Troy: Fall of a City continues to lumber, being one of the dullest attempts at a Game of Thrones clone. The Greeks have been unable to defeat the Trojans in battle so have changed tactics – placing the city under siege and launching a scorched-earth policy. Within a year Troy is on the verge of starvation and […]
Derry Girls was heavily promoted by Channel Four in the UK and the network has struck gold with their Northern Irish coming-of-age comedy. Set in the ‘90s in the city of Derry (or Londonderry, depending on your persuasion) Derry Girls focuses on five friends growing up in the city. There is Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), a typical 16-year-old girl, her […]
“Conditions,” the second episode of the BBC/Netflix series Troy: Fall of a City, was a huge improvement upon the first episode. But considering the low standards set by “Black Blood” this was not hard to achieve. Following the events of “Black Blood,” Helen’s (Bella Dayne) arrival causes a political and diplomatic crisis for the Trojans. The action […]
Since the success of Game of Thrones there have been impersonators trying to chase the proverbial dragon. Some have focused on crown intrigue, others have looked at the fantasy element (looking at you, Amazon, and your purchase of the Lord of the Rings) and the success rate is mixed. In the latest installment of “trying to be […]
The next Aardman film has been a long time in the making, and maybe Early Man isn’t as good as Chicken Run, but that’s a pretty high bar. The iconic plasticine stop-motion animation is as jaw-dropping as ever, but the film is short on memorable characters and struggles to connect emotionally. Dug, our caveman protagonist, […]
If you’re looking for a quick binge, might I recommend the excellent British series The End of the F***ing World? It’s a quick eight episodes, with no episode longer than 22 minutes (seriously, it absolutely flies by), with two spectacular leads and a compelling plot (that skews very, very dark). I went into the series […]
“The Plan” was a busy episode that attempted to pack all its characters and storylines in a 43-minute package. After the failed attempt to recapture York from the Vikings, Bishop Heahmund (Jonathan Rhys Meyer) convinced Aethelwulf (Moe Dunford), King of Wessex, to lay siege to the city and starve them to death. Bjorn Ironside (Alexander […]
Due to a mix-up with screeners, I’ve spent the last 48 hours mainlining the second season of The Crown in an effort to complete my review prior to its December 8th premiere, and I have been successful. Having watched the full ten-episode season, I can happily report that the series remains just as successful on […]
Vikings is back for its fifth season and starts off with two episodes titled “The Fisher King” and “The Departed.” The fifth season picks up where the fourth season left off: the Lothbrok Vikings have defeated Wessex in battle and as a part of the peace deal they have been given East Angelia. But tensions are growing within the […]
In the “Streaming Wars,” it isn’t really clear which site is winning the battle, but it is pretty clear that Amazon is losing. While Netflix tends to get the most buzz, with shows like Stranger Things taking over the pop culture discourse for weeks at a time, Hulu has managed to grasp the brass ring in the […]
