STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.5 – ‘Choose Your Pain’
This fifth episode did a lot of good things, furthering our understanding of these characters, while using the theme of pain to interesting effect...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.4 – ‘The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry’
Now that Star Trek: Discovery’s up and running, “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry” delivered an hour that’s probably a better...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.3 – ‘Context is for Kings’
There’s a short sequence in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s pilot, “The Emissary”, which is a flashback to the Federation’s famous battle against the...
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 1.1 & 1.2 – ‘The Vulcan Hello’ & ‘Battle at the Binary Stars’
On the face of it, Star Trek: Discovery isn’t offering much that’s new. We’ve had a darker, serialised Trek series with a black lead...
BOJACK HORSEMAN – Season Four
It can’t be overstated that BoJack Horseman is one of the best television shows currently airing, animated or otherwise. Netflix’s comedy about a washed-up...
DEATH NOTE (2017)
After a high school student finds an ancient notebook with the power to kill any person whose name he writes in it, he decides to become a secret vigilante, but finds himself pursued by a famous detective...
THE DEFENDERS – Season One
The first season of Netflix’s Daredevil was the best TV superhero drama in years, perhaps ever; the second was an entertaining mess. Jessica Jones...
GYPSY – Season One
Netflix original content has gone a little crazy just lately. What started with House of Cards snowballed with Orange is the New Black and...
GLOW – Season One
I have a confession to make. I am absolutely wrestling mad. Truth be told, I can’t remember a time where I wasn’t watching the...
OKJA (2017)
A young South Korean girl risks everything to prevent a powerful company from kidnapping her best friend - a large animal named Okja.
BETTER CALL SAUL, 3.10 – ‘Lantern’
A lot happened in the third season finale of Better Call Saul, although many of the big events didn’t get complete pay-off here, as...
HOUSE OF CARDS – Season Five
When you look at Netflix these days, it’s sobering to realise that, just five years ago, the notion of an original series on a...