James McKenzie

We all know it needed to end - the formula couldn’t last forever. But I can’t help but feel that the goodbye was very personal. Overall, the special was excellent as always - but it was always going to be a little off because it was the last one. I won’t spoil it for anyone who’s yet to watch it - but Zimbabwe was beautiful and Botswana was emotional. That’s all I’m going to say in the content. Love them or loath them, the unholy trinity of Clarkson, Hammond and May defined 2 decades of car culture and I’m a 40 something that’s going to miss their childishness, irreverent humour and passion for gas guzzling machines. Thank the gods for on demand!

I’m so late to this party. It’s cliched, it’s corny, it’s funny, it’s serious, it’s violent, it’s gory - it’s everything I never thought I needed in a western anime - and the voice cast is an amazing who’s who. I’d recommend this to anyone with a strong stomach and decent sense of humour.

An intelligent horror. The cast is top notch and the acting is well on point. I loved the philosophical moments and religious contemplation more than I expected too. The ‘alone on the island’ premise may be familiar to some (and so would the plot to some SK fans) but this whole series is executed really well. I didn’t score a full five stars as there were some moments of filler that could’ve been avoided and the big reveal was a little early (I’m trying to avoid spoilers here, but after discovering the ‘secret’, Bev is very quick to accept the situation which threw me a little). The jump scares are infrequent, but I consider them well executed and feel more traditional and creepy, even if predictable at times - but all in all, I’d recommend any horror fan to give this a go.

Ok I came late to this party. But me and my 12 year old got into watching Netflix while we eat since this whole pandemic started. We were running out of suitable shows when we saw the trailer and thought we’d give it a shot. And I am so glad we did! You can guess by other reviews or trailers about the plot, so I am not going into that here, but the old ‘mutants among us’ trope is delivered in an endearing and often brutal manner. When I say brutal, the violence on screen is minimal and good old fashioned brawling. But the ‘implied violence’ that happens off screen is delivered with such finesse, you don’t need to see what’s happening (spoiler free example: head shot with a bear trap or the sinister whistling of a bone saw... you get the picture.) I would recommend you could watch this with older children - there is minor bad language but not excessive and there are some emotional and mild terror scenes - but all for the sake of telling an endearing adventure tale. And the cliff hanger of the final episode bucks the trend of bigger network shows too; it actually sets it up for you to WANT to see what happens next season (instead of needing to wait a year to find out who died **looking at you TWD**) Give it a watch, you’ll know after one episode whether it’s for you or not. I can say with absolute honesty, Sweet Tooth is one of the better Netflix Originals out there and I can’t wait for season 2 already.