The Guardian Reviews New TV, Film, Book & Album
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- The Guardian described Secret Garden as a sparkling series about Attenborough's love of wildlife in British back gardens.
- The Guardian called The Assembly a liberating experience where Stephen Fry is interrogated by neurodivergent young adults, featuring a performance that blends Shakespeare and musical spoken moments.
- The Guardian warned that The Testaments, despite its lighter tone, remains a YA version with brutal punishments, rotting corpses, and indoctrination, making it hard to watch.
- The Guardian highlighted The Other Bennet Sister as a fresh Pride & Prejudice spin‑off focusing on Mary Bennet’s spirited coming‑of‑age, praising Ella Bruccoleri’s performance.
- The Guardian praised François Ozon’s monochrome adaptation of L’Etranger as a faithful, lustrously beautiful rendition that adds a contemporary perspective on empire and race.
- The Guardian described Outcome on Apple TV as an in‑joke spoof about Keanu Reeves hiding a drug addiction, noting strong performances from Laverne Cox, Drew Barrymore, and Martin Scorsese.
- The Guardian lauded London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe as a grimly absorbing investigation of a teenager’s unexplained death, likening it to the page‑turning tradition of Gay Talese and Joseph Mitchell.
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