HANNIBAL, 3.8 – ‘The Great Red Dragon’
Let’s start with the most unmistakably meta moment in “The Great Red Dragon,” which occurs when Dr. Chilton (Raúl Esparza) visits the now-incarcerated Dr....
HUMANS – series one, episode seven
Well, Humans certainly isn’t dragging its heels now, is it? Unsurprising, perhaps, given that this is the penultimate episode, but the level of incident...
TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.6 – ‘Church in Ruins’
If the first season of True Detective felt like the work of a TV writer who’d read far too many novels (with its heavy doses...
SOUTHPAW (2015)
There’s a theory espoused by former Grantland editor Bill Simmons that sometimes people are just ready for certain movies; that the success of some...
WATERWORLD (1995)
Waterworld still evokes feelings of cinematic misfortune, two decades after the post-apocalyptic action film’s summer release, but time’s been kind to this 1995 ‘flopbuster’. Indeed, despite...
INSIDE OUT (2015)
It’s hard to imagine there’ll be a film this year as inventive and audacious as Pixar’s newest offering Inside Out. That might seem like...
HANNIBAL, 3.7 – ‘Digestivo’
As Hannibal has always been at its best when it walks a fine line between high art and pulp, any episode that references both...
HUMANS – series one, episode six
Where last week’s episode felt like a holding episode, part six of Humans was packed with incident, both physical and emotional, and boasted plenty...
TRUE DETECTIVE, 2.5 – ‘Other Lives’
“It’s never too late to start all over again.” How very true Ani (Rachel McAdams)—although, in the case of this season’s True Detective, I’d...
CLUELESS (1995)
If you were a teenager in the 1990s, there’s a big possibility you still use lines from Clueless in your everyday life. Between “As...
ANT-MAN (2015)
Ant-Man, the newest film in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe (MCU) is a little rougher around the edges than some of the studio’s recent offerings, but...
PENNY DREADFUL – Season Two
Penny Dreadful’s second season opener “Fresh Hell” effectively restates the show’s modus operandi. The snowbound confrontation between its two female leads, Vanessa Ives (Eva Green, enthralling as...