Black Mirror: ‘Ashley’ is a tale of Algorithm and Blues…
Rachel is at that awkward age where she’s deciding whether fitting in to school-life and having friends is the most or least important to her. She tries not to care … Read More
Category: TELEVISION REVIEW
Black Mirror: ‘Smithereens’ – uber-topical tale of death & taxis…
Chris Gilhaney’s life is not what it was. He divides his time between grief-counselling groups and providing an Uber-like service in his car. Chris (Andrew Scott) quietly meditates in his … Read More
Black Mirror: ‘Vipers’ strikes at heart of sexual identity…
Danny and Karl are long-time friends who party all night and all day and don’t have a care in the world… even Danny’s girlfriend, Theo is often a willing participant … Read More
Hill of the King: AMC’s impressive ‘NOS4A2’ has familial formula…
Victoria ‘Vic’ McQueen (Ashleigh Cummings) dreams of escaping her small Massachusetts town and heading off to art college – away from her bickering parents and the area that stifles her … Read More
The Quirk and the Dead: ‘Good Omens’ realises its portent-ial…
God (Frances McDormand) has a plan. Or so she says. And so does her opposite number. But for eons (in fact, since the Garden of Eden) two respective minions, one … Read More
Anti-Meta: Twilight Zone finale asks if you kept your eyes Peeled..?
A weary writer (Seth Rogen) ponders his inability to come up with a satisfying hook for his next project. Moving post-it notes around and staring at his computer screen doesn’t … Read More
OVERVIEW: Killing Eve’s second season – snark of a covenant….
Sophomore television seasons are always hard. Like that pesky second album follow-up to an unexpected gold-plated disc success, there’s the potentially crippling high expectations and the question of whether you … Read More
Twilight Zone’s Promising ‘Blue Scorpion’ lacks sting in tale…
Anthropology professor Jeff Storck (Chris O’Dowd) is not having a great life. His father, Otis,with whom he lives, has just killed himself. His estranged wife wants a divorce (she’s met … Read More
Game Over: Embers, ashes and epilogues…
There’s one – and probably only one – absolute truth when it comes to writing for television: that you can’t please everyone, even most of the time. The more passionate … Read More
Twilight Zone: Point of Origin misses its Point…
When the pristine Eve (Ginnifer Goodwin) agrees to let her maid use the address to help her grandson get an education placement, she thinks she’s merely bending the rules a … Read More
Bazinga – Out with a (Big) Bang…
And, so after twelve years, The Big Bang Theory bows out and the primetime schedules take a fundamental shift… Some have blamed Jim Parsons for the show coming to a … Read More
GOT: Apocalypse Wow. For whom doth ‘The Bells’ toll..?
With the forces of the Night King defeated, the troops have headed south to begin to rally for their attack on Cersei’s forces in Kings Landing. However, Cersei (Lena Headey) … Read More
Male-Fraud: Twilight Zone gender agenda pays-off…
Annie (Taissa Farmiga) is a young woman who will usually bury herself in work, over-eager to make a good impression and will go more than the extra mile to convince … Read More
Summertime S.H.I.E.L.D.: AWOL from MCU…
Last year viewers wondered how Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD would deal with the events of their big screen cousin’s Avengers: Infinity War. After all – spoilers – the ending of … Read More
GOT: The Mourning after the Night King before…
Winterfell has been successfully defended against the Night King and the White Walkers, though the cost has been many lives of hose loyal to Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen. And … Read More