JONATHAN STRANGE & MR NORRELL (2015)
[usr 3.0] A seven-part adaptation of the acclaimed fantasy novel by Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is, by all accounts, an impressively...
HUMANS – series one, episode three
[usr 3.0] After two very strong openings, the third instalment of Humans sees a few cracks in the veneer, and a few contrivances starting...
THE AVENGERS – The Complete Series Five
[usr 4.0] Patrick Macnee was The Avengers. He was there at the very beginning when Sydney Newman, ABC’s Head of Drama, cancelled a crime...
TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.2 – ‘Night Finds You’
[usr 3.5] Oh, Ray, say it ain’t so! Just as I was beginning to warm to the depressed Detective Velcoro (Colin Farrell), with his...
HANNIBAL, 3.4 – ‘Aperitivo’
[usr 4.0] The news that NBC has decided not to renew Hannibal for a fourth season is disappointing but no surprise. Frankly, it’s remarkable...
TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.1 – ‘The Western Book of the Dead’
[usr 3.0] Hello everyone, and welcome to the second season of True Detective (a.k.a the one where Nic Pizzolatto tries to pre-empt his critics by...
HUMANS – series one, episode two
[usr 4.0] With its second instalment, Humans consolidates its position as television’s premier slice of intelligent science fiction, and continues to intrigue and unsettle. Even...
SENSE8 – Season One
[usr 3.0] Having invigorated sci-fi action with 1999’s The Matrix, Andy and Lana Wachowski have struggled to match their cyberpunk sensation. Two inferior sequels followed...
HANNIBAL, 3.3 – ‘Secondo’
[usr 4.0] It’s become inevitable for most popular franchises to eventually turn to a prequel or reboot that fills in the details of their...
GAME OF THRONES – Season Five
Warning: this review contains major spoilers for HBO’s Game of Thrones, not just the fifth season, so it’s recommend you don’t read until you’ve seen up...
AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D – Season Two
[usr 3.5] Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D occupies a unique position within Marvel’s expanding “cinematic universe”, in that it aims to be related to the movies, but...
HUMANS – series one, episode one
[usr 4.0] In the alternate present depicted in AMC/Channel 4’s Humans, the world’s almost indistinguishable from our own, with one key difference: despite technology...