THIS IS ENGLAND ’90 – ‘Winter’
Breaking up is hard to do. Or at least that’s what The Carpenters told us. And if this was the break up of the...
YOU, ME & THE APOCALYPSE – ‘Episode Two’
Things kicked up a gear this week, as the effects of the on-coming apocalypse became clearer and we were introduced two new characters: Paterson Joseph’s...
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL – ‘Checking In’
I skipped American Horror Story’s first season at the time because it looked like hot garbage. I wasn’t entirely wrong—I checked it out after friends...
SICARIO (2015)
Do you like your meticulously-paced and superbly-shot action movies with a side order of bleak nihilism? You’re in luck: Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario may well...
THE LEFTOVERS, 2.1 – ‘Axis Mundi’
The first season of HBO fantasy drama The Leftovers was a hit with critics, but audiences were less receptive. It’s easy to see why,...
DOCTOR WHO, 9.3 – ‘Under the Lake’
The strongest opening for a series of Doctor Who in a while continues with Toby Whithouse’s “Under the Lake”. Series 9 may not be...
THE X-FILES – Examining the ‘Essential Episodes’
With The X-Files returning next year, over a decade since it closed the door on its cabinet of weirdness in 2002, creator Chris Carter...
OUTLANDER – Season One
Starz Network, wanting in on HBO’s success with Game of Thrones among others, has invested heavily in adapting Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander book cycle. Having...
YOU, ME & THE APOCALYPSE – ‘Episode One’
So what kind of a show is this anyway? Good question. Initial reactions to Sky1’s You, Me and the Apocalypse (which we all know...
THE MARTIAN (2015)
If you’re going to entrust any director with the task of delivering a gripping film about loneliness in the vast emptiness of space, surely...
BROOKLYN (2015)
Brooklyn is a period drama adapted from Colm Tóibín’s novel of the same name that follows Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan), a young Irish woman...
THIS IS ENGLAND ’90 – ‘Autumn’
Sunday night, 9pm, is a TV timeslot made for the warm bubblebath that is Downton Abbey. It’s a time of the week that demands...