Category: Television
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Television Adaptations: True Blood
In the second part of TV adaptations, we look at vampire drama True Blood.
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Glee: Season 4
Glee, in its fourth season, annoys and frustrates this writer but she won’t stop watching.
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Revenge Season 2: the Wicked and the Wealthy
Revenge is back for a second season, but it’ll be anything but a quiet summer in the Hamptons.
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Television Adaptations: Game of Thrones
In the first of a series about adaptations, Rebecca James talks about what she thinks is the best book turned TV show series at the moment.
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Silent Witness: Is Leo really dead?
Britain’s most ridiculous (though terrifically compelling) crime drama is at it again: trying to convince their audience a leading character has died at the end of the first of a two part story. In the trailer for tomorrow’s finale we see Nikki sitting by a coffin crying and saying things like ‘He’s been like a […]
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DVD Review: Fear Itself ★★★☆☆
Fear Itself is a horror anthology series that aired on NBC nearly five years ago. It was born after the series Masters of Horror was discontinued on Showtime. Although at the time US audiences hoped the series would be given a new lease of life on NBC under the title Fear Itself, it ran out […]
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Downton Abbey’s controversial Merry Christmas
An unusual Merry Christmas from Julian Fellowes’ Downton Abbey creates upset amongst its audience.
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The 5 Best TV Opening Sequences
A title sequence. It’s that little bit near the start of every TV show that lets you know exactly what you’re watching, the bit that’s the same week in week out. It can be about six or seven seconds long (a la Breaking Bad) or closer to two whole minutes, but some shows take their […]
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Review: The Girl ★★★★☆
For film lovers of my generation, the genius of Hitchcock is something we appreciate as late-comers to a wonderful party. The host has left, but the fun lives on. We earnestly immerse ourselves in his work, but we cannot recreate the sense of excitement and fascination that must have surrounded his projects when he first […]
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Mid-Season Review: Homeland
The second season of Homeland has reached its mid way point and looks set to continue its dominance at the major American television awards. This isn’t a surprise; it is hard to find television as flawless as Homeland. Intricate plot lines, good enough even to rival The Wire, complex characters, fantastic acting and a great support cast […]
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Review: Agatha Christie’s Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express (2010) ★★★★★
Some films really take you by surprise. They creep up on you, seemingly out of nowhere, and defy any expectations you originally had. This is what it was like for me when I first watched director Philip Martin’s utterly brilliant reimagining of one of Agatha Christie’s most famous stories – Murder on the Orient Express. […]
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Taken Too Soon TV: Part 1
It is the fate of a huge number of TV shows to be cancelled. This can be after a few seasons, one season, even a few episodes. In many cases, the show is crap. There’s nothing else to be done than humanely take it out the back and shoot it in the alley. However, there […]
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Arrow
Comic books appear to be the source material of choice for TV and film makers at the moment, and you can understand why, with the phenomenal success of Christopher Nolan’s Batman series, and Joss Whedon’s box office topping Avenger’s Assemble. But for every The Dark Knight there is inevitably a Green Lantern to show the […]
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Community Series 4 Airing Delayed by 4 Months
The makers of the sitcom Community announced on Tuesday that the premiering of the 4th season on NBC has been pushed back to February 7th, 4 months later than the original date. The 4th season was supposed to begin on NBC on October 19th, but a video featuring the cast was released recently that confirmed […]