• BBC’s Christmas Carol: deep and crisp and getting even…

    Ebenezer Scrooge (Guy Pearce) runs his company with a cold, some would say heartless outlook on life and the human condition. In his mind, the ‘hypocrisy’ of the masses is no substitute for his money ledger and he can reduce every decision his made to a justifiable balance of...
  • Force Majestic? Stellar, if ‘Greatest Hits’ ending for Skywalker saga…

    The galaxy is hearing strange whispers that the long-felled Emperor Palpatine is alive – perhaps risen from his supposed grave by the dark forces of the Sith. Kylo Ren might seek to hold control of what’s left of the Empire, but he has no truck with any plan Palpatine...
  • Omelettes and Omnipotence: The final tic-toc on ‘Watchmen’…

    It’s 1921 and a race-crime rises to the level of wholesale massacre as  Tulsa is torn apart by attacks that will cast a shadow down the decades… and a young boy survives a day he will never forget. It’s 1985 and Nixon is still President, the Watergate scandal never...
  • The Mandalorian asks: ‘Wanna be in my Gang?’…

    When the Mandalorian receives a message from Greef Karga promising a clean slate and reinstatement in the Guild if he helps rid the command post of its limited Imperial presence, the warrior immediately suspects it’s an obvious trap. But the idea of avoiding an endless chain of people trying...
  • Double December Discovery: ’tis the animated season…

    As a Christmas present to the faithful, there are two offerings this month in the Short Treks pantheon and though their collective running time is probably less than the average entry, they both excel at the remit of the mini-episode remit, to boldly go beyond the edges of the...
  • The Mandalorian: proving expensive and Expendable…

    Still needing to finance his travels, The Mandalorian seeks out the base of an old associate who wants the warrior and his ship to free a fellow colleague who is being held in a space-prison. But it won’t only be the armoured droids and robots that will prove the...
  • Mandalorian’s Tatooine tribute is still skin deep…

    After a close encounter with a pursuing ship, The Mandalorian needs to put in repairs and so heads to Mos Eisley, the infamous space-port in the backwater (backsand?) world of Tatooine. But needing money to finance those repairs, he reluctantly agrees to help track a local would-be bounty-hunter for...
  • The Walking Red: BBC’s Martians invade maudlin period drama…

    It’s 1905 and George Lynton (Rafe Spall) is a journalist still looking for his first real scoop and facing the quiet wrath of his brother Frederick (Rupert Graves), a government spokesman, who has distanced himself from George over the latter leaving his wife for his truer love, Amy (Eleanor...
  • Shyamlan’s Servant: Apple tv+’s domestic mystery is Maid in America…

    Dorothy and Sean Turner might appear to be the affluent Philadelphia couple with everything, but behind their front-door everything is not well. The truth is that they’re dealing – or not dealing – with a recent tragedy, one that has seen them start to secretly cope in very different...
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