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Chernobyl: Audience Adulation vs Critical Consenus
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
Posted in Film, Film Review, Television
Tagged Chernobyl, HBO, Historical Drama, IMDb, Jared Harris, Paul Ritter, Sky, TV
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Review: It (2017)
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
Posted in Film, Film Review
Tagged Andy Muscietti, Bill Skarsgård, Chosen Jacobs, Finn Wolfhard, Horror, It, Jack Dylan Grazer, Jackson Robert Scott, Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Literature, Mama, Nicholas Hamilton, Sophia Lillis, Stephen King, The Stand, TIm Curry, TV, Wyatt Oleff
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TV Review in Brief: American Gods Season 1 (2017)
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
Posted in Film Review, Television
Tagged American Gods, Brian Fuller, Emily Browning, Fantasy, Neil Gaiman, Orlando Jones, Pablo Schreiber, TV
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12 for Twelve: The Best of the Twelfth Doctor
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
Posted in Film, Film Feature, Television
Tagged A Christmas Carol, Alex Kingston, BBC, Ben Miller, David Suchet, David Tennant, Deep Breath, Doctor Who, Empress of Mars, Errol Flynn, Frank Skinner, Groundhog Day, Heaven Sent, Jenna Coleman, John Simm, Julian Bleach, Knock Knock, Mark Gatiss, Matt Lucas, Michael Gambon, Michelle Gomez, Mummy on the Orient Express, Pearl Mackie, Peter Capaldi, Robot of Sherwood, Robots of Death, Sci-fi, Scooby Doo, Steven Moffat, The Day of the Doctor, The Doctor Falls, The Husbands of River Song, The Magician's Apprentice, The Pilot, The Thick of It, The Waters of Mars, The Zygon Invasion, Tom Baker, Tom Riley, TV, World Enough and TIme, Zulu
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Review: Legion: Season 1 (2017)
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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Tagged Bryan Singer, Chris Claremont, Dan Stevens, Fargo, Legion, Noah Hawley, TV, X-Men
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Review: The Crown – Season 1 (2016)
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
Posted in Film, Film Review, Television
Tagged Alex Jennings, Carry On, Claire Foy, Drama, Educating Rita, Jared Harris, John Lithgow, Matt Smith, Peter Morgan, The Crown, The Graduate, TV, Vanessa Kirby, Victoria Hamilton
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Ash vs: or, why Living Dead has already left Walking Dead behind
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
Review: Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)
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
Review: Dad’s Army (2016)
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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Tagged Alison Steadman, Arthur Lowe, BBC, Bill Nighy, Comedy, Dad's Army, Felicity Montagu, John Le Mesurier, Sarah Lancashire, Toby Jones, Tom Courtenay, TV
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Fargo Season 2: Tall Tale Made in Weirdness
The following piece contains spoilers for Season 2 of FARGO. The first season of the TV companion piece to the Coen Brothers’ classic movie had me completely and utterly hooked. I felt sure no-one could hope to measure up to … Continue reading
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Tagged Angus Simpson, Crime, Drama, Fargo, Film, Gangster Film, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Kumiko the Treasure Hunter, Movies, Noah Hawley, Patrick Wilson, The Coen Brothers, TV
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