Jessie Robertson reviews the fourth episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 2… There is absolutely nothing wrong with an irrational fear of the dead rising and hunting us for our brains…. I don’t have a lot to cover this week except a broad overview of the two completely incongruent themes this week: Slavery and […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Episode 6 Review – ‘The Good Samaritan’
Danny Hale reviews the sixth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4… ‘The Good Samaritan’ gave us a clear look at both Lucy Bauer and Robbie Reyes’ origins whilst still keeping the story moving forward. Following on from the events of Lockup Coulson and our team pursue Lucy and Eli in search of the Darkhold […]
Arrow Season 5 Episode 5 Review – ‘Human Target’
Jessie Robertson reviews the fifth episode of Arrow season 5… If Team Arrow is the Backstreet Boys, then Wild Dog is definitely Howie B….. Team Arrow’s Back….Alright! Ok, enough boy band humor, Arrow this week is titled “Human Target” which I sort of just assumed was about Mayor Queen being shot and killed, quite brutally, […]
Lexa Doig to play Talia al Ghul in Arrow
Stargate SG-1 star Lexa Doig is set to take on the recurring role of Talia al Ghul, the Daughter of the Demon, in the fifth season of Arrow, with THR revealing that the actress set to make her debut in the tenth episode. Although we’ve seen Talia’s father Ra’s al Ghul (Matt Nable) and half-sister Nyssa (Katrina […]
Supergirl Season 2 Episode 4 Review – ‘Survivors’
Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Gotham season 2… Sub-text in Supergirl has taken a step up this week with ‘Survivors’. Having always had one eye on the idea of difference and social expectations these themes are explored more sensitively but no more effectively in episode four. Hank tackles some personal issues, Kara learns […]
Gotham Season 3 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Red Queen’
Martin Carr reviews the seventh episode of Gotham season 3… And so the Lewis Carroll references continue into another week on Gotham which is getting more and more psychedelic, considerably less Dark Knight and noticeably more Clockwork Orange. With the final elements of Tetch’s storyline drawing to a close Gotham as a whole feels ever […]
Holliday Grainger cast as female lead in BBC’s J.K. Rowling series Cormoran Strike
Holliday Grainger (Cinderella, The Finest Hours) has secured the female lead in the BBC’s upcoming Comoran Strike series, which is based upon J.K. Rowling’s bestselling crime novels, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The series, which will adapt The Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm and Career of Evil across seven hour-long episodes, will star Tom Burke […]
The Flash Season 3 Episode 5 Review – ‘Monster’
Jessie Robertson reviews the fifth episode of The Flash season 3… Anyone up for a midnight showing of “Murder on the Titanic?” One of Hitchcock’s Best….. So, this week, The Flash focuses on some of its side characters and it’s really, pretty good! First up is the new Harrison Wells; simply put, this dude is […]
The Lives of Others director adapting fantasy comic Thorgal
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, director of the Oscar-winning The Lives of Others, is set to bring the Belgian fantasy comic series Thorgal to the screen, THR is reporting. Created by Belgian writer Jean Van Hamme and Polish artist Grzegorz Roskinski and launching in 1977, Thorgal follows Thorgal Aegirsson, a mysterious child who is found and […]
The Strain Season 3 Episode 10 Review – ‘The Fall’
Martin Carr reviews the season 3 finale of The Strain… This is a finale in more than mere name. All bombast, hyper-reality and fisty cuffs at Mach five as an old man and even older bald fella with a sword battle each other Matrix style. Here then is the season closer for a series which […]
