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Doctor Who enters into the realms of gothic horror with the Mary Shelley focused episode “The Haunting of Villa Diodati.” In the year 1816 on the shores of Lake Geneva, some of the greatest writers of the period have gathered together for a night of fun and games. This was the night that Mary Shelley […]
As someone who has never read anything by HP Lovecraft or Matt Rush’s “Lovecraft Country” novel, I really didn’t know what to expect when I tuned in for the first episode of Lovecraft Country on HBO this weekend. Although, with a title like “Sundown,” I was perhaps a bit more prepared than folks who haven’t […]
Any fan of Big Brother has come to love the phrase “expect the unexpected,” so perhaps a relatively quiet first week of Big Brother season 22, or the second edition of Big Brother All Stars, isn’t terrible. In fact, maybe the biggest surprise of all is that CBS managed to successfully launch the show in […]
“Can You Hear Me?” is one of the most ambitious episodes of Series 12. It was an episode that saw The Doctor and pals go from 14th Century Syria, modern-day Sheffield, and the furthest reaches of space. The Doctor drops her companions in Sheffield and allows them to spend time with their friends and family. […]
The Twelve Season of Doctor Who has a second environmentally-themed episode with “Praxeus.” Around the world people start to disappear, including a British astronaut and a Brazilian vlogger. The Doctor and her companions are on hand and already at the locations and start to investigate what happened. The Chibnall era has been criticised for being […]
We’ve known for quite some time that what often makes the best reality TV is our fascination with watching ordinary people deal with (somewhat) extraordinary situations. That’s the formula that works well for shows like Survivor or Amazing Race, where ordinary folks get stranded on an island or have to travel the world and compete […]
Based on an acclaimed novel by Eleanor Catton The Luminaries was co-production between TVNZ and the BBC. In the 1860s the West Coast Gold Rush brought many immigrants to New Zealand’s South Island. Two of them that arrive on the same ship are Anna Wetherell (Eve Hewson), an illiterate Irish woman, and Emery Staines (Himesh Patel), a […]
I think it might be time to have a talk about tonal balance in writing, because boy is Wynonna Earp missing the mark this season. It’s all well and good to have jokes in a drama. It’s nice to blow off steam after a particularly intense string of episodes. Some of the best dramas of […]
In the past week I’ve watched both seasons of Netflix’s Umbrella Academy and I have to say it was one of the most frustrating viewing experiences I’ve had this year. It’s really easy to write a rave of a series or to pan a season of TV. It’s much harder to write about a show […]
Doctor Who sees a return to a grand and entertaining story with one of the most recognisable monsters from the modern era making an appearance. In Gloucester, an alien fugitive is hiding and the troop of Judoon has taken up the bounty. Because of this The Doctor and her companions arrive in the city to […]