GAME OF THRONES, 8.4 – ‘The Last of the Starks’
byLast week’s spectacular battle against the Night King and his White Walkers got a mixed reception from audiences, as there were storytelling decisions that…
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GAME OF THRONES, 8.3 – ‘The Long Night’
byThe Night King and his army have arrived at Winterfell and the great battle begins…
BOSCH – Season Five
bySince its debut in 2014, I’ve only met two kinds of people as it pertains to Bosch: those who’ve never seen it and those…
THE OA – Season Two
byAmazingly, it’s been two years since The OA premiered with eight ambitious but often maddening instalments. Created by indie filmmaker Zal Batmanglij and actress…
GAME OF THRONES, 8.2 – ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’
byIt’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’
byThe 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…
HANNA – Season One
byThe journey of an extraordinary young girl raised in the forest, as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is…
GAME OF THRONES, 8.1 – ‘Winterfell’
byThe 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’
byAfter 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…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.12 – ‘Through the Valley of Shadows’
bySeason 2 of Star Trek: Discovery has been an improvement on the first, which I still liked, but as we approach the finale there…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.11 – ‘Perpetual Infinity’
byLast 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’
byComing after such an emotional peak, “The Red Angel” suffered in comparison to Airiam’s poignant death scene, despite having a longer arc to make…