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Posted by Simon Rowson in TV on February 26, 2011 | 4 Comments

TV Review: Skins: Series 5, Episode 5 – ‘Nick’

TV Review: Skins: Series 5, Episode 5 – ‘Nick’
If you’d told me that ‘Nick’ – the episode that would centre around Skin’s most bland, flimsily-written character yet – would turn out to be the best hour in the current series so far, I’d have assumed you’d spent the day drinking the things you found under the...
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Posted by Simon Rowson in Blu-Ray, TV on February 21, 2011 | No Comments

Blu-Review: retro-ACTION! Volume 1

Blu-Review: retro-ACTION! Volume 1
ITC’s stable of shows helped define everything that we’ve come to associate with Bond era TV – action-packed kitschy adventures featuring stylishly-dressed, cooler-than-cool agents of the law thwarting evil, their crime-fighting prowess usually proving less crucial to their success than...
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Posted by Simon Rowson in TV on February 18, 2011 | No Comments

TV Review: Skins: Series 5, Episode 4 – ‘Liv’

TV Review: Skins: Series 5, Episode 4 – ‘Liv’
After three episodes of relative restraint and maturity, ‘Liv’ calls to mind many of the missteps of the last few years of Skins: An overblown, melodramatic teen romance, an over-reliance on sex, drugs and partying scenes and a sub-plot that drags the show back to the out-of-place extremes of...
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Posted by Simon Rowson in TV on February 11, 2011 | No Comments

TV Review: Skins: Series 5, Episode 3 – ‘Mini’

TV Review: Skins: Series 5, Episode 3 – ‘Mini’
The crowning stark, tragic moments and the fact that Freya Mavor does an excellent job are unfortunately almost outweighed by the continued over-reliance on well-worn tropes and trite ideas – problems that are far less forgiveable without an inherently likeable or well-developed lead character to...
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Posted by Simon Rowson in TV on February 10, 2011 | 1 Comment

TV Review: Skins USA: Season 1, Episode 4 – ‘Cadie’

TV Review: Skins USA: Season 1, Episode 4 – ‘Cadie’
The glimpses into Cadie’s life would do infinitely more to flesh out and humanise her if they weren’t predicated on such trite, familiar ideas. Hopefully at some point soon, the writers will start playing to their strengths, drop the inherited romances and stories which are ill-suited to the new...
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Posted by Simon Rowson in TV on February 4, 2011 | No Comments

TV Review: Skins: Series 5, Episode 2 – ‘Rich’

TV Review: Skins: Series 5, Episode 2 – ‘Rich’
The end result affirms that Skins is strongest when it’s tapping into the sweet, awkward coming-of-age fumbles of adolescence rather than the drug-fueled, sexed-up drama of bland teens...
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Posted by Simon Rowson in TV on February 1, 2011 | No Comments

TV Review: Skins USA: Season 1, Episode 3 – ‘Chris’

TV Review: Skins USA: Season 1, Episode 3 – ‘Chris’
The results are predictably true to form for the remake so far; this episode continues a slight upward curve in quality, showcasing one of its few stronger actors in a surprisingly sturdy and effective retread of a familiar character, but the rigid adherence to the original series’ scripts only draw...
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Posted by Simon Rowson in TV on January 28, 2011 | No Comments

TV Review: Skins: Series 5, Episode 1 – ‘Franky’

TV Review: Skins: Series 5, Episode 1 – ‘Franky’
Series Five starts relatively strong, with a great, well-developed core character with tonnes of potential and Alo, Rich and Grace bring a few fun, likeable others amongst the new group, but the reliance on so much teen movie stock plot and character leaves the episode feeling far too lazy at times...
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Posted by Simon Rowson in TV on January 27, 2011 | No Comments

TV Review: Skins USA: Season 1, Episode 2 – ‘Tea’

TV Review: Skins USA: Season 1, Episode 2 – ‘Tea’
The second episode proves a marked improvement on the pilot and shows major glimpses of potential as it distances itself more from its awkward attempts to replicate the UK series, but even so, Skins USA is still bogged down by the one-two punch of amateurish acting and shoddy writing...
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Posted by Simon Rowson in Featured Articles, TV on January 26, 2011 | No Comments

The British Invasion: UK TV Shows Go Stateside (Skins, Being Human and Shameless)

The British Invasion: UK TV Shows Go Stateside (Skins, Being Human and Shameless)
This month saw a trio of remade series hit US airwaves, with Skins, Being Human and Shameless all receiving the makeover treatment. So how do the pilot episodes fare against their originals?...
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