STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.4 – ‘An Obol for Charon’
byAfter the disappointing “Point of Light“, Star Trek: Discovery thankfully returned to the intellectual spirit that fuelled “New Eden“, as both capture the essence…
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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.3 – ‘Point of Light’
byAfter last week’s comforting throwback “New Eden“, Star Trek: Discovery was back to its choppier self with “Point of Light”, lacking narrative focus and…
POLAR (2019)
byThe world’s top assassin is about to retire when his employer marks him as a liability to the firm, so must go head to head with an army of younger killers…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.2 – ‘New Eden’
byThis felt like classic Star Trek, I’m pleased to say. “New Eden” may have relied on well-worn formulas and ideas, but it was a good…
LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS – Season Three
byA Series of Unfortunate Events was never going to give us a fairy tale ending. The narrator, Lemony Snicket (Patrick Warburton), has told us…
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, 2.1 – ‘Brother’
byThe long-awaited return of Star Trek to weekly television resulted in a mixed reception, as Discovery opted to follow a similar aesthetic and pace…
WATERSHIP DOWN (2018)
byFleeing their doomed warren, a colony of rabbits struggle to find and defend a new home.
BLACK MIRROR – ‘Bandersnatch’
byA young programmer dreams of turning a fantasy novel into a ‘choose your own adventure’ game for a big software company but, in the attempt, his own reality becomes weirdly disoriented…
CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA – Season One
byRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s edgier interpretation of Archie Comics’ Sabrina the Teenage Witch debuted in comic-book form in 2014, so this Netflix drama is more accurately…
DAREDEVIL – Season Three
byIf the first season of Daredevil was the birth of a superhero, and the second was the exploration of teenage angst, then season three…
THE CROWN – Season Two
bySeason 2 of The Crown will forever be known as the time the Royals got racy. It begins in 1957, continuing to blend the…
MANIAC (Netflix, 2018)
byManiac isn’t a hard show to understand. It also doesn’t have the most original of sci-fi ideas, being about two people who take drugs…