thistledonicely-1 Reviews

The Tourist (2022–2024)

Great fun. Sit back and enjoy

[9/10 · 7 February 2024]

I'd heard quite a bit before watching this series but still wasn't quite sure what I was going to get or even what it was about. This is probably the best approach, you have no preconceived notions. So I settled in with a nice bottle of wine and it began, dark and moody, chase, crash, hospital.

No spoilers here. This show just rocks along nicely at a good pace with it's dark humour and great writing. The characters all work well with each other, they are funny, serious and annoying all at once and the plot does more than enough to keep you interested.

We binged watched series one, and then headed straight to series two which was equally as good (and quirky) as the first.

Settle yourself in, and you'll enjoy this one.

Ghosts of War (2020)

Baffling

[5/10 · 22 November 2020]

So, this is a really good film with a decent storyline mostly all the way through. The acting, although clunky at time, is good and the effects are reasonable. The twists are good, and even as we hit the last 25 minutes I thought this was very interesting and would have been a really great Saturday night B movie but, what happened? It's like it was time's up, everyone out of the studio now. Baffling, and spoiled it for so many and fir me

The Convent (2018)

Dreadful, give it a miss

[3/10 · 19 April 2020]

Poor script, poor effects, poor storyline. Generally, a dreadful waste of time. 3 stars is probably very generous.

Bird Box (2018)

Disappointing all round

[6/10 · 1 January 2019]

People were terrified by this? Who? The execs that commissioned it?

Can say no more, really. Just very disappointed after all the hype. Perhaps this is just an extra long trailer for the next Netflix mega series?