DOCTOR WHO, 10.12 – ‘The Doctor Falls’
With a Christmas Special yet to close Steven Moffat’s tenure as Doctor Who’s showrunner, “The Doctor Falls” still has plenty of work left to…
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 8’
So, we set off down the highway of Twin Peaks: The Return “Part 8” with Mr. C (Kyle MacLachlan) and Ray Monroe (George Griffith)….
DOCTOR WHO, 10.11 – ‘World Enough and Time’
After that startling opening showing an older, somewhat crumpled version of The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) apparently regenerating, Steven Moffat clearly decided that, as this…
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 7’
Well, “Part 7” of Twin Peaks: The Return was precisely what most of us were waiting for. Like Jerry Horne (David Patrick Kelly), high…
THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970)
After witnessing an attack, a writer becomes stalked by a serial killer…
DOCTOR WHO, 10.10 – ‘The Eaters of Light’
Welcome back Rona Munro, writer of this week’s Doctor Who, “The Eaters of Light”. Munro, as many fans will recall, wrote what turned out…
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 5 & 6’
With “Part 5” of Twin Peaks: The Return we learn more about the web of terror created by the now incarcerated Mr. C, the…
THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT (1975)
The life and times of Quentin Crisp, an outrageous and flamboyant homosexual, coming-of-age and growing into old age in conservative England.
DOCTOR WHO, 10.9 – ‘Empress of Mars’
If this is his last appointment with the man in the blue box, then clearly writer Mark Gatiss had a field day with this…
DOCTOR WHO, 10.8 – ‘The Lie of the Land’
There’s a line in this week’s Doctor Who, “The Lie of the Land”, that made me smile. It was a smile in recognition that…
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 4’
After the surreal absurdities of “Part 3”, “Part 4” of Twin Peaks: The Return is much more accessible. It’s not without its bizarre set-pieces,…
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 3’
Having truly confounded his audience, many of whom were aching to see the quirky, cutesy, soap opera pastiche version of Twin Peaks they loved…