“Despite it perhaps sounding like a bad-taste parody, this shock-doc for silly season doesn’t stink”

Trainwreck: Poop Cruise

Trainwreck: Poop Cruise, Netflix

“Unlike the unfortunates aboard the Triumph, we viewers are in and out of the situation in under an hour and feel like we have had quite a lot of fun in the process. If anyone wants to write the sitcom or the film, I would give either one my full attention. Also, some primeval part of my brain hisses, an international reality show based on it.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

“Despite it perhaps sounding like a bad-taste parody, this shock-doc for silly season doesn’t stink… While there is a tendency to play things for laughs, Trainwreck balances the near absurdity against the genuine awfulness of the situation.”
James Jackson, The Times

“It’s a terrible title and a gross subject but it’s one of the funniest documentaries I’ve seen in ages. British director James Ross was Bafta-nominated a few years back for a serious film about Anton Ferdinand and racism. Here he demonstrates a flair for comedy, stitching together the recollections of passengers and crew.”
Anita Singh, The Telegraph

Ironheart, Disney+

“It’s a heavy load to carry, and despite Dominique Thorne’s best efforts at making Ironheart a credible hero, as a concept, Ironheart buckles under the strain of trying to cast off Iron Man’s past. Hamstrung by an unconvincing plotline and a script in dire need of a dose of WD40, it’s only in the action sequences, too few and far between, that Ironheart comes alive.”
Keith Watson, The Telegraph

“Ironheart is a fast and furious business… To say it becomes preachy would be putting things too strongly. But ‘slightly tiresome’ would not. At least until it’s time again to throw someone at a wall. And for that you rarely have to wait too long.”
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian

Why Cities Flood: Spain’s Deadly Disaster, BBC1

“This was a documentary that gathered a different kind of power as it went along, as the recollections turned to the ‘why’ of the title and what can be done to adapt to increasingly unstable weather. The calm tone was underpinned by anger.”
James Jackson, The Times

“Why Cities Flood: Spain’s Deadly Disaster was pretty much an hour’s worth of non-stop drama as it recalled flash floods which overwhelmed parts of southern Spain in October last year, killing more than 230 people… Why Cities Flood should be required viewing for any councillor who is about to grant planning permission for a housing estate.”
Roland White, The Daily Mail

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