Spoilers aweigh! Maneater may be flawed but it boasts an admirable commitment to fast, no-nonsense kills. For the shark it’s like one of those expensive 17-course taster menus where they whisk your plate away and something else instantly appears. And it is expensive for the shark, who eventually pays with — ding ding — its… Who dies / swims, who dares, wins: Maneater’s order of deaths, and that ending Read More
Maneater 2 stars
A young woman and her friends enjoying a boat trip off Hawaii are attacked by a vicious Great White, that seems to be hunting for fun rather than to survive. Shark movies are like buses. You wait ages, consoling yourself with giant crocodiles, reconstituted dinosaurs and blue hedgehogs, and then three come along in succession:… Maneater Read More
Clarkson’s Farm (TV series, season 1) 4.5 stars
A Year in the life of Jeremy Clarkson’s Cotswolds farm, which he takes on when his tenant farmer decides to retire. Want to know how to become a millionaire? Start off a billionaire and buy a 1000-acre arable farm in England. Or you could win Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, the very quiz show… Clarkson’s Farm (TV series, season 1) Read More
Chapter 1 recap: Tractoring (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Jeremy buys a massive, very flash Lamborghini R8 tractor. Everyone tells him it’s too big. It’s 10 tons with 40 forward and… Chapter 1 recap: Tractoring (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 2 recap: Sheeping (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Three hundred acres on Jeremy’s farm are uncultivated meadows, with DEFRA paying him not to grow crops on it. Rather than undertake… Chapter 2 recap: Sheeping (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 3 recap: Shopping (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Jeremy visits his local farm shop, the very posh Daylesford. He buys everything for a Ploughman’s lunch for him and Kaleb and… Chapter 3 recap: Shopping (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 4 recap: Wilding (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) In 30 years, insect numbers have dropped by 25%. The loss of ancient woodlands, and fields becoming larger so they can be… Chapter 4 recap: Wilding (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 5 recap: Pan(dem)icking
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) It’s February 2020. Jeremy is preparing for lambing season, and they’ve built a lambing barn. But soon the news is full of… Chapter 5 recap: Pan(dem)icking Read More
Chapter 6 recap: Melting (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 7: Fluffing / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Jeremy has already been faced with torrential rains for weeks, followed by long dry spells. He has planted sunflowers, pumpkins and sweetcorn,… Chapter 6 recap: Melting (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 7 recap: Fluffing (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 8: Harvesting (Looking for my review? It’s here.) There are jobs to be completed before harvest time arrives. Jeremy gets to work on his and Lisa’s new water bottling plant,… Chapter 7 recap: Fluffing (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Chapter 8 recap: Harvesting (Clarkson’s Farm)
Chapter 1: Tractoring / Chapter 2: Sheeping / Chapter 3: Shopping / Chapter 4: Wilding / Chapter 5: Pan(dem)icking / Chapter 6: Melting / Chapter 7: Fluffing / (Looking for my review? It’s here.) Jeremy relates a typical very busy day, though it is also the quiet before the storm: wake up at 8.30, coffee… Chapter 8 recap: Harvesting (Clarkson’s Farm) Read More
Grief, guilt, and that ending in The Reef: Stalked
Very spoilery. (If your looking for my review, it’s here.) There are surprisingly few deaths in The Reef: Stalked, as it’s as much about Nic coming to terms with her sister Cath’s murder, her own guilt at what happened and her grief-stricken reaction in the months after. Eventually the surviving friends have to work together… Grief, guilt, and that ending in The Reef: Stalked Read More
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