Jessie Robertson reviews the second episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 2… The JSA is on our TV’s? NUFF SAID! This week, I warmed up to Legends a bit more; I found the fun and frivolity I was looking for last week when they were infiltrating a Nazi nightclub where Martin was pretending to […]
Red Dwarf XI Episode 6 Review – ‘Can Of Worms’
Eric Bay-Andersen reviews Red Dwarf XI Episode 6 – ‘Can of Worms’… Lister – What happened? Did you sleep with her? Cat – Hey, I ain’t kissing and telling – I’ve had enough kissing for one night, let me tell ya! Rimmer – You don’t understand, we need to know. Cat – All I’m saying […]
Remember when Captain Planet did an episode on AIDS?
Following the announcement of a new live-action film produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and their discussion on the Flickering Myth Podcast, Luke Owen looks back at the Captain Planet and the Planeteers episode “Formula for Hate”… In the late 1980s and early 1990s, no subject was perhaps more taboo than HIV and AIDS. Though many had died previously, […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Episode 4 Review – ‘Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire’
Danny Hale reviews the fourth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4… “We’re making a comeback”. Coulson’s statement this week to Eli regarding the state of S.H.I.E.L.D. couldn’t have been more accurate; ‘Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire’ did a great job of humanising Ghost Rider, reconnecting Daisy with her old team and tying […]
Interview: Composer Kris Dirksen on creating the right score for Cinemax’s Quarry & Banshee
We chat to Composer Kris Dirksen about creating the right score for Cinemax’s Quarry & Banshee… As with a lot of television shows, the score that accompanies it can easily make or break the show. The most recent example being Kyle Dixon & Michael Steins’ much buzzed about score to Netflix’s Stranger Things which has […]
South Park Season 20 Episode 5 Review- ‘Douche and a Danish’
Liam Hoofe reviews the fifth episode of South Park season 20… After totally ignoring the election last week South Park season 20 shifted its focus back onto the race for the White House this week as the season’s bigger picture began to become clearer. After last week’s episode focused solely on the trolling story line […]
Arrow Season 5 Episode 3 Review – ‘A Matter of Trust’
Jessie Robertson reviews the third episode of Arrow season 5… “Green Arrow Brooding” is so last season; “Mayor Brooding” is now trending….. Trust is a tricky thing; it’s something Oliver doesn’t give or take lightly; he can’t; live through what he has and you would be the same way. We’re getting a sense of that […]
The Strain Season 3 Episode 8 Review – ‘White Light’
Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of The Strain season 3… Slowly strands are beginning to intertwine as flashbacks become more familiar, interactions more fraught and family ties are severed in a search for closure. The Strain has become what few thought possible, morphing as it has into an allegorical testament to some of our […]
Scream: The TV Series Halloween Special Review
Martin Carr reviews the Scream: The TV Series Halloween Special… There is something distinctly old school about this feature film length Scream special which is reassuring, run of the mill but nonetheless engaging stuff. Acting as a bridge between seasons two and three, this here is proper haunted house, isolated island cliché with lashings of […]
Gotham Season 3 Episode 5 Review – ‘Anything For You’
Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Gotham season 3… Gotham’s web is spreading wider. If ‘Rise of the Villains’ foreshadowed, gave cohesion and made Gotham a viable viewing proposition, then ‘Mad City’ is shaping up to be the perfect companion piece. There appears to be no episodic structure rather a meandering combination of plot […]
