems to be d-r-a-g-g-i-n-g along. Every time I check to see if it’s December already, I’m met with a few more weeks of work. To pass the time, we’ve rounded up…
Plaaslike Gunstelinge Op Showmax
Enige iemand wat met kykNET of die ou SAUK grootgeword het, sal vir jou sê dat Afrikaanse televisieprogramme tops is. Die huidige verskeidenheid op kykNET, en ook VIA, staan ook nie terug nie, maar tog…
Sabrina, your favourite teenage witch, is heading to Netflix!
ICYMI, everyone’s favourite teenage witch is heading to Netflix! The familiar coming-of-age narrative will be retold, this time as a darker look into the Sabrina universe, and will debut on Netflix on 26 October. Till…
The Spinoff’s Spinoff: What to expect from Legacies
First, we fell in love with Damon and Stefan Salvatore. We tolerated Elena Gilbert, but formed part of the Caroline Forbes girl gang. Then, along came Niklaus, Elijah and Rebekah Mikaelson, and we knew that…