WESTWORLD, 2.3 – ‘Virtù e Fortuna’
byIf you’ve been wondering where that dead Bengal tiger came from, “Virtù e Fortuna” is quick to confirm it arrived from a neighbouring park,…
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LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS – Season Two
bySeason 1 of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events was a dark and campy delight for Netflix, one that kept the audience watching…
WESTWORLD, 2.2 – ‘Reunion’
byThe second season of Westworld continues with “Reunion”, an instalment that predictably finds many characters being reacquainted, while broadening the scope of the story…
MR. ROBOT – Season Three
byI have an interesting relationship with Mr Robot. Unlike Game of Thrones or Westworld, where I’m desperate for the next season to start, I…
WESTWORLD, 2.1 – ‘Journey into Night’
byTelevision adaptations will often take a different approach to the movies or books they’re based on. Michael Crichton’s Westworld (1973) completed its story in…
JESSICA JONES, 2.12 & 2.13 – ‘AKA Pray for My Patsy’ & ‘AKA Playland’
by“AKA Pray for My Patsy” As mentioned previously, the second season of Jessica Jones has suffered from pacing issues, with whole episodes dedicated to…
JESSICA JONES, 2.10 & 2.11 – ‘AKA Pork Chop’ & ‘AKA Three Lives and Counting’
by“AKA Pork Chop” ‘Everyone has a hidden agenda’ is our theme in “AKA Pork Chop”, undoubtedly one of the weakest and most frustrating episodes…
JESSICA JONES, 2.8 & 2.9 – ‘AKA Ain’t We Got Fun’ & ‘AKA Shark in the Bathtub, Monster in the Bed’
by“AKA Ain’t We Got Fun” Something I never thought I’d say: Jessica Jones is becoming too ‘Marvel’. In “AKA Ain’t We Got Fun”, we see…
THE AVENGERS – ‘Tunnel of Fear’
by“Tunnel of Fear” is the 20th episode of the first series of the 1960s British TV series The Avengers, and one of only three known complete series 1 episodes to have survived original broadcast…
JESSICA JONES, 2.6 & 2.7 – ‘AKA Facetime’ & ‘AKA I Want Your Cray Cray’
by“AKA Facetime” Halfway through season one, Jessica Jones threw audiences for a loop with Kilgrave’s (David Tennant) creepy purchase of Jessica’s (Krysten Ritter) childhood…
JESSICA JONES, 2.4 & 2.5 – ‘AKA God Help the Hobo’ & ‘AKA The Octopus’
by“AKA God Help the Hobo” It seems like our eponymous heroine has learnt the advantage of speaking out and having a team behind her…
THE X-FILES, 11.10 – ‘My Struggle IV’
byWhile nowhere near as shambolic as season 10’s finale, “My Struggle IV” was still a disappointing end to The X-Files — perhaps forever? Although without Gillian…