Wednesday season two eps 1-4 reviews

 It seems such a very long time since we last caught up with Wednesday Addams and her Outcast classmates so much so that the returning cast are clearly older in this second season – which is acknowledged- but the question must be whether the wait has been worth it.  Even some of the promotional material has alluded to it (see below) and anticipation has been building. Netflix have even created a special Thing ident for it. After such a lengthy gap (though admittedly not as long as the wait for season 5 of Stranger Things) can Wednesday match it's early promise and engage with an audience who are also now older?

 

The Death of Stalin review

Armando Iannucci’s inspired reading of real life events following the 1953 death of the USSR’s legendary leader boils down the power struggles that ensued amongst his Central Committee colleagues to a level roughly equivalent to student politics. With killing. The portrayal of the committee members reminds me of those US films about student council elections where vanity and greed is as much drivers as power and with a cast well versed in this sort of comedy the film can’t go wrong. That the Russians banned the movie suggests it hit closer to the truth than they might admit. That neighbouring countries followed suit also suggests that some the apparatus of intimidation employed back in the 1950s is still standing.