TV – Flicks and Pieces

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s…a Superman Musical?

It was 1966, smack bang in the midst of the Silver Age of Comic Books, that the idea struck. With the popularity of superheroes old and new once more skyrocketing, the opportunity to capitalise on the public’s renewed interest in comics had grown too great to turn down. And what better way to do so…

Gomorrah: Season Three Review

Guts, glory, revenge and dishonour; so is life in the gritty underworld of Naples in Gomorrah.

The Walking Dead “The Damned” Bitesize Review

“We move forward. As we move the very world forward.”

The Art of Stranger Things

“Something’s coming. Something hungry for blood. A shadow grows on the wall behind you, swallowing you in darkness. It is almost here.”

Channel Zero: Candle Cove Review

Following a mental breakdown, child psychologist Mike Painter (Paul Schneider) returns to his small hometown of Iron Hill for the first time since his youth. Called back by his tragic past, he sets about uncovering the truth behind a spate of child deaths and the disappearance of his twin brother Eddie in the town back in…

Lore: Season One Review

Sometimes the truth is more frightening than fiction. So is the mantra of the outstanding non-fiction podcast Lore. A couple of years on from its launch, with 5-million monthly listeners and a deserved iTunes award under its belt comes a spinoff TV show of the same name, direct from Amazon Video. Yes, it’s still regularly…

The Walking Dead “Mercy” Bitesize Review

“The bigger world is ours by right.”

Orange Is The New Black: Season Five Review

What a riot!

Reanimating The Walking Dead

We need to talk about The Walking Dead…

The Young Pope: Season One Review

The Young Pope is grand in its ambition, impressive in scale, and richly detailed in its costumes and locations.

Black Mirror: Ranking Charlie Brooker’s Dark Tales

Step into the gloomy and brilliant alternate realities of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror. Be warned, there may be a bit of mental scarring.

The Passenger “Episode One” Review

“I’m warning you, it’s not a pretty sight”, a man tells ballsy detective Anaïs Châtelet as they approach a train station maintenance pit. He’s not wrong.