BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.8 – ‘Coushatta’
A good defence is a good offence. The opening scenes of “Coushatta” confused me, making me forget where things had left off in “Something Stupid”….
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.7 – ‘Something Stupid’
Splitting up. Famed for its excellent cold opens, Better Call Saul offered up the best one in a long time with the split-screen sequence…
THE PREDATOR (2018)
When a young boy triggers the return of lethal alien hunters to Earth, only a ragtag unit of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the carnage.
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.6 – ‘Piñata’
For your consideration. We’ve been getting more flashbacks than usual this season, although I’m not sure all of them are particularly revelatory. “Piñata” opened…
PREDATOR 2 (1990)
Amidst a territorial gang war in 1997, a deadly alien hunter stalks the criminal gangs of Los Angeles, and only a veteran LAPD cop can stop it…
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.5 – ‘Quite a Ride’
Shredded future. We’re accustomed to the season-opening glimpses of Jimmy McGill’s (Bob Odenkirk) future, working under an alias at a Cinnabon, but “Quite a…
GHOST STORIES (2017)
A skeptical professor embarks on an investigation into three unexplained cases of apparitions…
2018: Summer Blockbuster Appraisal
Thanos clicked with Marvel fans; The Rock eventually crumbled; big monsters ate rivals; superheroes flew higher; Star Wars’s box office was ‘so low’; the impossible Tom Cruise proved unmissable, and never underestimate an Abba sing-a-long…
UPGRADE (2018)
Set in a near-future where technology controls nearly all aspects of life, a technophobe has his world turned upside-down, and his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant…
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.4 – ‘Talk’
My concerns about the imbalance of Better Call Saul was compounded by “Talk”, because Jimmy’s (Bob Odenkirk) storyline is by far the least interesting…
GAME NIGHT (2018)
A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery when the shady brother of one of them is seemingly kidnapped by dangerous gangsters.
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.3 – ‘Something Beautiful’
There’s widening a disparity at the heart of Better Call Saul, as the storylines focusing on its star, Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), are often…