CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND – Season One
Rachel Bloom has a star-making role in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, playing Rebecca Bunch, the eponymous ex of questionable sanity. A Yale and Harvard educated lawyer…
PREACHER, 1.10 – ‘Call and Response’
I haven’t been blown away by Preacher, and I don’t know many people who are even watching. And of those that are, it hasn’t…
MR. ROBOT, 2.4 – ‘eps2.2_init1.asec’
Ironically, Sarah can’t write about this week’s Mr. Robot because of technical difficulties, so I’m taking over to give my thoughts on “eps2.2_init1.asec”. First,…
PREACHER, 1.9 – ‘Finish the Song’
The penultimate hour of Preacher took a significant step forward, in terms of finally bringing ‘The Cowboy’ (Graham McTavish) into the main story, and…
PREACHER, 1.8 – ‘El Valero’
Much like the previous episode, “El Valero” had its ups and downs. I loved the clever way the writers have been steering us towards…
20 Years On: THE FRIGHTENERS
On 19 July 1996, Peter Jackson’s THE FRIGHTENERS was released to disappointing box office sales, but 20 years later it’s clearly an important transitional movie for the LORD OF THE RINGS director…
COCOON (1985)
After a group of old men start swimming in a pool full of alien cocoons, they become rejuvenated with youthful vigour, in Ron Howard’s 1985 sci-fi drama…
GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)
Following an invasion of ghosts across Manhattan, paranormal experts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan, band together to stop this otherworldly threat.
PREACHER, 1.7 – ‘He Gone’
My biggest gripe about Preacher has been how scattershot everything’s been, but “He Gone” felt more harmonious and structured. The flashbacks didn’t seem as…
PREACHER, 1.6 – ‘Sundowner’
I was glad this episode gave us a taste of the spirit and twisted humour of the comic books, even though it was still…
30 Years On: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA
John Carpenter’s BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA was released across the US on this day, 30 years ago. To celebrate, we’ve investigated the origins of this flop summer movie from 1987 that became a cult favourite…
PREACHER, 1.5 – ‘South Will Rise Again’
Incredibly, we’re now halfway through this inaugural season of AMC’s Preacher and I’m in danger of sounding like a stuck record. This isn’t a…