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...
OUTLANDER, 2.9 – ‘Je Suis Prest’
The past is never very forgiving in Outlander. “Je Suis Prest”, translated as ‘I am ready’ from the Clan Fraser’s motto, is an ironic...
GAME OF THRONES, 6.7 – ‘The Broken Man’
This week on Game of Thrones, another old favourite made his belated return, the Stark siblings tried to build their army, Jaime arrived in the Riverlands to...
11.22.63 (Hulu, 2016)
Science fiction is my favourite genre, and time travel stories fire my imagination the most. This is partly because theoretical science supports the idea...
THE AMERICANS, 4.12 – ‘A Roy Rogers in Franconia’
“A Roy Rogers in Franconia” begins right where last week’s episode left off, with Paige (Holly Taylor) having seen her mom take care of...
WARCRAFT (2016)
My interest in video games waned with the Playstation 2, so forgive me for not being au fait with Warcraft; the video games and...
THE NICE GUYS (2016)
Shane Black’s The Nice Guys harks back to the buddy movies of yesteryear, and is sure to remind audiences of his tremendous 2005 directorial...
GAME OF THRONES, 6.6 – ‘Blood of My Blood’
This week on Game of Thrones, midseason arrived with “Blood of My Blood”, which saw the return of an old “favourite”, we put a...
THE AMERICANS, 4.11 – ‘Dinner for Seven’
The scene that gives this week’s episode its name happens about halfway through, when Stan (Noah Emmerich) drops in on the Jennings family as...