DOCTOR WHO – Series Eight, Part Three
In preparation for next weekend’s arrival of Series Nine on the BBC (19 September), the concluding part of my review of Peter Capaldi’s debut year,...
SHOW ME A HERO – Part Four
The wheels finally came off Nick Wasicsko’s (Oscar Isaac) mayorship this week, as the oleaginous Henry Spallone (Alfred Molina) promised the white residents of...
DOCTOR WHO – Series Eight, Part Two
In the lead up to Series Nine of Doctor Who in September, my review of Series Eight examines the merits and pitfalls of four...
AGENT CARTER – Season One
There’s been a lot of chatter over the past few years about Marvel’s inability to release a female-led superhero movie. Despite having a roster...
HANNIBAL, 3.13 – ‘The Wrath of the Lamb’
“The bluff is eroding. There was more land when I was here with Abigail. More land still when I was here with Miriam Lass. Now...
WITNESSES – Series One
Following their success with French supernatural drama The Returned (Les Revenants) two years ago, it’s hardly surprising that Channel 4 are keen to keep...
SHOW ME A HERO – Part Three
Things got ever more sticky for our increasingly beleaguered hero this week as Nick (Oscar Isaac) found himself desperately trying to save Yonkers from...
DOCTOR WHO – Series Eight, Part One
The trailers are already playing on BBC One and very soon we’ll be joining Peter Capaldi for his sophomore outing as Doctor Who. However,...
HANNIBAL, 3.12 – ‘The Number of the Beast is 666…’
Poor Dr. Chilton. A brief history of Frederick Chilton, onetime director of the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane and self-proclaimed best-selling author....
SHOW ME A HERO – Part Two
Things got ever more problematic for poor Nick Wasicsko (Oscar Isaac) this week, as he received bullets in the post, faced down furious citizens,...
BANSHEE – Season Three
Banshee simply isn’t a show that could drag on for years and years. Its premise doesn’t really allow for it, and the show’s rapid...
HANNIBAL, 3.11 – ‘… and the Beast From the Sea’
While it’s hard to imagine an episode of Hannibal that could be called “restrained” (nor would I want to), adapting Red Dragon in six episodes has resulted in...