Martin Carr reviews the third episode of The Strain season 4…As an idea the concept of humanity bringing about its own destruction is nothing new. Superseded by a race of supposedly superior beings who see humans as nothing more than their own food source, brings about an interesting moral quandary. That nuclear deterrents and Cold […]
The Mist Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘The Waiting Room’
Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of The Mist…As the tagline suggests this is an episode of contemplation, revelation and character building. Incorporating flashbacks, two-handed dialogue scenes and minimal supernatural bravado The Mist focuses on keeping it simple. Playing to a strength which is inherent in smaller scale television shows, it thrives on drip feeding […]
The Strain Season 4 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Blood Tax’
Martin Carr reviews the second episode of The Strain season 4…Big Brother is definitely watching as this ashen grey, terracotta bleached depiction of an alternative world stretches its collective legs. With the onus on fertility clinics, concentration camp processing and blood donation, we continue straying into darker territory. Old friends are brought back and Goodweather […]
Preacher Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Sokosha’
Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Preacher season 2…Discharging firearms into willing patrons, before superheating your Onken with smouldering shotgun shells passes the time. Throw in debates on soap operas before seguing into Love Island rip-offs, while chowing on canned cream coated pancakes and we find ourselves are in Preacher territory once again.Being tracked […]
The Strain Season 4 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Worm Turns’
Martin Carr reviews the season 4 premiere of The Strain…With a rosy nuclear winter turning daylight to permanent dusk, munchers walking the streets and Eldritch Palmer possessed things could be better. Manhattan is cloaked in a doom and gloom which extends beyond a lack of food, adequate sanitation and makeshift rationing centre. Humanity is dwelling […]
Preacher Season 2 Episode 5 Review – ‘Dallas’
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 apology […]
Preacher Season 2 Episode 4 Review – ‘Viktor’
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 Girl’, […]
The Mist Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Pequod’
Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of The Mist…Moby Dick the mythical white whale from the Herman Melville novel has represented many things over centuries of literary analysis. Ahab the illustrious captain and central protagonist who guides his vessel ‘Pequod’ with monomaniacal fervour, is ultimately undone by an obsession and dragged into the depths. However […]
Preacher Season 2 Episode 3 Review – ‘Damsels’
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 out […]
The Mist Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Show and Tell’
Martin Carr reviews the third episode of The Mist…The Mist might just turn out to be a solid gold gem come season end. Tucked away on Spike, focusing on character beats rather than showy special effects and drawing us in week on week, this epitomises economy both through storytelling and restraint. Seeds sown in episode […]
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