Review: Snowpiercer (TV Series) With the release of the show’s third season, Stanley Murphy-Johns makes the case for going back and watching the flawed yet artful show in its entirety. Is the acting a strange amalgamation of melodramatic and wooden? Yep. Does the writing fall flat in the quieter moments? Absolutely. Is the central metaphor […]
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Review: Around the World in 80 Days
Review: Around the World in 80 Days Piers Mucklejohn finds a lot to love in the exhilarating modern adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic novel and discusses the cultural criticism surrounding its production. There is something about watching a dishevelled David Tennant frantically scramble about the stage or screen that never quite gets old – and […]
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 […]
House of Cards, season 6 – Review
Harrowing drama, a protagonist lacking in morality and a ruthless firing – the story behind the scenes of House of Cards’ sixth series will likely be remembered far longer than the season itself. There is little left to say about the firing of Kevin Spacey – on an ethical level, it was obviously the correct […]
Bodyguard – Review
After its premier on the BBC, Bodyguard recently arrived on Netflix with the same promise as political thrillers like The Honourable Woman and The Night Manager. The plot picks up as PTSD-riddled Iraq War veteran David Budd (Richard Madden of Game of Thrones fame) is assigned to be the personal bodyguard of Home Secretary Julia […]
Daredevil: Season 3 – Review
13 episodes. 13 damn episodes. The obsession with this arbitrary number has certainly proved unlucky for the Netflix corner of the MCU. Even those who sat through 26 episodes of Harlem’s Hero and the mercifully shorter 23 episodes of a posh white brat not doing nearly enough fist-ing greeted their cancellation with a mild shrug and […]
The resonance of Bojack Horseman, Season 5
“I made him more vulnerable and that made him more likeable. And that made for a better TV show. But if [this show] is just a way to help dumb assholes rationalize their own awful behaviour then I’m sorry, but we can’t put this out there.” Not a quote from the writers’ room of hit Netflix […]