The final episode of Red Dwarf XI is as funny as it is frustrating. In ‘Can of Worms’, the crew run into a female felis sapien – i.e. a lady version of Cat. However, Cat’s dream-come-true isn’t all that she appears to be… The gang discover that she’s actually a polymorph (a shapeshifting creature, for … >
Howard Overman clearly loves a good grave digging. Just like the early episodes of his other E4 hit Misfits, this week we find our main characters getting rid of a corpse under cover of nightfall. Deliberate running trend or just a bit of a coincidence? We may never know… What we do know though is … >
Cold Feet has spent the past seven weeks proving that not all revivals have to be terrible. But with the sixth season coming to a close, and all sorts of plot points still to be resolved, could it keep the quality up? There’s one thing to know about last night’s finale; the characters are positively tripping over … >
After a six-month gap filled with incessant teasing, evasive marketing and mounting expectations, The Walking Dead returned this week to finally batter up and reveal who Negan’s victim was at the end of Season 6. ‘The Day Will Come When You Won’t Be’ didn’t exactly start from a great foundation, coming off the back off … >
Netflix’s new run of Black Mirror goes out with a real sting in this feature-length instalment… Despite every episode having the scope of a movie, Season 3’s finale ‘Hated in the Nation’ is the first regular Black Mirror episode stretched out to 90 minutes. Yes, there was 2014’s festive special ‘White Christmas’, but that was an … >
Black Mirror does zombies! For a show that loves playing with scary future scenarios, it is surprising it took this long. Unsurprisingly, though, there is a twist in the tale… ‘Men Against Fire’ follows Stripe, a soldier fighting in Denmark as part of a global mission to rid the world of “roaches” – zombie-like creatures … >
With its move to Netflix granting it an extended season, Black Mirror is trying out various different styles and tones in its new run. The fourth instalment is the apex of this as the series that famously looks to the future goes back to the past. Er, what, that can’t be right, can it? Set … >
Of the first half of Black Mirror’s third season, this is possibly the most disturbing. Perhaps it’s because of how close to home this episode is; it doesn’t take place in a sci-fi dystopia, but modern England, and doesn’t use any futuristic technology. Certainly, in a world of revenge porn and leaked photos, it’s not hard to … >
Following ‘Nosedive’ was going to be difficult, to be fair. Black Mirror’s third season started with a particularly stellar episode, one that set the bar high for any that followed it. It’s perhaps understandable that ‘Playtest’, then, feels a little disappointing in comparison. Broadly speaking, ‘Playtest’ is an attempt at a horror story for the … >
On every wall, on every desk, in the palm of every hand – in the area between delight and discomfort – Black Mirror is back, and it’s just as powerful as ever. The first of Netflix’s six new episodes of Black Mirror, ‘Nosedive’ sets a very strong precedent. It posits a world in which each … >