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Second Viewing (Revisit) Viewing Date: April 7th Via: Netflix Plot: A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house from the IRS. Rating: 7.3/10

I honestly thought there was no point telling this story again, after the excellent 1971 movie 10 Rillington Place with the always-excellent Richard Attenborough playing John Christie. But the BBC has proven me wrong with this chilling three-part miniseries, which shows that there was more of this story to tell. This is a real slow-burner, and the hook is that it doesn't really concentrate on the murders themselves, plus the first two episodes are not told from Christie's perspective. The production values are impressive, convincingly recreating post-WWII-era London (and Rillington Place itself), though I do prefer the grainy, grungy 35mm film aesthetic of the 1971 movie over the glossy digital photography here. If you're at all interested in this case, or if you simply want to learn about it, you should definitely check this one out.

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 6th Via: Stan. Plot: To win a big campaign, an advertising executive bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days. Meanwhile, a magazine writer is assigned to pen an article on "How to Lose a Guy in 10 days." The two meet in a bar, and the game is on. Rating: 6.4/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 6th Via: iTunes Store Plot: Two elven brothers embark on a quest to retrieve a Phoenix Gem, to bring their deceased father back to life for one day. Rating: 7.9/10

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“Before The Naked Gun, there was the short-lived television show Police Squad! in 1982, which introduces the character of Detective Lt. Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) as well as the distinctive style of humour. Created by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker, who were fresh off the success of 1” read more

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 4th Via: Amazon Prime Plot: Malcolm Turner and his stepson Trent go undercover at an all-girls school to flush out a killer. Rating: 4.3/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 4th Via: Amazon Prime Plot: An FBI agent reprises his disguise as a corpulent old lady and takes a job as a nanny in a crime suspect's house. Rating: 5.7/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 4th Via: Amazon Prime Plot: In order to protect a beautiful woman and her son from a robber, a male FBI agent disguises himself as a large grandmother. Rating: 6.3/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 4th Via: Amazon Prime Plot: Martin Lawrence plays Jamal, an employee in Medieval World amusement park. After sustaining a blow to the head, he awakens to find himself in 14th century England. Rating: 4.8/10

Viewed: Season 1

Tiger King is fucking wild, and there is no better description for it. The show started life as a documentary about big cats in captivity across the United States, but morphed into this fascinating series about an ongoing feud, featuring an array of insanely colourful people. There are delicious twists and turns, and the documentary doesn't shy away from showing the less savoury aspects of everybody involved. Indeed, although Joe Exotic is the de facto protagonist of this whole thing, he's not without flaws - it's just that some of the other people...are so much worse. At times hilarious and at other times so utterly bizarre that it's difficult to look away, Tiger King is your next Netflix obsession.

First Viewing Viewing Date: March 30th Via: Stan. Plot: After Cheryl Frasier and Stan Fields are kidnapped, Gracie goes undercover in Las Vegas to find them. Rating: 5.9/10