• TV Review: Press

    With a premise less centred on cramming our screens with blood-spill and gore than the adjacently aired Bodyguard and Killing Eve, there was always a danger that BBC’s Press would float modestly under the radar. However, writer Mike Bartlett’s latest attempt, a drama absorbing itself in the unremitting world...
  • American Gods: First Impressions

    American Gods, the cornerstone of modern Americana fantasy, has been reincarnated by Bryan Fuller (of Hannibal fame) and Michael Green (writer of Alien: Covenant and Logan, both released this year), with astounding results. The new series, released on Amazon Prime, is based on Neil Gaiman’s book of the same...
  • Seasons 1-2 review: The Super-flaw with Supergirl

    With DC Comics and Marvel fans providing an assured audience, it’s no surprise TV and online streaming are taking on more action-superhero based shows. For Marvel, you have the hugely popular Netflix Originals: Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. For DC Comics, network CW has become the...
  • A More Realistic View of ‘Love’

    When the first series of Love premiered on Netflix in February last year, it presented a view of modern romance that was completely unique. The second series, released earlier this month, follows in those footsteps, and once again provides a funny but painfully real insight into the modern world....
  • Skins: 10 Years on

    I was soon to be turning 14 years old when I first watched Skins, around three years after it first aired. Looking back, I probably should not have been watching it, considering the amount of swearing, drugs, and general rampant debauchery in the first season. Well, in every season....
  • Too ‘Taboo’ for you?

    The latest gritty offering from the BBC and FX has been a great success, and a star-studded cast has ensured that Taboo has earnt its place among the best shows 2017 has seen so far. Tom Hardy plays the suitably brooding James Keziah Delaney, who returns to 1800s London...
  • Santa Clarita Diet Review: Dawn of the Mombie

    Drew Barrymore adds herself to the list of A list movie stars making the jump to the small screen with her debut in Netflix’s new zombie screwball comedy ‘Santa Clarita Diet’. Barrymore plays Sheila Hammond a residential realter living in the suburbs of Santa Clarita. Sheila’s marriage to Joel...