Sandhan Johnson

I just read a review by someone on the platform Medium and I couldn't have said it better! What a miserable piece of rot... I watched to the end of season one just to find out which of the unbalanced characters (of which there are far too many and none of which you can empathise with.... not even Marcella herself) was the killer... but I'd rather put pins in my eyes than subject myself to another season let alone another single episode. The story line darts all over the place at dizzying speed and the flashbacks are disorienting and confusing. There is nothing redeeming in terms of characters you can sympathise with... not even our luckless heroine.. they're all dark and nasty. You keep hoping they all get theirs in the end as Karma is a beatch. Don't waste your time!

Jeremy Strong is weird.... he was pretty weird in Succession but he surpasses himself in gross overacting in The Apprentice. It was like watching a train wreck wondering how far he would push the envelope! But compelling nevertheless .... I had to keep watching just to see if he would eventually spontaneously auto-combust! That notwithstanding it was a fascinating biopic about DJT although I couldn't quite figure out if the director was sympathetic or hostile... or maybe that's just the way Trump comes across as conflicted and troubled? Method acting I didn't realise this was made between the 2 presidencies which explains a bit about the tenor of the approach... all in all worth a watch if you're curious and have a couple of hours to spend but hardly earth shattering and a dreadful performance by Jeremy Strong... maybe he thinks he's a method actor??

Several hours of my life I won't get back! As a northern girl I thought it would be curious to see Bradford as it is today.. and for sure it brought back some memories of grimy buildings and "back to backs".. but that's about all I can say that was good about it. So many random plot lines that really never coalesced.. The obligatory handsome hero who of course had to remove his shirt at least once... A villain with a senseless and foolish story arc who looked like a scarecrow (he must've had a shower at some point??) Oh and a cliffhanger frustrating unresolved ending that obviously leaves room for a potential season 2.... Give it a miss folks... I just downgraded my stars.

No no no no no! I was so looking forward to seeing this movie but it was really hard to get past the trout pout and the skinny arms.... The real Maria was gorgeous even to the end.. as evidenced by the best part of the movie where the end titles showed snippets. I watched at home and had to keep pausing to give myself a break and to be quite honest got to the end with a pain in my stomach. I had high hopes of Angelina but this was a huge disappointment..especially the lip synching Don't waste your time unless you want to depress yourself.

This started off with such promise... although the plot is predictable enough for a 3 year old to work out... Jeff Bridges also got off to a good start but by season 2 he's really become an old man himself... his acting is soooo wearisome And as for John Lithgow... well I'm still not sure as I haven't seen the last 2 episodes of season 2 whether he's supposed to be playing a nincompoop or whether he simply reprised his role from Third Rock.... I'll have to watch the last 2 episodes just to see if my plot predictions are correct but regret that that's many hours of my life I won't get back. Nice locations though.

Having just returned myself from Japan I loved this... amazing costumes, scenery and the way the culture has been portrayed... All characters brilliantly depicted, amazing acting .... EXCEPT... who on earth chose Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne... absolute garbage! Why is he trying to be Anthony Hopkins' doppelgänger...

I have absolutely no idea logistically how a movie of this scale gets to be made.... and to be quite honest after over 2.5 hours of endless cannons, blown up horses and battle scenes I'm scratching my head wondering why I didn't stop after an hour or so... same same and more of the same. I understand people are hung up on the historical inaccuracies but compared to the tedium of ceaseless carnage (and I'm no shrinking violet) I couldn't care less about accuracy. Despite gorgeous costumes, lavish sets and powerful acting this was still nearly 3 hours of my life I won't get back... Sorry not sorry

I waited and waited for this movie after all the pre release promotion....pity it doesn't live up to all the hype! Best thing about it was the (admittedly lavish yet over overstated) costumes because the plot was sheer Hollywood babble and I'd wager bears very little resemblance to reality seeing as we know so little of the real Chevalier. A plausible comparison would be the difference between watching classical opera at Covent Garden or Glyndebourne and attending light opera at the Folies Bergère! Or think about the movie Amadeus which in large part was often little more than virtual slapstick. The storyline looked like a 6 year old had done the editing... as it flips and flops around giving way too much time to inconsequential parts of the plot and not enough to more significant elements.... especially what happens to Joseph at the end (ie his part in the Revolution) which would set his life into a more fitting context. The end was way too abrupt. Acting was average... not likely to be an Oscar contender......pretty disappointed after all the publicity!

Patrick Dempsey wouldn't rate in my top 10 actors... actually I don't think he'd even make it into the Top 100 but he does a pretty good job as McNasty, the villain in the piece... I could almost see him in a James Bond movie I admit I got totally sucked in... mainly because of the way real life news reports and broadcasts are woven in to the plot, giving it context ~ a period of my life I experienced to my disadvantage without really grasping the skullduggery that brought what came to be known to me as The GFC... the Global Financial Crisis. I've never been on a trading floor but also imagine this was pretty accurately depicted.... the tensions, the rivalries, the blackmail and the loyalties no matter what, made it seem very credible. What could've been a mundane show about high finance and ruthless warlords is elevated by the subplots and our hero's back and forth trying to figure it all out. I enjoyed never quite knowing which side of the fence he was on as he tried to untangle to web of lies and double dealing... his own included! A couple of subplots I thought were redundant, however ight up to the end (barring one totally predictable demise) it kept me guessing. If I have one criticism it's to enquire about the casting of Kasia Smutniak as our villain's wife... supposedly with an adult son who must've been at least 20...kudos to her for looking so glam but it annoyed the heck out of me as she looks about 20 herself. Just heard there's a season 2 but reading the reviews I think I'll quit while I'm ahead!

I think I might be a masochist as I have watched every episode of this dreary show, woe to go in the vain hope that something interesting might eventually happen or a vague semblance of a plot might surface. How people can hail this as the best show of all time with amazing dialogue and script... (seemed like most of it was ad libbed) and dreadful acting... notable of all being the blundering stammering Tom and the dotish Greg... I mean with all that money didn't anyone ever think of just getting some therapy and saving us 3 seasons of torture... (Like I said I must be a glutton for punishment but I was convinced they'd at least manage a convincingly satisfying ending... If you thought the end of GOT was ludicrous then this tops it by miles!) An entire season without even any decent tension... just more spite and venom. I venture to suggest that some people watching this might even take these ghastly individuals' behaviour as acceptable and then we wonder why they world is in such a mess. If you love watching nasty nasty spoiled people not getting their comeuppance this is the show for you... I'm ashamed to admit how many hours I've wasted on this drivel!