GOOD OMENS (Amazon/BBC, 2019)
byIn 1990, Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman co-authored Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch. The book was nominated for…
AMAZON PRIME
BOSCH – Season Five
bySince its debut in 2014, I’ve only met two kinds of people as it pertains to Bosch: those who’ve never seen it and those…
HANNA – Season One
byThe journey of an extraordinary young girl raised in the forest, as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is…
PREACHER – Season Three
byAMC’s Preacher is a show where quality varies from arc to arc, episode to episode. Some moments were well-acted and poignant, others distasteful or,…
PREACHER – Season Two
byPreacher almost feels like a completely different show at the start of season 2. Its debut year meandered with inconsistent pacing and a lack of…
AMERICAN GODS, 1.8 – ‘Come to Jesus’
byIf there’s one consistent theme in American Gods, it’s belief. The show is all about how faith in the Old Gods or the New…
AMERICAN GODS, 1.7 – ‘A Prayer for Mad Sweeney’
byIt can be infuriating that American Gods often lacks much-needed structure and clarity, because it’s evidently superb at standalone storytelling. This week’s penultimate hour,…
AMERICAN GODS, 1.6 – ‘A Murder Of Gods’
byAmerican Gods is a very strange show. Its strangeness is something that makes it hard to define, and often something making it hard to…
AMERICAN GODS, 1.5 – ‘Lemon Scented You’
byAll the various and previously disconnected strands of American Gods’ core narrative are beginning to come together. Unlike last week’s excellent but unusual episode,…
AMERICAN GODS, 1.4 – ‘Git Gone’
by“Git Gone” is the best episode of American Gods so far. It’s more than that, though, it’s the show’s first truly great, cohesive, and…
AMERICAN GODS, 1.3 – ‘Head Full of Snow’
byAmerican Gods is such an overwhelmingly gorgeous show that it feels hard to criticise it. Like the previous two episodes, “Head Full of Snow”…
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (2016)
byAn antisocial uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies.