Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Mr. Mercedes… For those expecting concise characterisation, clear structure and narrative clarify with Mr. Mercedes be warned this takes a little longer than most. It plays out like an elongated episode of Jimmy McGovern’s Cracker without the chain-smoking, alcohol addled central protagonist. There are no failing marriages, awkward family […]
The Mist Season 1 Episode 9 Review – ‘The Waking Dream’
Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of The Mist… There is only so often the mad bag lady with a Messiah complex can jettison her followers before things get bland. Only so many times the arse covering hypocrites can pass that buck onto an innocent before it gets mundane. We are reaching our limit out […]
The Strain Season 4 Episode 5 Review – ‘Belly of the Beast’
Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of The Strain season 4… Solid character scenes, period drama flashbacks and a moment or two of hard-core hand to hand atop moving vehicles, make this mid-season waypoint one of the best thus far. Moody camera colourisation and moments of a blossoming relationship in Edwardian London, hark back to […]
Preacher Season 2 Episode 8 Review – ‘Holes’
Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of Preacher season 2… Theological questions of immortality, questionable plastering skills and moments in Hell make up Preacher this week. Power issues in the afterlife are addressed, goodness is punished in short order, while megalomaniac bonding sessions never felt creepier. Surreal fireside television torture, voice distortion and a film noir, cabin […]
Mr. Mercedes Season 1 Episode 1 Review
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Mr. Mercedes… Given the luxury of an hour to bed in David E Kelley’s adaptation of Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes takes its time. Introducing us to this world with a gruesome front and centre crime of indiscriminate motive and R rated lashings of claret. Never constrained by network […]
The Strain Season 4 Episode 4 Review – ‘New Horizons’
Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of The Strain season 4… Real menace can take any form. Understated, cold and calculating, supremely manipulative and smugly conceited are just a few traits which Richard Sammel has mastered. His theatricality in front of a make-up mirror, face offs against David Bradley’s Setrakian or subserviently grovelling before his […]
The Mist Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Law of Nature’
Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of The Mist… Natural selection by supernatural forces seems to be par for the course this week in The Mist. With sexual tensions running high, food, water and common sense are left by the door. Familial clashes continue being unearthed and reconciliation seems a million miles off. All that […]
The Mist Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Over The River and Through The Woods’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of The Mist… Theological debates, hot sweat cold turkey ordeals and savage beatings in psych wards await the eager viewer in The Mist this week. Throw in some flashback sequences, electro shock therapy and school bully confessions and there is plenty to get excited about. What became apparent over […]
Preacher Season 2 Episode 7 Review – ‘Pig’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Preacher season 2… Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is given a gracious tip of the hat this week in the most esoteric episode Preacher has yet produced. Body piercing, sledgehammer sarcasm and brutal one-upmanship reign supreme, as tone is manipulated like a con artist with no regard for […]
The Mist Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Devil You Know’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of The Mist… Layer upon layer of situation and circumstance is making The Mist into a must see piece of television. Acting like a psychological filter making others face up to failings, flaws and insecurities gives this show depth allowing an audience time to invest. As family histories are […]
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