John Mosby

  • Noises off: Netflix’s ‘Silence’ adaptation is sadly tome deaf…

    When a caving group finally manage to enter a vast series of underground caverns, they think they’ve made a significant breakthrough, but instead they’ve initiated an historical breakout as a previously unknown breed of winged creatures pour out of the new opening and out in to the wider world. ...
  • Disney+ adds more slings and arrows to Marvel partnership…

    Those who are watching the trailers for the almost-upon-us Avengers: Endgame will know that though he didn’t feature in Avengers:  Infinity War, Clint Barton (alias Hawkeye) did indeed survive the fateful Thanos finger-snap -though early indications from his less-than-sunny demeanour suggest some of those close to him may not...
  • Shiv and Let Die? Bleeding wonderful ‘Killing Eve’ returns…

    It’s barely a minute after UK intelligence analyst Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) skewered her quarry, the highly-financed, somewhat unbalanced assassin known as Villanelle (Jodie Comer), an act which surprised both of them. Villanelle has fled her Paris apartment and Eve is close behind. Both narrowly avoid a trio of...
  • Twilight Zone: Less scare miles, more cabin pressure…

    The second Twilight Zone episode sees a reinterpretation of one of the classic show’s most memorable episodes, Nightmare at 20,000 Feet – though now upped to 30,000… because, hey, inflation.  The original story saw airline passenger William Shatner becoming convinced that there’s a gremlin on the wing of the...
  • Herbie goes…Ballistic. How ‘Bumblebee’ transformed a franchise…

    On the other side of the galaxy, a war rages between two metallic races, the Autobots and the Decepticons – and the evil Decepticons are winning. In the midst of battle, Optimus Prime orders faithful servant B-127 to leave the battle and find safe haven, a forwarding scout for...
  • Discovery: ‘Valley of Shadows…’ casts impressive light…

    One of the red signals has appeared over a distant Klingon moon and while no-one knows what it means, Tyler is all too aware of its personal significance to him – it is the planetoid containing the monastery to which his son was spirited away to keep the Klingon...
  • ‘Joker’ trailer – Jean Grey isn’t 2019’s only dark Phoenix…

    Over the years there have been many different interpretations of the Batman concept. The comical Adam West series, the Burton and Keaton collaboration, the Nolan and Bale trilogy, the Frank Miller graphic novel and a host of animated productions not to mention FOX‘s Gotham prequel series which has only...
  • Safe Harbour: Hellboy teams up with Black Widow…

    It looks like David Harbour is going to have a busy 2019. This month he will take the title role in the revamped Hellboy, acting under several layers of prosthetic make-up and he will, of course, be reprising his role of Sheriff Jim Hopper in the third season of...
  • Harm’s Way? NCIS: Los Angeles set for JAG-ged edge season finale…

    With all the success that the NCIS franchise has had over the years – regularly making the main show the most watched  in America and with two successful spin-offs (NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans) – it’s easy to forget that the main NCIS show was actually a...
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