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Supergirl Season 2 Episode 6 Review – ‘Changing’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Supergirl season 2…There is some multifaceted meaning flying around in Supergirl this week. Alien parasites which bring to mind Carpenter’s classic horror team up with Kurt Russell, as well as a little Matrix homage and global warming pedestal preaching. Throw in a lot of coming out heart to […]

Gotham Season 3 Episode 9 Review – ‘The Executioner’

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Martin Carr reviews the ninth episode of Gotham season 3…There are elements here which bring to mind the televisual equivalent of Mega City One this week in Gotham. Vigilante justice and police brutality all in the name of law and order, make ‘The Executioner’ more than just another episodic police procedural. Verging at times into […]

Supergirl Season 2 Episode 4 Review – ‘Survivors’

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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 tolerance […]

Gotham Season 3 Episode 8 Review – ‘Blood Rush’

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Martin Carr reviews the eighth episode of Gotham season 3…Mind games, psychosis and mental imbalance are in order on Gotham this week, giving rise to the concise and punchy tag line which is ‘Blood Rush’. As Nathaniel Barnes, Edward Nygma and James Gordon amongst others suffer in one way or another from emotional flux, both […]

Gotham Season 3 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Red Queen’

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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 so […]

Gotham Season 3 Episode 6 Review – ‘Follow the White Rabbit’

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Martin Carr reviews the sixth episode of Gotham season 3…Let’s take a few moments to admire the film references present and correct within Gotham this week. First we have The Matrix which I am not even going to explain because it gives me no pleasure in pointing out the obvious. Secondly however we have Speed, […]

Gotham Season 3 Episode 4 Review – ‘New Day Rising’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Gotham season 3…There is a pervading darkness which constitutes the beating heart of this season’s Gotham. It may be tag lined ‘Mad City’, but you need some truly off the chain inhabitants for that to really ring true. In Benedict Samuel’s Hatter we have one amongst many. With […]

Supergirl Season 2 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Last Children of Krypton’

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Martin Carr reviews the second episode of Supergirl season 2…Unfortunately episode two of season two is copybook stuff. After that barnstormer however anything was likely to feel like an anti-climax, but somehow I expected more than this. Not there is anything particularly bad about ‘The Last Children of Krypton’, just that they give us nothing […]

Gotham Season 3 Episode 5 Review – ‘Anything For You’

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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 lines […]