And just like that – okay, after a three year wait – Severance is back! Thank Kier. And what a delightful way to throw us back into the world of Lumon, Innies, Outies (of whom we saw next to nothing this week), and Macrodata Refinement. And, I would be remiss not to mention, some absolutely […]
TV Reviews
Skeleton Crew – The Real Good Guys Review
Now that was the kind of episode I’ve been waiting for over this last uneven string of storytelling. Sure, it was the finale so the series was able to really pull out all the stops (and definitely blew its CGI budget), but this was a series (season?) finale that managed to pull together the remaining […]
Skeleton Crew – We’re Gonna Be in So Much Trouble Review
If I could have one wish in this new year, it would be that all television series start treating their episodes like actual episodes of a TV series and not just a single act break in a longer film. Because man was I annoyed at the close of this week’s episode – the penultimate episode […]
Severance Season Two Review
I won’t bury the lede for you: the long-awaited second season of Severance is great. I easily found myself swept back up into the world of Lumon, rewatching several of my screeners just to be sure that I caught everything I needed to catch to piece together the various arcs unspooling this time around (a […]
Lockerbie: A Search For Truth Review
Since his daughter, Flora (Rosanna Adams) was killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 on 21st December 1988, Doctor Jim Swire (Colin Firth) has led a campaign to find out the truth of what happened and to see those responsible brought to justice. It’s a campaign that has taken many turns, as the […]
Skeleton Crew – Zero Friends Again Review
This week’s Skeleton Crew didn’t skimp on the CGI set pieces (that escape of the ship from the jaws of the techno crab metal crushing thing was pretty cool to see), but it excelled in an area that the series has been lacking in past installments: focusing on the interpersonal character beats at the heart […]
Outnumbered 2024 Boxing Day Special Review
It has been eight years since the Brookmans last appeared on TV screens. They return once more for a Christmas Special, this time with the children all grown up. Pete and Sue (Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner) have downsized to a terrace house and are preparing for their children’s return for Christmas lunch in November. […]
Doctor Who – Joy to the World Review
“Joy to the World” is the second Christmas special of the Disney era of Doctor Who. This Christmas-set adventure sees The Doctor team up with Derry Girls/Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan. Joy Almondo (Coughlan) books into a hotel in London on Christmas Day 2024. Her simple stay escalates quickly when a Silurian hotel manager and a […]
Squid Game Season Two Review
The journey to get to a second season of Squid Game was, well, pretty emblematic of the series itself. First, there was the creator’s (Hwang Dong-hyuk) personal need to create the second season – despite wanting to initially tell a complete story in season one – because, despite the series becoming the most popular show […]
Skeleton Crew – You Have A Lot To Learn About Pirates Review
At this stage of the game, I think it’s safe to say we’re going to be getting more of the “ten hour movie” episode treatment (or in the case of Skeleton Crew, the eight hour movie treatment) rather than the “this is a television series, so episodes are actually self-contained stories being told in service […]