WESTWORLD, 2.3 – ‘Virtù e Fortuna’
[usr 3.0] If you’ve been wondering where that dead Bengal tiger came from, “Virtù e Fortuna” is quick to confirm it arrived from a...
WESTWORLD, 2.2 – ‘Reunion’
[usr 3.5] The second season of Westworld continues with “Reunion”, an instalment that predictably finds many characters being reacquainted, while broadening the scope of...
WESTWORLD, 2.1 – ‘Journey into Night’
[usr 3.5] Television adaptations will often take a different approach to the movies or books they’re based on. Michael Crichton’s Westworld (1973) completed its...
Competition: Win Season One of HBO’s WESTWORLD on DVD!
Would you like to win a DVD of the science fiction HBO original series WESTWORLD? Read on...
GAME OF THRONES, 7.7 – ‘The Dragon and the Wolf’
[usr 4.5] The finale was a good antidote to the breakneck pace of season 7, as 80-minutes allowed more space for the character interactions...
GAME OF THRONES, 7.6 – ‘Beyond the Wall’
[usr 3.5] The penultimate episode is usually where Game of Thrones would flex its ‘action movie’ muscles, by throwing a good portion of the...
GAME OF THRONES, 7.5 – ‘Eastwatch’
[usr 3.5] The seventh season continues its furious pace, which is pleasurable for the sheer amount of notable events that are happening without much...
GAME OF THRONES, 7.4 – ‘The Spoils of War’
[usr 4.5] There have been epic battles on Game of Thrones before, but never one this early in the season, or involving no clearcut...
GAME OF THRONES, 7.3 – ‘The Queen’s Justice’
[usr 4.0] The title refers more to Cersei’s actions than anyone else’s, but “The Queen’s Justice” otherwise makes clear the differences between the two...
GAME OF THRONES, 7.2 – ‘Stormborn’
[usr 4.0] This second episode, “Stormborn”, was notable for how the past kept echoing around every decision being made. You can’t move for history...
GAME OF THRONES, 7.1 – ‘Dragonstone’
[usr 3.5] It’s the beginning of the end for HBO’s all-conquering fantasy Game of Thrones, which begins a bisected final season, with just 7 episodes...
SILICON VALLEY – Season Four
[usr 3.0] HBO’s tech-based sitcom Silicon Valley recently returned for a fourth season, again following the trials and tribulations of start-up company Pied Piper....