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 […]

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 […]

Martin Carr reviews the third episode of Preacher season 2… Back stories for pivotal characters are not known for containing the following elements. Teen suicide, chocolate box teen suicides or shotgun blasts to the head repeated on loop. Then we hit the implied underage sodomy issue which is likely to put one or two noses […]

Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Preacher season 2… Statistical circumcision and foreskin face cream set the tone. Eighties chart topping toe tappers, fast cars, film stock tomfoolery and mace spray on the nut sack set the mood. Not quite the wheat field car chase or forty thousand foot bar fight free fall that […]

Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Preacher season 2… Hunted by the gun totting personification of William Munny, Jesse Custer and company remain ‘Unforgiven’. Layering film homages five foot deep like a cholesterol packed cinematic sandwich, Preacher is at once self-referential and subtly sardonic. Moments of heart breaking pathos elicit genuine emotion amongst the […]