• Mandalorian: The Forge Awakens for third episode?

    It’s time for The Mandalorian to deliver the ‘package’ and, as per the Guild code, he’s not supposed to ask any questions or do any ‘follow-up’. But delivering a baby – even if it’s a small green baby with some eerie force-ful powers – to a client who doesn’t...
  • Star Trek: Discovery beams second season to DVD…

    If there’s one thing we can all agree on it’s that opinions on sf shows can be divisive. In recent times, Doctor Who and Star Wars  have seen their fair share of brickbats, bouquets and binary stars aimed at current efforts and if you can’t please all the people...
  • Jedi Ni’s?: The Mandalorian goes full Monty (Python)…

    The Mandalorian has his bounty and it’s not what he expected. But now he has to get it and himself off-planet. After making his way back to his ship, he unfortunately finds the vessel ransacked by a group of jawas who have stripped it for parts. If he wants...
  • Short Treks: ‘Ask Not…’ as Pike swaps Bridge for Brig…

    When the Enterprise and Starbase 28 come under a surprise attack from what appears to be the Tholians, a young cadet Thira Sidhu (Amrit Kauer) on assignment to the brig finds a high-profile prisoner placed under her watch. Apparently Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) has defied official orders and...
  • Knight Template: Does Disney+’s ‘Mandalorian’ deliver its bounty?

    For all that Disney+ is launching with the House of the Mouse’s impressive back-catalogue, even more Marvel content than expected and all several hours before the original mid-morning plan, all judgmental eyes seem to be on The Mandalorian, the Star Wars flagship spin-off that has been building expectations for...
  • Crossing the Streams: Tracking the future on your tv…

    Some people will remember the ‘good old days’ when you could count the number of available channels to watch on one hand. Over the last several decades that number has significantly increased and though the main networks continue to exist, it’s probably no longer true to say they dominate...
  • BBC/HBO weave complex magic from impressive ‘Materials’…

    A baby girl called Lyra is left in the care of Jordan College, Oxford as her previous guardian – Lord Asriel (James McAvoy) vanishes into the flooded grounds and night, telling the learned custodians at the door that he is invoking scholastic sanctuary for her. She can not, must...
  • APPLE-TV+: Moore presses Alt/Space for The Write Stuff…

    It’s the summer of ’69 and all across America, families gather to watch a truly historic event – the first man to step foot on the Moon. After some tense last-minute problems, the vessel lands and the first astronaut steps on to the distant, powdery surface, uttering the first...
  • APPLE-TV+: SEE. Saw, majorly flawed (but insightful?)…

    Centuries after a virus decimated the world’s population, the few survivors cling together in distant enclaves, trying to survive in a world that has left them alive but blind.  To even speak of the days when people could see is considered heresy and ‘witchfinders’ patrol, often leaving entire camps...
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