Of the three plus years of the virtual Sundance I have attended, 2025’s felt like the weirdest yet. The films had varying qualities of success, varying from good middling to downright bad. As the festival progressed, I began to think this was the weakest year yet. That is until I …
The AppleTV+ show Severance is an extraordinary feat of imaginative filmmaking. Over the course of a critically acclaimed first season, and three episodes of funky mystery-box plotting, and a crazy cliffhanger which saw Outie Mark begin to be psychologically recalibrated with his Innie, the show has consistently agitated and cajoled …
The title of episode three of Severance season two, Who Is Alive?, is a question. In a show that is constantly asking questions, this is only the second instance of the title itself existing as a question. The first was in season one, with the episode What’s For Dinner? which …
All eyes were on how James Gunn planned to start the DCU. When it was revealed the starting product would be Creature Commandos, some people scratched their heads. Is this animated series able to jump-start a new universe? It was a strange start, simply because (similarly to Gunn’s The Suicide …
Winning an award is always an achievement worthy of noting. The first season of Severance, the superb Apple TV+ thriller where characters sever their brains to become two people (an Innie for work life, and an Outie for home life) earned several but the one that feels most salient to …
When Apple announced their appearance on the streaming market, there was palpable excitement amongst media fans. Allowing filmmakers and creatives to play with big budgets to create vibrant, energetic stories nearly totally liberated from network executives was a concept unfamiliar within the media zeitgeist. That excitement soon deflated after AppleTV+ …
When Doctor Who Christmas specials first began with the 2005 revival, they often existed lateral to main storylines bar the occasional outlier (such as The Time of the Doctor). With The Church on Ruby Road last year, though, Ncuti Gatwa’s tenure as The Doctor began with an episode that sparked …
Apple TV+ launched all the way back in 2019, and it has since produced a plethora of original films and TV shows. But unlike Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime, it struggles to enter the zeitgeist. Its most popular show, Ted Lasso, is probably the closest something from Apple TV+ has …
Netflix’s The Man with 1000 Kids tells the shocking story of Jonathan Jacob Meijer, a “serial sperm donor” who has admitted to donating sperm for 500-600 children – but some say the number is actually in the thousands. The three-episode mini-series follows a group of families raising a child in …
Unlike the rest of my reviews for this season of Doctor Who, this review will contain spoilers for the episode. What marks this change is that Empire of Death is one of the worst finales of Doctor Who, and to efficiently discuss and critique the episode in a manner that …
DC Comics has no shortage of quality animated material. This includes numerous direct-to-DVD films (the most recent being the Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earth trilogy). While those have offered mixed results, one corner of DC that has remained popular is its animated television content. HBO Max’s shows, such as …
Well, it seems that we need to say happy holidays to Netflix. Black Doves is the Christmas present you never knew you needed. Think…socks. An expensive, robust pair of socks that doesn’t have holes in them by March. They might not be what you asked for, might not have been …
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Christmas is a season to celebrate with family, exchange presents and eat delicious food, and then collapse on the sofa to lock into some festive entertainment. Holiday telly has become an important part of the festive tradition as beloved shows present special …
Star Wars media has returned to the cultural forefront since the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015. A film trilogy and several television shows later, the franchise has become a norm within the entertainment media landscape. Unfortunately, such an extensive array of content has not had the …
In 2019, author Holly Jackson released the YA fiction novel A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder to critical acclaim. It went on to win 2020’s British Book Awards Children’s Fiction Book Winner of the Year and, as with most award-winning novels, it was soon picked up for a television adaption. …
Based on the bestselling book by Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing rockets viewers back to 1972 Belfast with an explosive opening scene. The miniseries employs different framing devices to Keefe’s nonfiction tome, but both work to great effect. Widowed mother of ten Jean McConville (Judith Roddy) sends her eldest daughter …
Agatha All Along, with Kathryn Hahn, is the latest from Marvel Television and is a solid Halloween watch. Ever since Avengers: Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been scrutinized. Fans have felt that the post-Infinity Saga films and television series have lacked focus. While engaging characters have entered the equation, it’s …
Well there, Circle Fam, it’s that special occasion that only rolls around twice a year; that’s right, a new season of Netflix’s The Circle is just around the corner! Everyone’s favorite social media competition is back with 13 new episodes full of twists and turns. What’s at stake? Only 100,000 …
Though no one has ever said so explicitly, The Mallorca Files was clearly designed to remind the British of the benefits of a close relationship with Europe. The show is filmed in a Spain where everyone speaks fluent English, with one British and one German lead actor, and a supporting …
The story of Middle Earth has always been fascinating. J.R.R. Tolkien left no stone unturned to create one of the most detailed and immersive fictional worlds in the history of literature. Whether it was The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, or Silmarillion, Tolkien’s Middle Earth saga is undoubtedly a …