MR. ROBOT, 2.3 – ‘eps2.1_k3rnel-pan1c.ksd’
Of all the many things I love about Mr. Robot (its sharp dialogue, excellent performances, the way it deliberately messes with your mind so...
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK – Season Four
The fourth season of Netflix original Orange is the New Black picks up directly where we left off, with the inmates all swimming in...
PREACHER, 1.8 – ‘El Valero’
Much like the previous episode, “El Valero” had its ups and downs. I loved the clever way the writers have been steering us towards...
20 Years On: THE FRIGHTENERS
On 19 July 1996, Peter Jackson's THE FRIGHTENERS was released to disappointing box office sales, but 20 years later it's clearly an important transitional movie for the LORD OF THE RINGS director...
COCOON (1985)
After a group of old men start swimming in a pool full of alien cocoons, they become rejuvenated with youthful vigour, in Ron Howard's 1985 sci-fi drama...
ANOMALISA (2015)
A man, crippled by the mundanity of his life, experiences something out of the ordinary in this stop-motion animation from Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson...
MR. ROBOT, 2.1 & 2.2 – ‘eps2.0_unm4sk-pt1.tc’ & ‘eps2.0_unm4sk-pt2.tc’
It’s always a mistake to think that you have any real grasp on what’s happening in Mr Robot, given that creator Sam Esmail could...
GHOSTBUSTERS (2016)
Following an invasion of ghosts across Manhattan, paranormal experts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan, band together to stop this otherworldly threat.
HIGH-RISE (2015)
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control in Ben Wheatley's adaptation of J.G Ballard's novel...
PREACHER, 1.7 – ‘He Gone’
My biggest gripe about Preacher has been how scattershot everything’s been, but “He Gone” felt more harmonious and structured. The flashbacks didn’t seem as...
OUTLANDER, 2.13 – ‘Dragonfly in Amber’
“Dragonfly in Amber” avoids the elephant in the room. The season-long build-up to the devastating battle of Culloden is simply that, a slowly mounting,...
SATAN’S BLADE (1984)
Satan’s Blade is indicative of the archetypal quality and budgets of 1980s ‘video nasties’. It’s an inexpensive slasher film mimicking the tried and tested...