‘Alcatraz’: ‘Guy Hastings’ review
Things are now beginning to kick off in an interesting way for Alcatraz, essentially because the characters are now beginning to have some personal investment in the over-reaching story.
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Things are now beginning to kick off in an interesting way for Alcatraz, essentially because the characters are now beginning to have some personal investment in the over-reaching story.
Last week’s opener tried to give us an overview of the whole Game of Thrones canvas by featuring every major character, while The Night Lands benefits from concentrating on fewer groups.
Launching this week on Sky Arts 1 is a new series of one-off drama and comedy plays (there’s even some science-fiction in there too), under the umbrella of Playhouse Presents…
Thankfully for Archer’s justifiably large fanbase, this second season of spy-based semi-‘60s silliness maintains the same hilarious quality.
We’ve had three instalments of ITV’s Titanic now and scriptwriter Fellowes’ looping-back narrative is starting to feel ever so slightly tired.
It’s the episode that drives forward the final section of the series, picking up from last week’s summer vacation with a fresh burst of pace.
It’s business as usual as another motley bunch of new and old horror contenders step into the ring for a bloody fight to the death.
Maria was sent to bed early last week, leaving 14 candidates to continue battling it out in the corporate Hunger Games that is The Apprentice.
This penultimate episode puts increasing pressure on the finale to deliver both climactic conclusions for the various erratic story lines and a sufficiently cathartic end to satisfy viewers.
As a reintroduction to such a sprawling, complex series, this is pretty near perfect.