DOCTOR WHO, 10.11 – ‘World Enough and Time’
[usr 5.0] After that startling opening showing an older, somewhat crumpled version of The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) apparently regenerating, Steven Moffat clearly decided that,...
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 7’
[usr 5.0] Well, “Part 7” of Twin Peaks: The Return was precisely what most of us were waiting for. Like Jerry Horne (David Patrick...
AMERICAN GODS, 1.8 – ‘Come to Jesus’
[usr 4.0] If there’s one consistent theme in American Gods, it’s belief. The show is all about how faith in the Old Gods or...
BETTER CALL SAUL, 3.10 – ‘Lantern’
[usr 4.0] A lot happened in the third season finale of Better Call Saul, although many of the big events didn’t get complete pay-off...
DOCTOR WHO, 10.10 – ‘The Eaters of Light’
[usr 3.5] Welcome back Rona Munro, writer of this week’s Doctor Who, “The Eaters of Light”. Munro, as many fans will recall, wrote what...
HOUSE OF CARDS – Season Five
[usr 4.5] When you look at Netflix these days, it’s sobering to realise that, just five years ago, the notion of an original series...
AMERICAN GODS, 1.7 – ‘A Prayer for Mad Sweeney’
[usr 4.5] It can be infuriating that American Gods often lacks much-needed structure and clarity, because it’s evidently superb at standalone storytelling. This week’s...
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN – ‘Part 5 & 6’
[usr 4.0] With “Part 5” of Twin Peaks: The Return we learn more about the web of terror created by the now incarcerated Mr....
BETTER CALL SAUL, 3.9 – ‘Fall’
[usr 4.0] For a penultimate episode, “Fall” didn’t feel like one. The big storyline was something harking back to the Sandpiper case from Better...
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’
[usr 4.0] If this is his last appointment with the man in the blue box, then clearly writer Mark Gatiss had a field day...
AMERICAN GODS, 1.6 – ‘A Murder Of Gods’
[usr 3.5] American Gods is a very strange show. Its strangeness is something that makes it hard to define, and often something making it...