TV Reviews

Black Mirror ‘Rachel, Jack and Ashley, Too’ review: a genius pop music caper that might better be called A Star Is Borg…

Writer/co-producer Charlie Brooker has often said how Black Mirror episodes are genre-based as much as tech-based. Sure, they’re all sci-fi to an extent, but...

The Handmaid’s Tale season three episode one review: A confident return for television’s best-looking show

Well, Game of Thrones may have choked, but at least The Handmaid's Tale – arguably the second biggest televisual event of the year –...

Game of Thrones season 8 episode 6 review: A stately but oddly haphazard finale

“No-one is very happy, which means it’s a good compromise, I suppose.” This is how Tyrion Lannister described the ending of Game of Thrones, unwittingly...

‘Game of Thrones’ season 8 episode 5 review: Did Daenerys just jump the shark/dragon?

Game of Thrones made its name with shocking twists, but in its penultimate episode on Sunday night it was sorely missing one. Various advisers...

‘Game of Thrones’ season 8, episode 3 review: The night is dark and full of terrible visibility

Game of Thrones' recurring motifs of night and winter came back to bite it in season 8's highly anticipated third episode. Admittedly, the ‘Day...

‘Game of Thrones’ season 8, episode 1 review: A game of reunions in Winterfell, while the Night King pivots to art installations

What a pleasure it is to have Game of Thrones back. As Netflix continues to hail down show after show, it’s almost a nostalgic...

‘Disenchantment’ review – sure, it’s no Simpsons, but Matt Groening’s new series will reward and surprise the box-set bingers

When Matt Groening’s The Simpsons came about – first via a series of animated shorts on Fox’s The Tracy Ullman Show in 1987, then...

’13 Reasons Why’ Season 2 review: it gets as many things wrong as it does right

13 Reasons Why is probably the most argued-about show on TV right now. On one side are parents, teachers and mental health professionals, many...
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