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CONSTELLATION – Season One
Apple TV’s Constellation, an eight-part television series, is the latest entrant in the science-fiction subgenre known as a “multiverse” story—the notion, derived from quantum theory, that our known...
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RIPLEY (2024)
When I heard Netflix was making a new series about Patricia Highsmith’s bon vivant serial killer, Tom Ripley—immortalised on film by luminaries like Alain Delon in Purple Noon (1960), Dennis Hopper in...
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MANHUNT (2024) – Miniseries
Manhunt, an eight-episode miniseries, is a work of historical fiction with good intentions. The 1865 assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was one of the greatest...
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SHŌGUN (2024) – Miniseries
This meticulous adaptation of James Clavell’s 1975 novel Shōgun is a masterclass in modern storytelling, engrossing from the opening few seconds of the first episode. A ship, the Erasmus, looms out of...
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DOCTOR WHO, 14.1 & 14.2 –‘Space Babies’&‘The Devil’s Chord’
Following last year’s frothy Christmas adventure, “The Church on Ruby Road”, the fourteenth series of the revived Doctor Who gets properly underway. (Or Season 1 if you prefer the Disney-dictated...
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BODKIN – Season One
Bodkin aims to explore the conventions of true-crime storytelling, delivering an engaging mystery with colourful, eccentric characters. However, it struggles to offer much originality. Set in the...
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DOCTOR WHO, 14.3 –‘Boom’
Steven Moffat’s episodes were always the highlights of the early years of Russell T. Davies’s reign as showrunner. This made him the natural choice to take over Doctor Who in 2010. He then ran the...
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DOCTOR WHO, 14.4 –’73 Yards’
The focus is on Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) throughout “73 Yards” as she arrives with The Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) on the picturesque Welsh coast, only to disturb an occult “fairy circle” of string and...
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DOCTOR WHO, 14.5 –‘Dot and Bubble’
There’s an intriguing premise behind this episode, heavily influenced by Black Mirror, particularly the episode “Nosedive” with its pastel-coloured society obsessed with social media interactions....
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ERIC (2024) – Miniseries
“Edgar, if you’re watching this, I’m so sorry, buddy. Just come home, okay? Prove to all these ladies and gentlemen of the press that you’re not dead.” Vincent Anderson (Benedict Cumberbatch) says...
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DOCTOR WHO, 14.6 –‘Rogue’
There have been a lot of “unusual” episodes this season, which go against the grain of what a typical Doctor Who story is; the limited locations of “Boom”, the almost Doctor-less “73 Yards”, and “Dot...
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PRESUMED INNOCENT (2024) – Miniseries
For his first lead role in a television drama, Jake Gyllenhaal (Road House) delivers a haunted performance as a high-flying criminal prosecutor on trial, accused of murdering his lover. Gyllenhaal...
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DOCTOR WHO, 14.7 –‘The Legend of Ruby Sunday’
After seven episodes, including the Christmas special, it’s time for answers about who abandoned Ruby (Millie Gibson) as a baby in 2004, and why the same woman (played by actress Susan Twist) has been...
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DOCTOR WHO, 14.8 –‘Empire of Death’
This finale showcased the strengths and weaknesses of Russell T Davies’s writing. The sci-fi plot mechanics made little to no sense, while everything that was down-to-earth and based on interpersonal...
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THE BOYS – Season Four
The third season of The Boys was a masterclass in political satire delivered through the lens of the overworn superhero genre. It was politically smart without seeming preachy, bold without feeling...
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THE ACOLYTE – Season One
The Acolyte, the latest Star Wars series on Disney+, is unfortunately a swing and a miss from the decades-spanning franchise. Created by Leslye Headland, the series has been heavily criticised online,...
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TIME BANDITS – Season One
Showrunners Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords), Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok), and Iain Morris (The Inbetweeners) waste no time in their latest TV series, Time Bandits, to reveal the show’s...
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KAOS – Season One
While some spent their childhood obsessed with dinosaurs, space, or the Roman Empire, others were fascinated by Greek mythology. Charlie Covell (The End of the F***ing World) might have been of the...
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SUNNY – Season One
Grief is no easy process to depict in art. Showing a character undergoing mourning over a lengthy period is, in many cases, prone to becoming self-indulgent, overly sentimental, or just plain bitter....
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THE PERFECT COUPLE – Limited Series (2024)
Adapted from Elin Hilderbrand’s 2018 novel, Netflix’s latest series The Perfect Couple attempts to lure its viewers into a binge-worthy murder mystery. However, despite a star-studded cast led by...
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