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DREAMS (1990)
A collection of tales based upon the actual dreams of legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa.
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TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A (1985)
A fearless Secret Service agent will stop at nothing to bring down the counterfeiter who killed his partner.
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POLDARK – Series Two
How you feel about series 2 of Poldark almost certainly comes down to how you feel about that scene. You know the one. The moment in episode 8 where our hero, Captain Ross Poldark (Aidan Turner), rides late at night to newly widowed former girlfriend Elizabeth (Heida Reid), kicks down the door to her bedroom…
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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, most things came together nicely by the end, but Drummond’s (Neil Maskell) storyline felt disconnected for the most part, and certainly less integral. The same is still somewhat true of Drummond…
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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 obfuscated others. Still, for a mystery show it’s going a solid job making you hang on each actor’s every word, and see if events confirm your theories. I just wish more…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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 to come with the bleak observation that we’re already too far along the path towards such an outcome. And that we’ll be unable or unwilling to reverse our fate. These issues…
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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 or tension. It was revealed that Dr. Morrow’s (Carrie-Anne Moss) A.I program, known as ‘V’, is far more than just a science project to her. While the episode waited until the…
