For as long as there’s been technology, there’s been a pervading worry about the effect it’ll have on our lives. In the Victorian era, people worried that terrifying speeds of 30mph on the railways would cause organ failure. At the dawn of radio, some naysayers proclaimed it was a distraction for young minds. And in … >
At first glance, this penultimate instalment of Crazyhead would appear to be business as usual. There’s the usual display of cheekiness, intelligent wit and endearing character work, but it hardly feels like its building to any huge revelatory crescendo. But whilst ‘Downward Facing Dog’ doesn’t exactly shake everything to the core ready for the big … >
John Wilmot, the Second Earl of Rochester, was, to use a modern phrase, a bit of a lad. Drinking in excess, staying out all hours with his ‘merry gang’ and sleeping with anyone he wished to have his wicked way with. Dominic Cooper’s ridiculous good looks and swagger make him almost perfect for a role … >
“And in that sleep, what dreams may come…” Westworld has spent a good chunk of its first six episodes methodically putting the building blocks in place for what’s now ensured (thanks to this week’s season two renewal) to be an expansive mythological journey. It’s been a fascinating ride, but light on genuine pay-off, and often … >
The brand new full-cast adventure, Big Finish’s Torchwood: Outbreak is a three-disc epic story set in Cardiff somewhere between Season 2 of the TV series and Children of Earth. As the title suggests, it’s about a medical trial gone wrong – a deadly virus is on the loose in the city, Torchwood are caught in the … >
After four years of consistently high quality drama, Big Finish has called time on The Confessions of Dorian Gray. Appropriately, Big Finish released the fifth boxset of four hour long stories on Halloween and the range has not gone out with a whimper. Avoiding the trap of self-indulgence, the four stories bring back many of the … >
Zadie Smith’s 2012 novel does not lend itself easily to a screen adaptation. It’s a woozily beautiful essay of deceptively simple parts, demanding to play linguistic games with the reader in such apparently simple scenes as a boy fishing a telephone out of his pocket, or two children answering the question ‘Who’s your best friend?’ … >
How much pressure can something survive before it cracks? It’s a question that The Walking Dead has been fascinated by this season. The arrival of Negan has allowed the show to indulge in the empty cruelty that’s becoming more and more TWD’s stock in trade, and that above question seems to be the only real … >
In the history of Doctor Who, the post ‘TV Movie’ years, when the series was off air with little hope of revival, spawned many creative fan endeavours. While some took to writing novels or audio dramas, independent film producers Reeltime Pictures carved out a way to make their own little slices of the Whoniverse, licensing … >
The enduringly popular Jago & Litefoot, Victorian gents thrown together for ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’, return for a twelfth box set and are once again beset by a bloodsucking menace. Perfectly mismatched by their creator Robert Holmes, Henry Gordon Jago (Christopher Benjamin) is a blustering but loveable theatre impresario, while Professor George Litefoot (Trevor Baxter) … >