Three episodes into the second season and the drama is still unfolding nicely in BBC One’s In The Club. All the women are showing signs of strain from their respective family issues, and while there is good news for some, it is the bad news and the heartache that seems to dominate the episode. “I didn’t sleep … >
Visions, oaths and vengeance as the sixth season of Game of Thrones continues with a memorable and exciting instalment. Jon Snow’s up and about following Melisandre’s spell to bring him back to life but the Lord Commander isn’t quite his old self. When Melisandre asks him what he saw after death a frightened Jon replies, ‘there … >
With the mid-season finale coming up, this week’s Fear the Walking Dead focused on setting up all the cards that’ll presumably be knocked over in next week’s big instalment. ‘Sicut Cervus’ is a fairly workmanlike episode of Fear, containing the same mix of assiduously executed, mildly intriguing drama that fails to truly spark and a … >
The penultimate episode begins with Marcella tied to a chair, ends with Matthew bound and gagged, and along the way kills off Bendek when a bit of solo autoerotic asphyxiation goes wrong (“Is it really better without air?” asks Laura). Amidst this miscellaneous bondage is probably the best episode yet as we head towards the finale. … >
Notching up their eleventh box-set, this enduring Doctor Who spin-off features a pair of Victorian era “investigators of infernal incidents”. Perfectly mismatched, Henry Gordon Jago (Christopher Benjamin) is a theatre impresario, while Professor George Litefoot (Trevor Baxter) works as a police pathologist. Thrown together in ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’, a Tom Baker classic, they share … >
In the last six months or so, Big Finish has treated us to a wealth of modern Doctor Who related titles, including Torchwood, Churchill, The War Doctor and River Song. Now the stakes are raised with the much-anticipated return of David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, complete with Catherine Tate as Donna Noble. And a … >
Remember kids, smoking isn’t cool. Smoking kills. That said, Cillian Murphy makes puffing on a death stick look like the coolest thing in the world. From the way he effortlessly slips it into his mouth (left side, then sliding it to the right), to the way he holds a fag-end as he faces everyone from … >
Continuing the pirate story left off by last week, this week’s Fear the Walking Dead proved to be a bit of a step down from recent weeks as it failed to wring much tension or adrenaline from its premise. There’s some intriguing drama here and there within ‘Captive’, but it generally lacks the focus and … >
With all of the main characters, old and new, highlighted in last week’s dramatic Season 2 opener, this week’s In the Club takes a more central look at Roanna (Hermione Norris) and Diane (Jill Halfpenny) as they deal with their own personal dramas. “I suppose we all have to make choices in life sometimes. We … >
Continuing straight on from the previous episode, the start of this week’s Marcella is a tense race against time – driven not just by the ongoing quest to catch the killer but by the fact that he has kidnapped a young girl who was unfortunate enough to have witnessed the latest murder. Success follows failure … >