WESTWORLD, 1.2 – ‘Chestnut’
Most doubts I had about Westworld last week (of which there were few) were washed away by its second episode, “Chestnut”; a remarkably confident and…
HALT AND CATCH FIRE, 3.8 – ‘You Are Not Safe’
I wish Ryan (Manish Dayal) had been written with more nuance, as his suicide didn’t land a big enough punch as a result of his…
WESTWORLD, 1.1 – ‘The Original’
Updating Westworld (the 1973 movie Michael Crichton wrote and directed) is a great idea because enough time’s passed for a different approach to the concept…
6 to See this OCTOBER
What new movies and television shows are most deserving of your attention this month? Our editor, Dan Owen, selects his top six choices for UK audiences…
HALT AND CATCH FIRE, 3.7 – ‘The Threshold’
The firmament really started to shift and shake in “The Threshold”, an episode where characters either literally or figuratively crossed a barrier and found there…
HALT AND CATCH FIRE, 3.6 – ‘And She Was’
Pushing into the second half of the season, and significant changes are taking place. A lot of this new direction forms over a weekend, with…
HALT AND CATCH FIRE, 3.5 – ‘Yerba Buena’
Halfway through Halt and Catch Fire’s third season, and things are starting to come together slightly. The show’s split between the ‘Mutineers’ and ‘MacMillanites’, as…
HALT AND CATCH FIRE, 3.4 – ‘Rules of Honorable Play’
This wasn’t as strong as the previous three Halt and Catch Fire episodes, but you can’t arc a season of TV without plot-building instalments like “Rules…
Six to See this September
What new movies and television shows are most deserving of your attention this month? Our editor, Dan Owen, selects his top six choices for UK audiences…
HALT AND CATCH FIRE, 3.3 – ‘Flipping the Switch’
The difference between Mutiny and MacMillan Utility is startling, and in “Flipping the Switch” talented young coder Ryan (Manish Dayal) has walks in both worlds. Mutiny’s always…
ESCAPE FROM L.A (1996)
Snake Plissken is once again manipulated by the US government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, which has become an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.
SUMMER 2016: WINNERS & LOSERS
The summer movie season is drawing to a close, and 2016 hasn’t been a vintage year. To put it mildly. It seems that most of…