How Television Saved My Life

Honestly, I'm not really going to talk about the film or what it's about. Anyone who's seen Infinity War kind of knows already know that this is the continuation of that plot thread, like stuff happened. Lots of stuff. What I really want to talk about is how the Marvel Cinematic universe has been a huge part of my life for 11 years, and how it does feel like the end of an era. No one believed that it would succeed and reach the level that it did back in the day. Iron Man opened the doors, then Avengers really held those doors open. Every time one headed to the cinema to see one of the films it became an event . Not all of them were top tier, but the quality started to become consistent. The directors were given the chance to be creative and diverge from the typical formula - like Guardians of the Galaxy that many despaired at before the film even got out. Look how that turned out? It opened for Thor: Ragnarok. Of course, some aren't very memorable, while others a...

Photo: Amazon I love to find new things that I feel define  an era of my life, especially, when I need it the most, as if it's speaking to me. Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Fleabag isn't for everyone, of course, but it's certainly something everyone will enjoy. We follow Fleabag,  or we presume it's her name,  or a nickname, or a state of mind (one can never really be sure), but she seems to be a confident woman who owns a café that doesn't seem to be doing so well - turns out she might not be doing so well either. She's got a smart and successful older married sister - her sister's arsehole of a husband -  a father who's emotionally absent and together with her bitch of a Godmother (played by Olivia Colman, hello, oscar winner). It's very dark, but funny and self-aware as hell. Besides, obviously, some sort of commentary on the state of women of late. Fleabag doesn't have her shit sorted, and she's at the start of her 30's, it feel...