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 […]
The Strain Season 4 Episode 3 Review – ‘One Shot’
Martin Carr reviews the third episode of The Strain season 4… As an idea the concept of humanity bringing about its own destruction is nothing new. Superseded by a race of supposedly superior beings who see humans as nothing more than their own food source, brings about an interesting moral quandary. That nuclear deterrents and […]
The Mist Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘The Waiting Room’
Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of The Mist… As the tagline suggests this is an episode of contemplation, revelation and character building. Incorporating flashbacks, two-handed dialogue scenes and minimal supernatural bravado The Mist focuses on keeping it simple. Playing to a strength which is inherent in smaller scale television shows, it thrives on drip […]
The Strain Season 4 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Blood Tax’
Martin Carr reviews the second episode of The Strain season 4… Big Brother is definitely watching as this ashen grey, terracotta bleached depiction of an alternative world stretches its collective legs. With the onus on fertility clinics, concentration camp processing and blood donation, we continue straying into darker territory. Old friends are brought back and […]
Preacher Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Sokosha’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Preacher season 2… Discharging firearms into willing patrons, before superheating your Onken with smouldering shotgun shells passes the time. Throw in debates on soap operas before seguing into Love Island rip-offs, while chowing on canned cream coated pancakes and we find ourselves are in Preacher territory once again. […]
The Strain Season 4 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Worm Turns’
Martin Carr reviews the season 4 premiere of The Strain… With a rosy nuclear winter turning daylight to permanent dusk, munchers walking the streets and Eldritch Palmer possessed things could be better. Manhattan is cloaked in a doom and gloom which extends beyond a lack of food, adequate sanitation and makeshift rationing centre. Humanity is […]
Preacher Season 2 Episode 5 Review – ‘Dallas’
Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Preacher season 2… There is nothing like the sight of a sweat baked torture room for setting the tone of an episode. Retribution hangs in the air from a harness, suspending our man of the moment Viktor as an undecided Preacher selects his implement of impalement. Words of […]
Preacher Season 2 Episode 4 Review – ‘Viktor’
Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Preacher season 2… ‘Uptown Girl’ was written for Chrissy Brinkley back when Billy Joel was an infatuated love-sick Eighties icon. Every inch the million selling classic when singles sales meant something and hair was huge and potentially flammable. There are two things I know for sure about ‘Uptown […]
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