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You’ll find yourself having many “been there, done that” moments while enjoying Another Year. As the title suggests, we follow a group of characters over the course of a year as they experience all of the ups and downs that life typically throws at us. Tom (Jim Broadbent) and Gerri (Ruth Sheen) are a happily married couple whose relationship has endured the test of time. Another Year takes a look at their life as their group of colleagues, friends and family float in and out of their world. Gerri’s work colleague and friend Mary (Lesley Manville), is a troubled woman who’s unlucky in love. Meanwhile, Ken (Peter Wight) is a lonely man while Ronnie is Tom’s brother who’s stuck in a long-term state of grief. Yes, Another Year features a lot of characters, all coping with their own separate issues. Another Year may not be all action-galore but you’re sure to find something in common with one or more of these characters.
 
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In today’s society, it’s hard to imagine a government being able to secretly organise the deportation of 130,000 children in care. But sadly, back in the late ‘80s, that’s exactly what the British government managed to do successfully. That’s until Margaret Humphries (Emily Watson), a social worker in Nottingham in England, uncovered their secret which the British government had somehow managed to keep for four decades. Most of the children were sent to commonwealth countries with the majority landing here in Australia. No child was off-limits – even those as young as four-years-old were told that their parents had been killed and sent to children’s homes on the other side of the world. Unfortunately, many weren’t met by loving adoptive parents, being subjected to all forms of abuse instead of the happy times they were promised. Margaret’s place in all of this is to reunite as many lost children with their families as possible.
Title: Oranges and Sunshine
Release Date: 05/10/2011
Rating: M
Stars: Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham
Videology: Emily Watson is a keen Arsenal fan. |
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Leap Year has all of the essential elements needed in order to make a rom-com work: there’s the loveable damsel in distress in Anna (Amy Adams), the guy we don’t want her to end up with in Jeremy (Adam Scott) and the other guy who we know she will eventually end up with, Declan (Matthew Goode). Anna is hanging out for her perfect cardiologist boyfriend to propose to her. Sick and tired of waiting to be proposed to, she heads to Ireland after learning that a woman can ask a man to marry her on Leap Day every four years there. However, her desperate attempt hits a snag after her flight to Dublin is diverted to Cardiff meaning Anna has the chance to meet and bond with the annoying but very charismatic Declan. Leap Year has enough charm to win us over and forces Adams to battle the Irish mud sludge which is very comical!
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Set six months after series three, Dexter’s fourth season plunges audiences into a very different world in comparison to how the series first started. Based on Jeff Lindsay’s novel, Darkly Dreaming Dexter, if you had of told us that by season four Dexter (Michael C. Hall) would eventually have a wife and three kids, we would have told you that you’re dreaming. But surprise, surprise, this is Dexter’s life now and as Dexter tries to cope with the addition of his new son Harrison to his increasing family, something has to give and his “work” as a serial killer with morals is in the line of fire. His sleep deprived state has even resulted in a murderer being set free because he brings the wrong case file to court. Not to mention the fact that it leads to Dexter being caught up in a rather nasty car accident that causes amnesia. Uh-oh! And this is all just in the first couple of episodes.
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