STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.1 – ‘Brother’
byThe long-awaited return of Star Trek to weekly television resulted in a mixed reception, as Discovery opted to follow a similar aesthetic and pace…
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WATERSHIP DOWN (2018)
byFleeing their doomed warren, a colony of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home.
BLACK MIRROR – ‘Bandersnatch’
byA young programmer dreams of turning a fantasy novel into a ‘choose your own adventure’ game for a big software company but, in the attempt, his own reality becomes weirdly disoriented…
Diagnosing DOCTOR WHO Series 11
byTaking the temperature of a most divisive year for the long-running sci-fi drama.
CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA – Season One
byRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s edgier interpretation of Archie Comics’ Sabrina the Teenage Witch debuted in comic-book form in 2014, so this Netflix drama is more accurately…
DAREDEVIL – Season Three
byIf the first season of Daredevil was the birth of a superhero, and the second was the exploration of teenage angst, then season three…
PREACHER – Season Three
byAMC’s Preacher is a show where quality varies from arc to arc, episode to episode. Some moments were well-acted and poignant, others distasteful or,…
CROW’S BLOOD – Series One
byHorror doesn’t end after Halloween! One unlikely source of more spooky entertainment is All4, which currently grants you access to the Walter Presents collection…
THE CROWN – Season Two
bySeason 2 of The Crown will forever be known as the time the Royals got racy. It begins in 1957, continuing to blend the…
MANIAC (Netflix, 2018)
byManiac isn’t a hard show to understand. It also doesn’t have the most original of sci-fi ideas, being about two people who take drugs…
VANITY FAIR (ITV, 2018)
byAfter losing her teaching job, orphan Becky Sharp convinces kindly school-friend Amelia to take her in, then promptly sets about ensnaring Amelia’s wealthy but oafish brother…
BETTER CALL SAUL, 4.10 – ‘Winner’
bySinging siblings. We opened on a touching flashback that gave us another welcome chance to see Chuck (Michael McKean), during the time when Jimmy…