JURASSIC WORLD (2015)
The Jurassic Park franchise has always been looking back 65 million years (wondering how modern man would cope with the return of prehistoric animals),...
THE LEFTOVERS, 2.2 – ‘A Matter of Geography’
After the premiere unexpectedly whisked us to the completely new location of Jarden, Texas (to introduce a whole new family who live there), “A...
DOCTOR WHO, 9.4 – ‘Before the Flood’
The TARDIS feeling grumpy about temporal anomalies, and the tolling of the Cloister Bell, do not prepare you for the mind-scrambling deconstruction of the...
WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (2014)
Times are tough for traditional, two-dimensional, hand drawn animation. The mainstream is dominated with glossy, shiny, digitally-animated movies that, while often hits with audiences,...
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...