Series
A set or sequence of related television or radio programmes.
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Wednesday
After much consideration, I found time to watch Wednesday, a Netflix series based on the “The Addams Family” created by cartoonist Charles Addams. The franchise has then seen many adaptions to numerous forms of media, such as television, movies, and comic books. This time, however, it is series creators Miles Millar and Alfred Gough, together with director Tim Burton who’s famous worldwide for his spooky designs choices and memorable films in the likes of ‘Beetlejuice’ and ‘Corpse Bride’ to bring their eccentric take on the ghostly renowned family. We follow Wednesday Addams played by Jenna Ortega, and whilst attending Nevermore Academy, Wednesday Addams attempts to master her emerging psychic ability,…
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1899: Season 1
German program creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, responsible for one of the greatest German original if not the best original television series ‘Dark’ are back with their latest mind-bending series – 1899. Multinational immigrants traveling from Europe to America, all in pursuit of achieving their goals and turning their dreams into reality in the promised lands of the free encounter a nightmarish riddle aboard a second ship adrift on the open sea that has been there for months, however, what they find requires them to first confront their past which then reveals a web of staggering secrets. Now I think it’s only fair that I mention how excited…
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House of the Dragon
Ladies and gentlemen, now that it’s been weeks if not months since the finale of House of the Dragon, the hype has died down, I’ve finally caught my breathe after watching the first season, and I believe it’s time to give it a review. However, before I begin my review on House of the Dragon, I think it’s only fair that I mention that after a last couple of disappointing seasons of Game of Thrones, particularly season 6, 7 and 8, even I had my own reservations about it and there’s no doubt about the fact that HBO had a lot of work to do in gaining the audience…
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The Sandman
Tom Sturridge stars as Lord Morpheus in DC Comic’s graphic novel – The Sandman by creator Neil Gaiman. This has been a highly anticipated series, getting a lot of love from pretty much all corners of the internet but is it worth the hype? We are first introduced to the story with a narration from the protagonist Dream himself, letting us know that there is another world waiting for us when we close our eyes and fall asleep. A place called the Dreaming. It is here where The Sandman, the master of dreams gives shape to all our deepest fantasies and fears. One fateful night, the Sandman, aka Dream, is…
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time. Time to call about the anime that has stolen many people’s hearts across the entire globe with its creativity, original characters, and chaotic nature. It’s time, I finally spoke about Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. Animation studio Trigger, probably best known for “Kill La Kill” and producers CD Projekt Red have come together to create the animation series that many assume will take the crown for best animation for 2022. Now it should be mentioned that even though Cyberpunk: Edgerunners uses the name – Cyberpunk in its title, the events that happen during the series are at least a year before the events of Cyberpunk 2077.…
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Harley Quinn: Season 1
Ladies and gentlemen, we found her. She’s snappy, hilarious, a killer with a bat, and unconsciously insane. Today, I’ll be reviewing the first season of Harley Quinn by creators Paul Dini and Bruce Timm. Now I know I’m 3 years late to the whole craze of Harley Quinn, which was released on the 29th of December 2019 by DC Universe but by no means am I blind to a good series such as this one, I’ll get to it, eventually lol… And to think, if it weren’t for Twitter I probably would not have even known about this series, I only found out about this series this year when season…
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Tekken: Bloodline
Director Yoshikazu Miyao has just accomplished the impossible by creating one of the best arcade game to animation adaptations in Netflix history by the name of – Tekken Bloodline. Tekken which can also be translated as “Iron Fist” is a series of fighting/arcade video games that is developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, first released in December 1994. However, in Tekken Bloodline, we follow the events that follow after the second King of Iron Fist Tournament leading up to the third, Tekken 3; which was released exclusively on the PlayStation brand. In these six-part episodes of Tekken Bloodline, we follow the events of one of the…
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All of Us Are Dead
Ladies and gentlemen, today I’d like to talk about a series that has completely changed the perception and things we thought we knew about the zombie apocalypse by the name — All of Us Are Dead. This series was released on the 28th of January 2022, and while the television series is created and written by Chun Sung-il, the original idea is based on a manhwa, aka webcomic called — Now at Our School by Joo Dong-Geun. Together with production companies such as Film Monster, Kim Jong Hak Production, and Netflix as the distributor, All of Us Are Dead was destined to get recognition whether you like it or…
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Justice Served
Tshepo “Ty” Skosana, creative director of Meraki Studios makes a profound statement on South Africa’s untapped potential in the hit thriller, Justice Served. Distributed by Netflix, the series was released on the 29th of July 2022, featuring some of South Africa’s prominent actors such as Hlomla Dandala, Pallance Dladla, and Morne Visser. The plot of the series follows a band of freedom fighters known as the Numoor, who invade the trial of a white police officer — Allan Harvey. That shoot a Black man from the back and the Numoor use this opportunity as a hostage situation unfolds that leaves the entire country flabbergasted. Numoor leader Azania…
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Eve
Director Bong-Sub Park’s latest work with writer Young Mi-Yoon is a powerful declaration about love and revenge in the Korean series Eve. This series was produced by production companies Studio Dragon, C-JeS Entertainment, and TVN and released on the 1st of June 2022 with the last episode having aired on the 21st of July 2022, and consisting of 16 episodes in total. For the focus of the series, the main plot revolves around a young lady by the name of Lee La-El played by Seo Yea-Ji, and the chairman of LY Group, Kang Yoon-Kyum played by Byeong-eun Park. Lee La El at a young age witnessed her father’s brutal torture…
