Sam Esmail’s Homecoming has become a bit of a critical darling in the last few weeks. Any article or review has given Esmail olympic praise – and for good reason. The show is a triumph of cinematography and writing, a triumph reserved for Esmail himself, who has taken the limelight as the show’s ‘creator’. This […]
Mr Robot
Review – Homecoming
Sam Esmail has done it again. After the success of Mr Robot – arguably the best show on TV – he has stepped into the director’s chair for all ten of these brilliantly-constructed episodes and proven himself to be one of the most creative individuals working in the entertainment industry. The look of Homecoming is […]
Favourite TV Scenes
My Favourite TV Scenes: 5) “Hello friend.” (Mr Robot: Season 1, Episode 1) The opening scene of any series is a notoriously difficult task as writers grapple with introducing characters, plot and hooking the audience into the show. Sam Esmail’s Mr Robot perfectly combines all three in an opening sequence that is grippingly unpredictable. Elliot’s […]
Review: Mr Robot
Aname like Mr Robot might set alarm bells ringing that this is simply another clichéd tech-thriller, riddled with scenes of hackers hunched over laptops. Or that it genuinely is a TV show featuring a robot with a masculine social title as its hero. However, when Mr Robot tickled my niche interest in cyber ethics, I […]