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The Ninth Year: The Haunting of Swill House

Category: Television Review

The Gloriously Messy Adolescence of I Am Not Okay With This

I’ve written about a lot of coming-of-age stories on this blog. Harry Potter, Carrie, a Series of Unfortunate Events, Glee, Riverdale, Sugar Rush, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Skins, you name it – if it’s about adolescence, I’ve thrown myself at it with a cheerful abandon and an attempt to obliterate the memory of my own spectacularly awkward adolescence in the process.

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Lost Recaps S1E1/2: Pilot

I’m about to do something really, really stupid.

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The Miniature Nightmare of Inside No. 9

You know, sometimes, I just feel the need to watch something fucked up.

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The Aspirational Teenage Bullshit of Skins

Hey, you want to feel old?

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Bojack Horseman, Suicide, and Sad, Happy Endings

Ever since Bojack Horseman came into being, people have been trying to predict just how it would end. Spoilers ahead, for the final season and finale.

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Zeitgeist TV Shows That Lost The Plot

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A Bitch About The Witch(er)

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Dracula Review: Blood Vessel

Fucking hell.

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Watchmen S1E8: A God Walks Into Abar

love love.

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Don’t Mention the Cricket: The Underrated Brilliance of Outside Edge

Ah, ’tis the season: if you’re British, like mine fine self-ine, you’ll be cracking out the box-sets and settling down in a haze of fizzy faux-booze and mince pies and suchlike to inject some comedy charm straight into your needy veins.

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