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Annika (2021)
Utter drivel
There's nothing like a good police drama series - and this is nothing like a good police drama series. I don't know where to begin really. It's contrived arch, self-indulgent and utterly unconvincing. This technique of the lead detective sharing her thoughts of the camera is just dreadful beyond words. The dialogue is also pathetic. It's cliched trying so hard to be gritty, it just becomes a pale pastiche of a police crime drama series. I am normally a great fan of Nicola Walker, but her talents are sadly wasted with this pile of effluent.. How this ever got be on the commissioning stage is utterly beyond me .
Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop (2021)
There's awful and there's this film
I only reented this on Amazon as I like the scenario and I'm a big fan of Kelsey Grammer. I wasn't expecting much but when it came to viewing it I can seldom remember being so bored.the script is leaden and cliched and the director clearly felt compelled to pad the feeble lines out with scenes so slow I thought the film was running at half speed. The whole story could have been told in half the time and it would still be rubbish. Terrible waste of the acting talent in the movie. I actually felt sorry for Grammer, Nicholas Jones and Caroline Quentin for having to utter some of the dullest dialogue ever devised.
The Travelling Auctioneers (2022)
Just doesn't work
I am a fan of most antique programmes but this one is just feeble. My favourite used to be The Antique Road Trip but over the past few years it has got worse and worse. Seasoned experts who actually know things have been steadily replaced by shrieking show offs whose main attribute seems to be that they are "young". This new show is blighted by the same affectation. The forced "relationship " between the two hosts is just cringe worthy. The worst part is the outdoor auction. A feeble gathering of disinterested punters sit there mute while all the bids are either online or "on the book" . Obviously they are presumably using a tie up with an external auction operation. So what's the point of the outdoor auction? Dreadful, unwatchable rubbish.