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…
Television
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…
AFTER LIFE – Series One
byAfter Tony’s wife dies unexpectedly, his nice-guy persona is altered into an impulsive, devil-may-care attitude that takes his old world by storm.
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.9 – ‘Project Daedalus’
byOne difference between Star Trek: Discovery and its predecessors is its focus on a small core of characters, with much of the Bridge crew…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.8 – ‘If Memory Serves’
byIt didn’t occur to me that Star Trek: Discovery was taking place after the events of “The Cage”, the Original Series’ unaired pilot with…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.7 – ‘Light and Shadows’
byNow entering the final half of Star Trek: Discovery’s second season, “Light and Shadow” didn’t have a particularly strong story, but it was a…
LES MISERABLES (BBC, 2018)
byBBC TV adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert. Set against a backdrop of post-Napoleonic France as unrest beings to grip the city of Paris once more.
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.6 – ‘The Sounds of Thunder’
byAfter “An Obol for Charon” led to a literal evolution of Saru (Doug Jones) as a Kelpien, having survived the “terminal” onset of Vaharai…