It’s cold outside, so better stay inside with a mince pie, a glass of mulled wine (or three) and reacquaint yourself with your old friend: the sofa. Across Christmas and New Year, there is some […]
Festive Freeview Flicks of the Week: Shrek, The Muppet Christmas Carol and ET
In the Middle’s best weekly freeview flicks picks is here! This week we meet a friendly ogre, share some Christmas cheer and meet an alien or two. MONDAY – Shrek (BBC3 19:30) Every Christmas, BBC3 […]
Freeview Flicks of the Week: Harry Potter, Meet Me in St Louis and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
In the Middle’s best weekly freeview flicks picks is here! This week we meet the Dark Lord and go salmon fishing in the Yemen. TUESDAY – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (ITV1 […]
Freeview Flicks of the Week: Casino Royale, Silent Running and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
In the Middle’s best weekly freeview flicks picks is here! This week we go down a rabbit hole, buy a passport to Pimlico and meet Bond, James Bond. MONDAY – Dallas (Film4 14:45) Westerns have […]
A Matter of Class
Class war, it’s finally upon us. Battle lines are being drawn, levies raised, we’re going over the top, and all because Mitchell yelled pleb at someone, Emily Thornberry hates transit vans, and Red Ed wants […]
Freeview Flicks of the Week: The Evil Dead, Stardust and Girl, Interrupted
In the Middle’s best weekly freeview flicks picks is here! This week we get scared by a horror classic and see Jolie at her best. TUESDAY – The Evil Dead (Film4 00:20) Horror films these […]
Selling war and peace
It’s that time of year. The long awaited John Lewis Christmas advert has been unveiled and it does not disappoint. The tried and tested John Lewis yuletide formula, of an old song covered by an […]
Atlantis: A Greek tragedy turned tragic
BBC One’s new series of the fantasy ‘drama’ (I use that term loosely) Atlantis aired last Saturday night. For those who don’t know, Atlantis is the capital city of a fictional island first mentioned and […]
Babylon: It’s the sound of the police
It’s fair to say that when Babylon debuted earlier this year with a feature-length episode directed by Danny Boyle it came in for a bit of stick. In truth it was a mess, jumping from […]
The Fall: A seductively dark drama
If BBC1’s The Missing was not enough to fill your quota of creepy crime thrillers for the week, then worry no more. The second series of BBC2’s The Fall airing on thursday nights promises to […]
The Newsroom returns to UK screens for the last time
There’s something very poignant about starting the final season of The Newsroom. Not only is this the final series of the show, reduced to a mere six episodes, but also allegedly the end of Aaron […]
Freeview Flicks of the Week: The Hunger Games, The Time Traveler’s Wife and It’s a Wonderful Life
In the Middle’s best weekly freeview flicks picks is here! This week we marry a time traveller, hope the odds are in our favour and try to survive a zombie apocalypse. MONDAY – The Hunger […]