Netflix has announced that it is partnering up with Phantom Films, one of India’s leading production houses, for its first Hindi-English original series Sacred Games, based upon the acclaimed novel by Indian author Vikram Chandra. “Over the last few years, I’ve watched with great excitement and pleasure as Netflix has transformed narrative television with its […]
Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 7 Review – The Broken Man
The Broken Man Directed by Mark Mylod Written by Bryan Cogman King’s Landing Margaery is reading from the Book of the Mother when the High Sparrow interrupts; she brings up how she felt towards the poor to the High Sparrow. After this conversation he brings it to a personal matter – it appears since her […]
Blu-ray Review – Suits Season 5
Gary McCurry reviews the fifth season of Suits… The past collides with the present in this, the fifth season of Suits. Bigger than even Harvey Specter, the past continues to threaten to rip each “family” member of Pearson Specter Litt apart both professionally and personally. After what I thought was a lull year for Suits […]
Game of Thrones: The Bear and how he may be made Fair
Major spoilers for Game of Thrones Season 6 Episode 7 ‘The Broken Man’… You knew something was going on when Game of Thrones this week gave us its first ‘pre-credits’ sequence, essentially, which introduced not just Ian McShane for a special guest appearance but reintroduced someone almost nobody expected to see again (well, unless you’re […]
Superman to appear in Supergirl Season 2
As Supergirl gets ready to move to The CW in the fall, the hero’s famous cousin is now set to appear in its second season. Superman will play a role of the first two episodes of the returning series. Throughout season one Supergirl, Jimmy Olsen and other characters frequently mentioned Superman and Clark Kent. He […]
Wayward Pines Season 2 Episode 2 Review – ‘Blood Harvest’
Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Wayward Pines season 2… I was wrong and admit it. Whatever my misgivings about last week’s opener things have changed down in Wayward Pines. That needless re-tread which constituted episode one, left no time for progression, proved noticeably useless and removed any tension with devastating efficiency. There was […]
Scream: The TV Series Season 2 Episode 1 Review – ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of Scream: The TV Series season 2… Funded by Netflix but carrying the MTV logo Scream emerges from the rubble of season one where it earned renewal, with some serious backing and bulked up production value. Now it resides on the cable equivalent of HBO, we get a full […]
Versailles Season 1 Episode 1 Review
Kirsty Capes reviews the first episode of Versailles… Raunchy, decadent and overflowing with beautiful French nobility and their gorgeous hair, BBC Two’s new period drama, based on true events, is the Beeb’s answer to blockbuster period shows like Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey and Sky Atlantic’s The Borgias. A collaborative project between British, French […]
Bill Hader hitman comedy Barry gets series order from HBO
Former Saturday Night Live star Bill Hader is returning to television, with Deadline revealing that HBO has given a series order to the half-hour hitman comedy series Barry. Hader will direct and star in the show, as well as co-writing and executive producing with Alec Berg (Silicon Valley). Barry follows “an ex-Marine (Hader) who works […]
Two writers join the new Star Trek TV series
TrekMovie.com is reporting that Bryan Fuller has enlisted two more writers for CBS’ upcoming Star Trek TV series in Joe Menosky and Aron Coleite. Menosky has plenty of experience in the franchise, having written for Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek Voyager, while Coleite’s credits include Heroes and […]
