Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy is one of my favourite series of novels, a complex trilogy of fantasy novels that appeal to people of all ages. It was a series that won the Carnegie Medal and Whitbread Book of the Year awards and was voted as one of the best novels by the British public back in 2003. In 2015 […]
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Emmys 2018 Predictions: Who Should Win and Who Will Win
It’s that time of year again: the leaves are changing color, the slate of Fall network television shows are mere days from premiering, and the Emmy Awards are this Sunday on NBC. While I say this every year, awards don’t mean a show is necessarily good. But, when we look back on yesteryear, the list […]
AMC’s Humans is Everything HBO’s Westworld Thinks It Is
HBO’s Westworld is one of the most talked about shows of 2018. It’s also not a good show. Despite the continued buzz surrounding it (and the ridiculous number of Emmy nominations for famous film actors who are “slumming” it by working in a gorgeously shot, poorly written HBO drama), Westworld is a show far more […]
Why You Should Drop Everything and Watch HBO’s Succession
When HBO’s Succession premiered back in June, it didn’t get the best of reviews. Critics were relatively cold on the series, and like many, I decided I would skip it. After all, in the age of Peak TV, there’s barely enough time to watch the shows you love, much less add a new show, sight […]