Pat Stacey

1 week ago | independent.ie | Pat Stacey

Netflix three-parter tells the story of the failed attempt to rob the £350m Millennium Star diamond in 2000 – but is at least one episode too longGuy Ritchie just can’t help himself. It doesn’t matter how many times he tries to do something different, whether it’s in the form of his two Sherlock Holmes romps, The Man from U.N.C.L.E, the live-action Aladdin for Disney or the ghastly embarrassment that was Swept Away, a vanity vehicle for his then wife Madonna.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Pat Stacey

Me, I belong firmly in the first camp. I am a complete and utter ducker and I don’t care who knows it. A sensation ducker, that is, as opposed to a sensation seeker. It’s all to do with the balance of chemicals in the brain, apparently.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Pat Stacey

The Golden Toilet Heist review: Daring robbery was no fun caper, despite all the loo jokesBlenheim Palace chief executive Dominic Hare. Photo: BBCSome lavatorial humour courtesy of the late, great Ronnie Barker: “The toilets at a local police station have been stolen.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Pat Stacey

Latest offering of Charlie Brooker’s Netflix anthology series is the best, as well as the warmest, in years. Here, we rank the season’s six episodes from best to worstIt’s been a long, sometimes bumpy, road for Charlie Brooker’s anthology series Black Mirror (Netflix) since the very first episode, 2011’s The National Anthem, with Rory Kinnear as a prime minister forced to have sex with a pig on live television in order to secure the release of a kidnapped princess.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Pat Stacey

‘The Last of Us’ season two review: Zombie drama goes down shocking new path that will divide viewersSecond season ramps up the human-on-monster action, but controversial plot twist sends series in a new directionEllie (Bella Ramsey) faces up to her traumatic past and uncertain future in season two of ‘The Last of Us'. Photo: HBOThe second season of The Last of Us (Sky Atlantic, Monday, April 14, 2am, repeated at 9pm) is the most anticipated television event of the year, and with good reason.