The creator of the US Netflix adaptation of House of Cards, Beau Willimon, is taking his latest series over to Hulu. Having departed House of Cards after season 4, Willimon is now working on a new project entitled The First which is a drama about the first human mission to Mars. Hulu have given the […]
Hulu renews The Handmaid’s Tale for season 2
Hulu has renewed series The Handmaid’s Tale for a second season. The show, which adapts the novel of the same name by Margaret Atwood, tells a dystopian tale of how a totalitarian society was formed in what was formerly the United States of America, and stars Mad Men’s Elizabeth Moss alongside Joseph Fiennes, and Yvonne Strahovski. […]
Neil Gaiman and Bryan Fuller think that The Sandman should be adapted for TV
Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series is not an easy property to adapt to film. Any readers of the comics will immediately understand why: there are literally no boundaries in the comic series centered around Morpheus, the god of dreams. The comics introduce a wide variety of characters; from DC characters like Batman, all the way to […]
Terrence Howard and Anna Paquin join Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams
Actors Terrence Howard and Anna Paquin are the latest stars to join the cast of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams.The already impressive line up includes recent additions Steve Buscemi and Greg Kinnear, along with Bryan Cranston and Timothy Spall.The Amazon Prime series will see each of its ten episodes adapt a short story from legendary […]
Season 2 of Stranger Things will be “more horror oriented”, says series stars
Stranger Things was a breakout hit for Netflix last summer, proving that the streaming service is the go-to place for experimental television. The show already has a huge cult-following, and a second season was green-lit before the first season even premiered. So, what will a second season of Stranger Things be like? According series stars Galen […]
The Flash Season 3 Episode 20 Review – ‘I Know Who You Are’
Jessie Robertson reviews the twentieth episode of The Flash season 3… Debuting this week on Amazon’s Best Sellers: “All’s Wells That Ends Wells” So, the reveal is finally here! And for as much as I’ve been slamming the show for having yet another season long reveal, this one didn’t bother me as much because as […]
Gotham Season 3 Episode 16 Review – ‘These Delicate and Dark Obsessions’
Martin Carr reviews the sixteenth episode of Gotham season 3…There is a reason why Gotham and Supergirl dropped to their lowest ratings last week. Shortcomings in the latter are hopefully obvious from my review for episode nineteen entitled ‘Alex’, while a ratings dip for Gotham remains puzzling even upon closer examination. Now there are those who […]
Supergirl Season 2 Episode 19 Review – ‘Alex’
Martin Carr reviews the nineteenth episode of Supergirl season 2…Episodes which narratively pivot on a single life lesson however important live and die on the ability to engage. As the tagline suggests we have an episode which revolves around Alex Danvers, DEO officer, sister to Supergirl and bringer of relationship stability to one Maggie Sawyer. […]
American Gods Season 1 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Bone Orchard’
Martin Carr reviews the first episode of American Gods…American Gods has a petulant swagger, hunkering self-assurance and arrogance backed up by a conceited faith in its source material. From the opening frame to a jaw dropping closing salvo ‘The Bone Orchard’ delivers on visual panache, audacious invention, hard R rated sexual congress and violence at […]
Prison Break Season 5 Episode 5 Review – ‘Contingency‘
Shaun Munro reviews the fifth episode of Prison Break season 5…With “Contingency”, Prison Break‘s fifth season reaches its half-way point, and mercifully hits the ground running after last week’s shock reveal that Sara’s husband Jacob just might be the shadowy puppet-master Poseidon.Refreshingly, writer Vaun Wilmott doesn’t force the audience through perfunctory scenes where Sara disbelieves T-Bag’s revelation about Jacob, […]
