Before you read on, there are spoilers ahead for this week’s review of Dexter: New Blood. Throughout Episode 4, “H Is For Hero”, there’s a mounting sense of dread as Dexter begins to piece together the events of a foiled school shooting involving Harrison and another student, as the serial killer realises his son may have discovered … Read more
Before you read on, there are spoilers ahead for this week’s review of Doctor Who: Flux. We’ll start with Craig Parkinson’s Grand Serpent. According to Chibnall, the role was written with the Line Of Duty actor in mind, and it’s clear to see why. Parkinson excels as the villainous, intergalactic dictator on Vinder’s home planet, first introduced in … Read more
Before you read on, there are spoilers ahead for this week’s review of Dexter: New Blood. This week, the investigation into Matt Caldwell’s disappearance, Dexter’s first kill in ten years, ramps up, and it’d appear the net could be about to close in on Dexter. His biggest issue is when the serial killer learns that the … Read more
Before you read on, there are spoilers ahead for this week’s review of Doctor Who: Flux. With last week’s frantic time -jumping “Once, Upon Time” leaving me deflated, I had a head full of questions going into the fourth week of Doctor Who’s Flux story arc. It’s fair to say that many of us had a bit of a headache … Read more
Before you read on, there are spoilers ahead for this week’s review of Dexter: New Blood. The eloquently titled “Storm Of F***”, is unfortunately slightly below par from the standards set by last week’s opener, “Cold Snap”. Last week, we were reunited with Michael C. Hall’s Dexter Morgan assuming a new identity in the town of Iron Lake … Read more
Before you read on, there are spoilers ahead for this week’s review of Doctor Who: Flux. As episodes go, “Once, Upon Time” was a tad chaotic. If someone asked you to define what wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey meant, you could easily direct them to this episode. Focusing on the positives. We’ll begin with the Doctor and her mission to … Read more
Before you read on, there are spoilers ahead for this week’s review of Doctor Who: Flux. After last week’s hectic opener, the second episode of Doctor Who’s special Flux story arc delivers one of the absolute best Sontaran stories I’ve ever watched. I’ve always thoroughly enjoyed watching the Sontarans, from Helen Raynor’s electrifying The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky two-parter from … Read more
Before you read on, there are spoilers ahead for this week’s review of Dexter: New Blood. Eight years ago, one of Showtime’s most acclaimed TV dramas dropped off our radars with one of the most disappointing series finales of all time. Dexter’s beloved sister Deb perished to a gunshot wound that left her comatose. In the … Read more
Before you read on, there are spoilers ahead for this week’s review of Doctor Who. Serving as the first part of six, the “Flux” story arc breaks the mould of a conventional Doctor Who series, and it’s something to be admired. It’s also easy to forgive the overwhelming number of story strands this first episode establishes. … Read more
As always, before you read on, there are spoilers ahead for this week’s review of The Walking Dead. After seven weeks, we’ve reached the mid-season finale, the first of two, some might forget, to The Walking Dead’s bumper 24-special swansong season. So, to dive right in, the Reaper’s top man, the fanatically religious maniac Pope (Richie Coster), … Read more