9 h. ago We tried the colourful curry house with 'phenomenal' food and hundreds of five star reviews

It's only been open for two years but it's made a big impression

Society

3 d. ago 'Disturbing' horror film is 'frighteningly real' and on ITV tonight

Starring Christian Bale, viewers can tune into ITV 4 at 10pm tonight for a 'disturbing' horror film that has five star reviews and declared to be 'frighteningly real'

Events

8 d. ago Amazon slashes £100 off Dyson cordless vacuum cleaner that 'makes carpets like new again'

The sleek silver and nickel cordless stick vacuum is available for £228.99, down 31% from £329.99, and holds a 4.6-star rating from nearly 4,000 reviews.

Economics

9 d. ago Giving a review zero stars sets a dreadful precedent. But here are the one

A singularly horrendous TV show has crashed the star-rating review economy. But if zero stars is the new benchmark for critical rage, three films deserve the big 0 Kim Kardashian’s world-historically horrendous TV show All’s Fair has detonated a firestorm of critical horror which, as well as everything else, may have undermined the currency of the star-rating review economy. My colleague Lucy Mangan gave Kardashian’s show an all-but-unprecedented zero stars and zero stars are in fact very rare on this paper.Yet perhaps in the post-Kardashian world they will become more commonplace. I actually have the distinction of giving the first zero star review in the Guardian’s history — for Cuba Gooding’s terrible comedy Boat Trip back in 2002. But it’s weird. There have been worse films than that which didn’t get zeroed. Not many. But some. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago Is Kim Kardashian’s legal drama All’s Fair really the worst TV show of all time?

Ryan Murphy’s glossy, star-packed new show has received some of the most shocking reviews we’ve seen for a long time, including many zero star takesIf you get a secret thrill from reading bad reviews, this week has basically been your Christmas. This is when the embargo dropped for Ryan Murphy’s new Kim Kardashian-starring Hulu legal drama All’s Fair, and hoo boy. Lucy Mangan’s zero-star extravaganza was a classic of the form, starting with the line “I did not know it was still possible to make television this bad,” and only getting more despairing from there.But then something incredible happened. More All’s Fair reviews started popping up, and they were just as scathing. Every last one of them, without exception, absolutely hated it. In his zero-star review, The Times’s Ben Dowell observed that the show felt like it had been written “by a toddler who couldn’t write ‘bum’ on a wall.” USA Today’s Kelly Lawler wrote: “It’s so stilted, artificial and awkward not even a glass of wine a...

Events

1 week ago Director of Kim Kardashian show All’s Fair responds to scathing reviews: ‘Hopefully opinions will change’

Anthony Hemingway, who is both director and executive producer on the legal drama, has defended the show which has been the subject of a critical pile-onThe Guardian has only ever published 15 zero-star reviews. Here they all areOne of the directors of the critically maligned legal drama All’s Fair has responded to negative reviews, saying that “not everything is for everybody”.Anthony Hemingway, who has directed four episodes of the show and is an executive producer on it, was asked about his thoughts on the overwhelmingly bad reviews in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling audiobook review – an all

Cush Jumbo, Hugh Laurie and Matthew Macfadyen bring extra twinkle to Rowling’s magical taleIt has become tradition for Audible to bring out the big guns in the run-up to Christmas and deliver star-studded adaptations of well-known novels; the last few years have brought terrific productions of Dickens’s Oliver Twist, Bleak House and David Copperfield.Now attention has turned to younger listeners with a new, full-cast recording of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first of the Potter books in which the orphaned Harry, consigned to sleep in a cupboard in his aunt and uncle’s house, learns he is a wizard and is to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Good Wife’s Cush Jumbo is our narrator, steering the story alongside a cast including Hugh Laurie as venerable wizard-in-chief Albus Dumbledore; Michelle Gomez as Professor McGonagall; Riz Ahmed as Professor Snape; Mark Addy as Hagrid; Matthew Macfadyen as Lord Voldemort; and newcomers Frankie Tre...

Politics

1 week ago I travelled on the new Star Princess cruise and fell in love with its stellar design

On the latest offering from Princess Cruises, Marc Shoffman was dazzled by expansive panoramas and immersive performances

Politics

1 week ago Benson Boone review: Star shows his incredible vocal range as he flies at O2

The Beautiful Things crooner blew the roof off The O2 Arena with a performance full of stunts, vocal tricks and banter - here's exactly what the Daily Star though

Politics

2 w. ago 47 Skin's Solution to Banish Breakouts: Discover the secret behind its success

47 Skin has gained thousands of five-star reviews for its blemish-busting capabilities

Politics

2 w. ago Skechers that are 'as comfy as slippers from first wear' get 44% discount on Amazon

Over 4,400 shoppers have left these Skechers a glowing five-star review on Amazon.

Politics

2 w. ago Dusk's 'thick and luxurious' waffle bedding in five different colours gets 20% cut

The 'gorgeous' duvet cover has a 4.93-star rating from over 2,500 reviews.

Politics

3 w. ago Lily Allen's West End Girl: Pop star details 'intensely personal' journey through divorce from cheating husband David Harbour, ADRIAN THRILLS reviews her captivating breakup album

The new album, West End Girl, which title is inspired by her acting stints on the London stage, is a raw, confessional contents informed by the breakdown of her marriage from David Harbour.

Culture

3 w. ago The £20 spray so 'effective' at aiding sleep a bottle sells every 79 seconds

It has over 18,500 five-star reviews

Economics

3 w. ago If you suffer from IBS, Gut Wealth’s capsules could be ‘life changing’

The capsules, which can minimise bloating and digestive discomfort, have over 700 five-star reviews

Politics

3 w. ago Dunelm's Billie duvet set with more than 1,800 five star reviews 'looks great'

'Feels luxurious', said one shopper

Politics

3 w. ago Shoppers turn to 'toasty warm' blanket under £40 to keep heating bills down

Amazon's Mia & Coco Electric Blanket has 20% off and has an impressive star rating of 4.4 from over 10,000 reviews

Economics