HUMANS – series two, episode four
We’re already half way through Humans series 2, and one of the issues with the first series is rearing its head again. Last year,...
WESTWORLD, 1.8 – ‘Trace Decay’
As there are only three episodes left this season, “Trace Decay” came loaded with information that helped clarify a few things, but it also...
ROXANNE (1987)
Based on the play 'Cyrano de Bergerac', big-nosed fire chief C.D. Bales falls for the beautiful Roxanne, who loves his personality but another man's looks.
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM (2016)
A young English wizard called Newt Scamander accidentally unleashes a variety of magical creatures onto New York City in the 1920s...
PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (2002)
A psychologically troubled novelty supplier is nudged towards a romance with an English woman, all the while being extorted by a phone-sex line run by a crooked mattress seller...
BLACK MIRROR, 3.6 – ‘Hated in the Nation’
Humans themselves are frequently the architects of their own downfall in Black Mirror. It’s a simple message for the show, but one that tends...
HUMANS – series two, episode three
This third episode of Humans slowed down the pace slow somewhat, for an hour that provided plenty of nice moments, but lacked much excitement...
WESTWORLD, 1.7 – ‘Trompe L’Oeil’
The downside of being inordinately interested in TV is that you’re more susceptible to having surprises ruined; either because you invest enough time into...
MAID MARIAN AND HER MERRY MEN (BBC, 1989-1994)
The true story of Sherwood Forest is finally revealed: Robin was a cowardly tailor from Kensington, and Marian was the brains behind the Merry Men.
BLACK MIRROR, 3.5 – ‘Men Against Fire’
The fifth episode of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror takes us on a journey through a dystopian version of Call of Duty, by way of...
BLACK MIRROR, 3.4 – ‘San Junipero’
How you feel about “San Junipero” will ultimately come down to what you think about the ending. Do Yorkie (Mackenzie Davis) and Kelly (Gugu...
THE INITIATION (1984)
While trying to understand a reoccurring nightmare, a pledge is coaxed into breaking into her father's department store by her sorority sisters, where a deranged killer targets the girls and their boyfriends.