GAME OF THRONES, 8.1 – ‘Winterfell’
[usr 3.5] The long wait is over. Game of Thrones is back for a six-part farewell season after 20 long months off-air. And, as...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.13 – ‘Such Sweet Sorrow: Part 1’
[usr 3.0] After 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...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.12 – ‘Through the Valley of Shadows’
[usr 2.0] Season 2 of Star Trek: Discovery has been an improvement on the first, which I still liked, but as we approach the...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.11 – ‘Perpetual Infinity’
[usr 4.0] Last 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...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.10 – ‘The Red Angel’
[usr 3.5] Coming after such an emotional peak, “The Red Angel” suffered in comparison to Airiam’s poignant death scene, despite having a longer arc...
AFTER LIFE – Series One
After 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’
[usr 4.5] One difference between Star Trek: Discovery and its predecessors is its focus on a small core of characters, with much of the...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.8 – ‘If Memory Serves’
[usr 3.5] It didn’t occur to me that Star Trek: Discovery was taking place after the events of “The Cage”, the Original Series’ unaired...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.7 – ‘Light and Shadows’
[usr 3.0] Now entering the final half of Star Trek: Discovery’s second season, “Light and Shadow” didn’t have a particularly strong story, but it...
LES MISERABLES (BBC, 2018)
BBC 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’
[usr 3.5] After “An Obol for Charon” led to a literal evolution of Saru (Doug Jones) as a Kelpien, having survived the “terminal” onset...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.5 - ’Saints of Imperfection’
[usr 4.0] The ongoing issues with the mycelial network have felt like a hangover from last season, and one I’d rather have avoided, but...