THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS (2016)
It’s no overstatement to say that Illumination Entertainment owes its success to the Despicable Me films, with its incoherent but popular spin-off Minions also achieving...
REMAINDER (2015)
There’s an immediate urge to dive back into the world of Remainder once the screen fades to black. Based on Tom McCarthy’s underdog-debut-novel-turned-literary-phenomenon, this...
PREACHER, 1.4 – ‘Monster Swamp’
I’m watching Preacher hoping it’s going to spark to life, but I’m still waiting. It all feels insufferably slow right now; particularly when compared...
GAME OF THRONES, 6.9 – ‘Battle of the Bastards’
In the thrilling penultimate episode of this sixth season, two mighty battles appear to indicate a sea-change in world affairs, with women perhaps gaining...
OUTLANDER, 2.11 – ‘Vengeance is Mine’
History tells us that it was an English spy, Dudley Bradstreet, who forced the hand of Charles Stuart in his decisive war council with...
PEAKY BLINDERS – Series Three
There are times when describing stylish period gangster drama Peaky Blinders sounds less like talking about a television drama and more like recounting the...
PREACHER, 1.3 – ‘The Possibilities’
I’m still not sure about Preacher. I love the comic books, but this TV series lacks its sense of mischief and spark of lunacy....
GAME OF THRONES, 6.8 – ‘No One’
This week on Game of Thrones, The Hound was reacquainted with some familiar faces in a forest, Arya’s seized her destiny, Tyrion’s schemes backfired, the...
OUTLANDER, 2.10 – ‘Prestonpans’
If there was any lingering doubt about how effectively Outlander would depict the battles of the Jacobite rebellion, then that doubt was extinguished in...
THE AMERICANS, 4.13 – ‘Persona Non Grata’
Given that The Americans, in its understated way, has never been beholden to the usual expectations of how a serialised drama should play out,...
BANSHEE – Season Four
Expectation weighs heavily on TV shows once they reach their final season, and tying up the threads of any serialised drama is no easy...
PREACHER, 1.2 – ‘See’
At this early stage of AMC’s adaptation of Preacher, it’s all about trying to get a handle on what the show’s about. Even as...