Christmas has been and gone, Santa Claus has put his feet up, and with Jolly Old Saint Nick out of action, it’s time for the other regular Nick intervention we always see at this time of year.
Yes, it’s my annual Top Ten TV Shows! Join me as I relive my late twenties reviewing TV online for one blog post only, talking about my favourite viewing experiences of the last twelve months!
Unbelievably, I’ve been doing this for over a decade now and you can re-experience all of them below if you want.
There’s probably some terrible opinions in those old blog posts, so not sure why I keep including the links. I just glanced at the oldest one and saw effusive praise of Dexter season seven, which I’m not sure I fully stand by.
But anyway – on to my latest, up to date and fully correct TV views. It’s been a good year for telly, so much so that the honourable mentions section is absolutely bursting with shows that you’d think would’ve been in the main chart, but the heart wants what it wants. As ever, this is my subjective opinion, so don’t feel obliged to agree. There are definitely occasions when I’ll be veering away from the consensus.
And yes, our old buddy Stats Corner returns, even though the widening gaps between seasons of most shows is making it increasingly hard to fill meaningfully.
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This fortnight, time for another of Nick and Alastair’s famously non-festive Christmas specials as they cover Arcane season 2 and Blitz!
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair investigate two keenly-anticipated follow-ups with Gladiator II and The Diplomat season 2!
Lastly, following a mere one year’s wait, it’s The Diplomat season 2 (27:45), to further investigate whether this truly is the West Wing of the 2020s.
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair explore another comic book supervillain origin in The Penguin, and encounter a more grounded yet also more horrific villain in Heretic.
But they fully predicted the sadness involved in Heretic (32:30), a new horror movie starring Hugh Grant in another great villainous turn.
At long last, Nick and Alastair bring you our Marvel villain/antihero spinoff special – it’s Agatha All Along and Venom: The Last Dance!
Lastly, it’s time to end an epic saga of gooey romance with Venom: The Last Dance (40:45). Can it possibly live up to the sheer stupidity of Let There Be Carnage?
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair take on the fourth season of their beloved Slow Horses and new British indie scifi movie Timestalker.
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair take on two recent movies: Joker: Folie a Deux and Rebel Ridge . One has been extremely well received, the other has not.
And last of all, they watch recent Netflix action movie Rebel Ridge (43:10), from Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier. Can this movie finally make bureaucracy exciting?
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair go hungry with Starve Acre, before tucking in at trendy restaurant The Bear.
Last of all, a few months late thanks to Nick’s busy schedule, it’s The Bear season 3 (36:52) as the titular bistro finally opens and our unsuspecting cast face the full horror of Carmy enacting his dreams.
This fortnight, it’s a weird world as Nick and Alastair watch The Umbrella Academy season 4 and Cuckoo.
And last of all, it’s Cuckoo (33:56), a new movie auditioning for the hotly contested role of this year’s Get Out.
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