Louise Okafor

Contributor

Originally part of the WTW UK team, I'm now based in Los Angeles and one step closer to the Oscars... Fascinated by movies and digital trends, I'm currently obsessed with FilmTok. You can also find me waxing lyrical about the virtues of classic TV shows like Fringe, Smallville and The West Wing, rom-coms, Wong Kar Wei's back catalogue, Gardener's World and anything that involves Monty Don.

Latest articles by Louise Okafor

Is there a Discovery Plus free trial?

By Louise Okafor last updated 16 April 25

It doesn't matter which Discovery Plus plan you get. You'll get a free seven-day trial either way.

Streaming services

Younger: cast, plot and everything we know about the comedy starring Hilary Duff and Sutton Foster

By Louise Okafor published 16 February 25

Younger — the fizzy comedy set in New York’s glitzy publishing world — arrives on Netflix and Tubi.

TV Shows

Nico Tortorella as Josh, Sutton Foster as Liza, in Younger

I've binged on Netflix all seasons of this sparkly comedy with 97% Rotten Tomatoes score — how did I miss it?

By Louise Okafor published 14 February 25

Thanks, Netflix, for adding Younger. It is pure joy ...

TV Shows

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal in All of Us Strangers

All of Us Strangers review — heartbreaking, but essential viewing

By Louise Okafor published 24 December 23

Movies All is not as it seems with All of Us Strangers — a wistful, heartwrenching story of roads less traveled. It wrongfoots viewers and rewards careful attention.

Movies

cailee spaeny as priscilla presley and jacob elordi as elvis presley in sophia coppola's 2023 movie priscilla

Priscilla review: Sophia Coppola’s Elvis do-over

By Louise Okafor published 3 November 23

Adapted from Priscilla Presley’s memoir, Priscilla is a portrait of life on the sidelines, waiting for the main man to notice you.

Movies

Austin Butler as Elvis in Warner Bros. Pictures’ drama “ELVIS,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Elvis movie: awards, how to watch and all we know about Baz Luhrmann’s biopic of The King

By Louise Okafor last updated 24 January 23

Elvis movie: cast, trailer, who sings on the soundtrack. All we know about Baz Luhrmann’s biopic of The King

Movies

Vote for your favourite drama in the TV Times Awards 2022

By Louise Okafor last updated 15 October 22

Thank you to everyone who took part the TV Times Awards 2022 — voting is now closed.

TV Shows

Dramatic performance TV Times Awards 2022

Vote for your favourite dramatic performance in the TV Times Awards 2022

By Louise Okafor last updated 15 October 22

Thank you to everyone who took part the TV Times Awards 2022 — voting is now closed.

TV Shows

Emily review — a fresh and atmospheric take on the Wuthering Heights author, Emily Brontë.

By Louise Okafor published 14 October 22

Emily movie review — A fresh and atmospheric take on the Wuthering Heights author, Emily Brontë.

Movies

AUSTIN BUTLER as Elvis, HELEN THOMSON as Gladys, TOM HANKS as Colonel Tom Parker and RICHARD ROXBURGH as Vernon in Warner Bros. Pictures’ drama “ELVIS,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Meet the Elvis cast — who’s who in Baz Lurhmann’s Elvis movie biopic

By Louise Okafor last updated 22 July 22

The Elvis cast — our guide to who’s who in Elvis the movie from Austin Butler as The King, Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker and all the key characters.

Movies

Netflix's Persuasion Cosmo Jarvis stars as Captain Frederick Wentworth and Dakota Johnson is Anne Elliot.

Persuasion film review — the Netflixification of Jane Austen

By Louise Okafor published 21 July 22

Netflix takes the Jane Austen classic, Persuasion, for a spin. We review the latest adaptation starring Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis and Henry Golding.

Movies