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The revolution aboard Snowpiercer is underway and both the front of the train and the ‘lower classes’ know that everything is in play. There’s been major blood-shed and loss and Layton (Daveed Diggs) wonders if their momentum can and should be maintained with such losses. It’s a concern that...
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An elite group of mercenaries carefully pick the missions they take – judging them by their moral imperatives and the good that can be done in the world. Despite reservations from their leader Andy (Charlize Theron), they meet with an ex-CIA operative named Copley (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and are persuaded to help...
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Fine. Okay. You’d be forgiven for scoffing – not since Buffy the Vampire Slayer has a show so unapologetically set out its stall with a title specifically designed to dare you to write it off before viewing a single frame. The Warrior Nun moniker seems to have the carefree...
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Layton has revealed Melanie’s darkest secret and as the other ‘movers and shakers’ of the train react to the news, everyone begins to re-evaluate their power-bases and future. In the first class carriages, Melanie is imprisoned and Ruth reels at her betrayal but the Folgers and Commander Grey see...
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Leeds-born Alex North’s debut novel (at least under that name) was a certifiable success in 2019, receiving numerous awards, recognition and with the rights bought up by no less than the Russo Brothers (whom you may remember from directing a little film called Avengers: Endgame). About as far away...
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Melanie begins to realise her position of power is under imminent threat and starts to take desperate measures, using the young Miles as both a potential engineer for the elite quarters of the engine and as a lure for Layton. Layton himself is busy making his own plans. He...
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Bruised and battered by the surprise outcome of the national 2016 election, senior campaign consultant Gary Zimmer (Steve Carell) despairs that he can make any Democrat electable and even subsequent shifts in the political landscape do little to make him want to re-enter the fray. But when one of...
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The reconciliation of the Vega family is cut short as Lewis brings word of Diego’s lynching – sadly, knowing full well the chaos and violence that it will bring. As the news hits at the Crimson Cat, Fly Rico tries to find the words to placate the crowd, but...
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In the wake of the trial Melanie realises that the reactions to the verdict could tear the train apart on a social level. But that could become a literal catastrophe when a minor engineering fault escalates into a situation that could derail the 1001-carriage transport and her knowledge of...