• TV Review – American Horror Story: Freak Show, Episode 3

    Once again we return to the biggest horror show of the year, and unfortunately, this episode just does not live up to expectation. Titled “Edward Mordrake (Part 1)” of a two-part episode, this time, as it the Halloween instalment, I imagined we would get a super scary and suspenseful 60 minutes, but the...
  • TV Review – Life Story, Episode 1

    Despite being 88, David Attenborough is more productive than ever. The first episode of the BBC’s new six-part series, Life Story, is slightly more sentimental than any of his previous nature documentaries. Instead of narrating the whole way through, Attenborough is seen getting involved with the animals, most notably with a...
  • TV Review – Homeland, Season 4, Episode 2

    Warning: Spoilers follow! Troubles are brewing (when are they not?) within the CIA. Carrie (Claire Danes) is grounded on American soil but continues her investigation into former agents’ work in the Middle East. Quinn comes face to face with the pains accompanying a warrior’s homecoming. Meanwhile Saul is becoming...
  • TV Review – The Strain, Season 1, Episode 6

    Our favourite CDC investigator Dr. Eph is in trouble with the law this week, and with a solar eclipse shadowing New York City in darkness, there’s be nowhere to run from the infected… Warning: Spoilers follow! With last week’s episode “Runaways” ending with Dr. Ephraim being blamed for the death...
  • TV Review – American Horror Story: Freak Show, Episode 2

    Welcoming us back into the twisted tale of Freak Show, American Horror Story returns with “Massacres and Matinees“, as the county police feel they need to answer the public’s question: who is the mysterious killer that’s been terrorising their little town of Jupiter? Warning: Spoilers follow! The police are going out to...
  • Politics’ male focus is excluding greens from tv debates

    It’s the buildup to the 2015 general election and Big Questions are beginning to fly around. For me, one which particularly needs answering is this – why on earth has Nigel Farage, the leader of UKIP, been given a place to speak at the televised leaders debates before next...
  • TV Review – The Strain, Episodes 4-5

    With the UK release of the fourth and fifth episodes, The Strain reaches its scariest senses yet, with even more frights as the infected become more sinister in presence, and higher in numbers… Warning: Spoilers follow! As the virus affects more and more people, we see more gore than before. Episode 4, “It’s...