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6 part followup to the surprisingly good COBRA – this once again pits Robert Carlyle and his inner circle against a national disaster; in this case what turns out to be a cyber-terrorism threat which wreaks havoc on the UK and instils a sense of panic and paranoia, which antagonist David Haig once again tries…
Second half of Season 5, which was halted due to COVID. It might be the lack of recency, but it really felt like this grouping of 6 episodes ratcheted the intrigue and double-crossing RIGHT up to fairly epic levels, with outflanking, outflanking the outflanking, countering the outflanking, spotting an upcoming outflanking so positioning someone to…
High-production-value piece about a few groups of protagonists who go to an island resort for their own various reasons, and the subsequent interplay and revelations they have whilst there. It’s got a bit of everything but doesn’t seem too predictable or hack, and kept us coming back for more. If there’s a second season I’ll…
Did I mention “light, uplifting TV” before? There was a point where we were simultaneously watching this, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Underground Railroad, and Halston. You can forgive us for feeling a little emotionally wrecked! The Serpent was a 1970s true story about a thief & murderer of backpackers in Bangkok. Exquisitely performed and set-dressed,…
Torture Porn epic The Handmaid’s Tale continues – with this season feeling a bit more focused and balancing more towards storyline rather than seeming like a university psychology experiment. There were still plenty of moments I felt like screaming, “FFS JUNE! DON’T GO BACK AGAIN!”. Probably the weirdest thing in this one for us was…
This caught me TOTALLY off-guard. I was quite excited to see the series kick off with Alexander Skarsgard playing “Florida Man” in an Amway-but-OBVIOUSLY-IT’S-NOT-AMWAY cult/multilevel marketing cult… and then, well, let’s say Episode 1 doesn’t finish where you suspect it’s going to. Nor does episode 2. And so on. We really warmed to this exercise…
I’m always intrigued when a biopic gets dragged up of someone who’s been alive during my lifetime who I’ve GENUINELY NEVER HEARD OF – not that my life’s particularly tuned towards the fashion world. No idea if Ewen MacGregor’s performance/likeness was accurate or not, but it certainly was committed and compelling, albeit seemingly purposefully not…
In summary, “WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!”. Seemingly a Victorian Superhero piece, transforming into unintelligible scifi bollards at the last minute. A review I read prior to getting started described it as “a mess”, and that’s certainly how it ended – though there was enough in it to keep us going back for more. Very…
I finished it! I’ve been watching this fucking show since about 2010. So, this was a gripping exercise in Stockholm Syndrome… Amazing series though – SUCH a change from where it all started, and yet a plausible plot arc. The final few episodes really ramped up the bleakness but it was a superb story, superbly…