‘Mad Men’: Season 4 Blu-ray review
A new époque is ushered in at ad agency Sterling Cooper as Mad Men goes from strength to strength with its fourth season, set in the heart of the swinging sixties.
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A new époque is ushered in at ad agency Sterling Cooper as Mad Men goes from strength to strength with its fourth season, set in the heart of the swinging sixties.
1973’s four-part ‘Carnival Of Monsters’ comes just on the wrong side of ‘classic’ Jon Pertwee and as such is unlikely to be sleeping in the memories of many baby-boomers – no giant green maggots or Sea Devils here – but it’s still a sharply defined adventure.
The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough arrive in 1980s London, finding themselves embroiled in a plot involving some old villains and a couple of guest stars from the world of light entertainment.
It seems that you can’t keep a good vampire/werewolf/ghost show down at the moment – so, as regular as clockwork, here’s the third series of Being Human!
Unlike the elegant and suave spies from across the Atlantic, the British secret service in the 1960s and 1970s was a far more uncool and grimy place on screen – more realistic perhaps, but usually second best in popularity.
The third and seemingly final run of metal’s best fake cartoon band continues the high bloodening of the previous shows of yore.
The term ‘charming’, when used in this context, could tar a film with connotations of being fluffy and insubstantial; perhaps even twee.
A welcome release for one of the western genre’s best loved and most significant TV shows.
What with particularly turbulent times in the Middle East recently, this epic four-part war saga from BAFTA award-winning director Peter Kosminsky (Warriors, The Government Inspector), set in the disputed Palestinian territories, certainly has a timely feel.
The never-ending continuation of the Star Wars universe rolls on with this unnecessary animated spin-off series.