THE BOX OF DELIGHTS (1984)
There’s not much made in the 1980s that can be described as timeless, but, for many, the BBC adaptation of John Masefield’s 1935 novel has become as integral a part of the festive season as sending...
View ArticleTHE MADNESS – Limited Series (2024)
If you suddenly found yourself being hunted for a crime you didn’t commit, how would you escape the lies people spread about you? That’s the basic premise of Netflix’s latest conspiracy thriller, The...
View ArticleTHE CREEP TAPES – Season One
The Creep franchise has served creator and star Mark Duplass well this past decade. The original Creep was released in 2014 and was followed three years later by Creep 2 (2016), both of which were...
View ArticleTHE LAST DRIVE-IN: JUST JOE BOB (2024)
The Last Drive-in: Just Joe Bob is a collection of segments from Shudder series The Last Drive-in show hosted by Joe Bob Briggs, a show where the eponymous host introduces and sort of compères cult...
View ArticleDOCTOR WHO –‘Joy to the World’
Christmas was reclaimed by Doctor Who last year when audiences got their first look at the Fifteenth Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) and Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) in “The Church on Ruby Road”, and it seems...
View ArticleBEFORE (2024) – Miniseries
Dr Eli Adler (Billy Crystal) bolts awake from a nightmare: a shrouded figure plunging to their death at the bottom of an empty swimming pool. Shaking off the dream, Eli shuffles through his apartment,...
View ArticleDUNE: PROPHECY – Season One
Prequels are fickle beasts; telling a new story in an established universe, when the audience knows how it all eventually unfolds, requires solid storytelling chops. Factor in a beloved universe or...
View ArticleSQUID GAME – Season Two (2024)
Hwang Dong-hyuk wrote and directed every episode of Squid Game / 오징어 게임 (2021), the South Korean survival thriller series that became a worldwide sensation on Netflix. It still holds the record as the...
View ArticleBLACK DOVES – Season One
As happened with comic-book superheroes post-Iron Man (2008), John Wick (2014) likewise ushered in a cinematic obsession with secret networks, spies, and assassins. That obsession reached television...
View ArticleSTAR WARS: SKELETON CREW – Season One
It’s been a rough few years for Star Wars fans. Honestly, it’s been a rough few decades. Since Disney acquired George Lucas’s esteemed franchise in 2012, their films and television shows have been...
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