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PATHS OF GLORY (1957)
After refusing to attack an enemy position, a general accuses the soldiers of cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.
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MR. ROBOT, 2.11 – ‘eps2.9_pyth0n-pt1.p7z’
I know it can seem like I’m obsessed by the debt the second season of Mr. Robot owes to the work of David Lynch, but given how this penultimate instalment took Lynchian homage to its most extreme form… I feel justified. We can’t beat them but we don’t have to lose to them either. There’s…
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HALT AND CATCH FIRE, 3.5 – ‘Yerba Buena’
Halfway through Halt and Catch Fire’s third season, and things are starting to come together slightly. The show’s split between the ‘Mutineers’ and ‘MacMillanites’, as each group of characters appear to be edging towards a career-changing breakthrough. Joe (Lee Pace) has already tasted huge success, but it seems like he’s onto bigger things with his…
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BLAIR WITCH (2016)
When new footage of the original Blair Witch documentary appears, the brother of one of its infamous filmmakers joins a group of friends to discover what happened to his sister…
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THE FLASH – Season Two
If there’s one thing to blame for the unevenness of recent seasons of both The Flash and Arrow, it’s The CW’s latest spin-off DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Undoubtedly, The Flash remains one of the most confident and entertaining comic-book shows on television. But its storytelling throughout season 2 is inconsistent; especially in the first half,…
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MATINEE (1993)
A small-time film director releases a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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MR. ROBOT, 2.10 – ‘eps2.8_h1dden-pr0cess.axx’
“It’s a long way from getting high and watching Back To The Future II.” It certainly is, my friends. With only two more hours to go, Sam Esmail really ratcheted up the tension in “h1dden-pr0cess.axx”, ensuring that my nerves were jangling by the end. Is Darlene (Carly Chaikin) dead? On any other show, I’d say…
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HALT AND CATCH FIRE, 3.4 – ‘Rules of Honorable Play’
This wasn’t as strong as the previous three Halt and Catch Fire episodes, but you can’t arc a season of TV without plot-building instalments like “Rules of Honorable Play”; hours that gently set new things in motion, foreshadowing better things to come. I liked how this episode spent time looking at three characters—Joe (Lee Pace), Donna…
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Six to See this September
What new movies and television shows are most deserving of your attention this month? Our editor, Dan Owen, selects his top six choices for UK audiences…
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FLEABAG – Series One
The BBC is currently celebrating televised comedy via its ‘Landmark Sitcom Season’. Amidst the remakes of popular shows—such as Porridge and Are You Being Served?—you may have missed one of its grittier new creations. Released on BBC Three to very little fanfare, Fleabag has emerged as one of the finest British comedies of recent years.…
