GAME OF THRONES, 8.2 – ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’
It’s a common writing device, on the eve of action-packed instalments, to renew an audience’s love and understanding of the characters involved. “A Knight…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.14 – ‘Such Sweet Sorrow: Part 2’
The USS Discovery battles against Control in a fight not only for their lives but for the future, with a little help from some unexpected friends…
TERRA FORMARS (2016)
In an attempt to colonise Mars, scientists seed the planet with algae to absorb sunlight and purify the atmosphere, but 500 years later the first manned mission to the planet encounter an unexpected threat on the surface…
GAME OF THRONES, 8.1 – ‘Winterfell’
The long wait is over. Game of Thrones is back for a six-part farewell season after 20 long months off-air. And, as is customary…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.13 – ‘Such Sweet Sorrow: Part 1’
After last week’s flat time-filler, season 2’s penultimate episode, “Such Sweet Sorrow”, also delays gratification - even taking us into the end credits on an agonising…
THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 (1999)
A horrible massacre strikes up after an outcast teenage girl is taunted by a group of high school jocks, all of them unaware of her cutthroat telekinetic powers.
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.12 – ‘Through the Valley of Shadows’
Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery has been an improvement on the first, which I still liked, but as we approach the finale there…
SHAZAM! (2019)
A streetwise 14-year-old foster kid gains the ability to turn into an adult superhero by saying the word “Shazam”.
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.11 – ‘Perpetual Infinity’
Last week’s “The Red Angel” ended with a cool surprise: that the eponymous time-travelling enigma is Michael’s (Sonequa Martin-Green) not-actually-dead mother—identified here as Dr…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.10 – ‘The Red Angel’
Coming after such an emotional peak, “The Red Angel” suffered in comparison to Airiam’s poignant death scene, despite having a longer arc to make…
THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB (2018)
A young computer hacker and a journalist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals, and corrupt government officials.
AFTER LIFE – Series One
After Tony’s wife dies unexpectedly, his nice-guy persona is altered into an impulsive, devil-may-care attitude that takes his old world by storm.