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  • The Midwich Cuckoos TV Series Misses the Point of the Novel and Wastes its Modernisation

    Sky's adaptation isn't interested in exploring big ideas, modern social issues, or sci-fi philosophy, instead turning Wyndham's work into something painfully generic...
  • Tanked Up 217 – Small Screen, Big Hands

    Hot, hot gaming and beer chat this week. Lucy drinks Tartu Pilsner from Puhaste, Ben has a Session pale from North Brewing Co and Aadil sups Buxton Brewery’s Lupulus X Simcoe IPA. Lucy has been playing Little Orpheus from The Chinese Room and it sparks a conversation about Apple...
  • Studio Ghibli Review (Part 1)

    Nausicaä of the Valley of The Wind & Castle In The Sky.   The first two films from the iconic team of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki – released in 1984 and 1986 respectively – lived up to the billing. In popular culture both Ghibli and Miyazaki have a...
  • Now TV? More Like Next Month TV

    The fight against piracy is still raging, it remains a massive problem for TV, Movies and Music around the world. One of the best weapons in the arsenal of the makers and providers of this content is convenience. The more convenient it is to access the content through the...
  • Is Standard TV Dead?

    A few weeks back, I wrote about the benefits of binge watching. Being able to watch a whole season, or even series, in one source, all at once obviously brings some great benefits to the table. Allowing viewers to choose when to watch their shows, being a valid spoiler...
  • Penny Dreadful Cancelled

    The Season 3 finale of Penny Dreadful is actually the series finale, as the Show has been cancelled. Showtime’s CEO David Nevins had this to say on the cancellation… “John Logan deftly created a truly beautiful, brilliantly-written, epic drama series that has drawn a passionate fanbase to our network....
  • The Benefits of Binge Watching

    If you are reading this website, the chances are you have sat and watched multiple episodes of a single TV show without a real break. Whether that is 2 or 3, or double figures (Yes, I am looking at you True Detective), it all falls under the umbrella of...
  • Revisiting Game of Thrones Season 5 Part 3: King’s Landing and Winterfell

    For the past three weeks I’ve been looking back over the fifth season of acclaimed fantasy drama  Game of Thrones after re-watching it and give it an informal review/ share some spoilery thoughts now that we have the benefit of hindsight. This is the third and final part of...
  • Revisiting Game of Thrones Season 5 Part 2: Across the Narrow Sea

    For the next few weeks I’m looking back over the fifth season of acclaimed fantasy drama Game of Thrones after re-watching it and give it an informal review/ share some spoilery thoughts now that we have the benefit of hindsight. In this part I’m looking specifically at the events...