8 h. ago Wild Cherry review – this fun, trashy thriller seems to have spent most of its budget on clothes

There are shades of Gossip Girl, Desperate Housewives and everything Nicole Kidman has appeared in for the last five years. Put your brain aside, and enjoyThat its ultra-wealthy characters live in a place called Richford Lake tells you almost everything you need to know about the glossy new thriller Wild Cherry. Yes, it’s another entry in the increasingly popular eat-the-rich genre. Yes, it has shades of The White Lotus and everything starring Nicole Kidman for the past five years. Yes, most of the budget has gone to wardrobe, with any woman over the age of 30 apparently allergic to synthetic fibres and every actor seemingly cast primarily for her ability to carry off swagged silk and cashmere in warm beige tones. Yes, you should have bought shares in the colour camel years ago but it’s too late now. Yes, the insular community and soapy vibe suggests an ancestry that includes Desperate Housewives and Gossip Girl. Yes, in short, it’s trash with pretensions. But trash with pretensions...

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10 h. ago Who is in the cast of Wild Cherry? List in full as House of the Dragon actor stars

Eve Best, Carmen Ejogo, and Nicôle Lecky star in BBC One new coming-of-age drama

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19 h. ago BBC Wild Cherry release time, cast list in full, episodes and filming locations

BBC's new drama Wild Cherry is set to explore the lives of mothers and daughters in a privileged community where secrets and lies ripple throughout the community

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20 h. ago Wild Cherry start time, cast list, episode count, filming locations and how to watch

When does BBC's Wild Cherry star, where was it filmed and who stars in the drama?

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4 d. ago The Running Man review – Glen Powell sprints through fun update of Stephen King future

Full-tilt chase sequences, a punk aesthetic and a sugar-rush soundtrack, means there is plenty of enjoyment to be had as Edgar Wright goes back to King’s original 1982 novelEdgar Wright, that unstoppable force for good in cinema, has revived the sci-fi thriller satire last seen in 1987 with Arnold Schwarzenegger; it now stars Glen Powell and is adapted directly from the original 1982 novel written by Stephen King under his “Richard Bachman” pen-name, a futurist nightmare set in that impossibly distant year of 2025. The resulting film is never anything but likable and fun – though never actually disturbing in the way that it’s surely supposed to be and the ending is fudged and anticlimactic.Yet there’s plenty of enjoyment to be had. Wright accelerates to a sprint for some full-tilt chase sequences; there’s a nice punk aesthetic with protest ’zines being produced by underground rebels; and Wright always delivers those sugar-rush pop slams on the soundtrack, including, of course, the S...

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4 d. ago Ford Kuga review: Still fun to drive but getting on a bit now

The Ford Kuga still makes a decent case for itself on paper, and its driving dynamics set it apart. But it’s getting on these days, with over-familiar styling and a dated interior leaving it outpaced by more modern rivals

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1 week ago Adoh Restaurant Covent Garden, London Review: A fast and fun Sri Lankan street food

Adoh Restaurant Covent Garden, London Review: A fast and fun Sri Lankan street food-inspired sister spot to Kolamba  Time Out

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1 week ago BBC shares chilling first look at new drama Wild Cherry as start date revealed

The show is set in a picture perfect town, but danger and betrayal lurk beneath the surface

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1 week ago BBC confirms start date and shares chilling trailer for new drama Wild Cherry

The upcoming drama starring Eve Best and Carmen Ejogo is set in a picture perfect town where everyone is hiding something

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1 week ago Other People’s Fun by Harriet Lane review – darkly comic tale of envy and revenge in the Insta age

The worlds of the haves and the have-nots clash, in a toxic friendship between two women brought together by a school reunionOf all the seven deadly sins, envy is the last to be commodified. You can understand why – unlike lust, anger or even sloth, it’s not something to admit to. In his Allegory with Venus and Cupid, Bronzino depicted envy as an ugly green hag, clutching her head and howling impotently; now Instagram has allowed anyone online to gain access to images of the lifestyles of those richer, prettier and luckier than ourselves.Ruth, the narrator of Harriet Lane’s third novel, Other People’s Fun, is corroded by it. Alone, her marriage over, her daughter grown and her freelance work as dull as it is low paid, she is that most dangerous of characters: an overlooked middle-aged woman with nothing to lose. When she bumps into beautiful, stupid and entitled Sookie at a school reunion, she reconnects with her teenage self “and all her violent desires”. Having flown und...

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3 w. ago Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere review: This is no fun watch, but Jeremy Allen White brings passion and conviction to this bold, intense biopic, says BRIAN VINER

Jeremy Allen White makes a plausibly tormented Bruce Springsteen, on the cusp both of super-stardom and mental disintegration.

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3 w. ago Ninja Gaiden 4 review: Brutal, speedy, bloody combat that's addictive fun on Xbox

Team Ninja is back after 13 years with the first mainline entry in the Ninja Gaiden series in ages and what we're faced with is a brutal rain-soaked Tokyo that's packed full of enemies to slay

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