Tag Archives: TV

Review: The Clone Wars: Season 7 (2020)

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Going forward, Star Wars movies should be more like Star Wars TV. Whereas the movies have largely become overly self-conscious and uninspired, recently THE MANDALORIAN and especially THE CLONE WARS have shown us how character-driven storytelling in a galaxy far, … Continue reading →

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Chernobyl: Audience Adulation vs Critical Consenus

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

According to the IMDb, HBO/Sky’s miniseries CHERNOBYL is now the most critically acclaimed TV show of all time. It’s in all the trailers now: “9.6/10”. This does not matter. I’m not one of those “who cares what the critics think?” … Continue reading →

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Review: It (2017)

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Nobody does a slow build like Stephen King. In both THE STAND and IT, he’s still introducing new characters and concepts with 250 pages to go and he can spend chapter after chapter establishing history, geography, mood and layer -upon-layer … Continue reading →

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TV Review in Brief: American Gods Season 1 (2017)

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

The Brian Fuller-fronted adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s neo-fantasy epic AMERICAN GODS for me is a great take on this material. It vividly recreates many of the weird and wonderful moments from the first stretch of the book, but the series’ … Continue reading →

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12 for Twelve: The Best of the Twelfth Doctor

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Series 10 may well be the best DOCTOR WHO series finale of the revived series. It’s certainly one of the darkest stories in the show’s history and a high point for writer Steven Moffat. Now Peter Capaldi’s time as the … Continue reading →

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Review: Legion: Season 1 (2017)

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

LEGION is bonkers and brilliant. If you were ever disappointed that Chris Claremont’s more out-there comic book stories weren’t adapted into the movies, look no further than this TV show to correct that. Although they still don’t go to space, … Continue reading →

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Review: The Crown – Season 1 (2016)

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

THE CROWN was by far and away my television highlight of 2016. Following the first decade of Queen Elizabeth II’s long reign, it boasts stately performances, sumptuous production design and an intimate examination of real people in a unique situation. … Continue reading →

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Ash vs: or, why Living Dead has already left Walking Dead behind 

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

In 83 episodes over 6 seasons, THE WALKING DEAD has captivated audiences the world over with grim character work, creeping dread and excessive zombie killing. I am no longer one of those captivated – the pilot was great and there … Continue reading →

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Review: Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

This may well be the cleverest and most subversive film Warner Bros Animation have ever made, and it’s an animated followup to 1960s BATMAN TV show. I’m an Adam West fan and an appreciator of “camp” as an aesthetic for … Continue reading →

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Review: Dad’s Army (2016)

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Sam Sewell-Peterson

Just in case you’re reading this in a country the BBC doesn’t directly beam its content to, DAD’S ARMY was a British sitcom that broadcast from the late 1960s to the late 1970s that followed an incompetent platoon of WWII … Continue reading →

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