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TITANS IS A DARKER VERSION OF SINGER’S ORIGINAL X-MEN
Already more than halfway through its first season, the DC Universe streaming series is proving to be problematic at best, and at worst a badly written super-hero adaptation.
DAREDEVIL SEASON 3 (REVIEW)DAREDEVIL SEASON 3 (REVIEW)
Daredevil Season 3 is the third season of the superhero action drama streaming TV series based on the Marvel Comics character.
(more…)THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (REVIEW)THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (REVIEW)
The Haunting of Hill House is a horror drama miniseries streaming on Netflix. Loosely based on Shirley Wilson’s classic 1959 novel of the same name, this Netflix series is a tour-de-force from writer-director Mike Flanagan and possibly one of the best of its kind this year.
(more…)APOSTLE (MOVIE REVIEW)APOSTLE (MOVIE REVIEW)
Welsh director Gareth Evans – best known for The Raid – is the person behind Apostle, a period religious horror film starring Dan Stevens (of Legion fame).
(more…)VENOM (MOVIE REVIEW)VENOM (MOVIE REVIEW)
Venom is a 2018 American superhero film drama based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel and Tencent Pictures. If you like your superheroes light and you are not too concerned about well-developed plots and characterisations, then this is the movie for you!
(more…)MANIAC (TV REVIEW)MANIAC (TV REVIEW)
As regular visitors will know, I am a huge fan of scifi author Phillip K Dick and I always take pleasure in discovering works that incorporate the themes that Dick’s novels focused on. In that light, I highly recommend the new Netflix streaming series, Maniac.
(more…)IMPULSE SEASON 1 (REVIEW)IMPULSE SEASON 1 (REVIEW)
Impulse Season 1 is the first season of an American science fiction drama streaming television series based on the 2013 Steven Gould novel Impulse. The novel was one of a series following Gould’s novel Jumper. The series is a loose sequel to the 2008 film adaptation of the book.
(more…)BLACK MIRROR SEASON 4 (REVIEW)BLACK MIRROR SEASON 4 (REVIEW)
Black Mirror Season 4 is the 4th season of a British anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker. Individual episodes explore a diversity of genres, but most are near-future dystopias utilising a science fiction technology—a type of speculative fiction.
(more…)THE PUNISHER: BEST VERSION OF THE FAN-FAVOURITE VIGILANTE!THE PUNISHER: BEST VERSION OF THE FAN-FAVOURITE VIGILANTE!
The Punisher is an American superhero television drama series created by Steve Lightfoot for the streaming service Netflix, based on the Marvel Comics character Punisher. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), acknowledging the continuity of the franchise’s films and other television series. It is a spin-off from the first Marvel Netflix series, Daredevil (2015–2018). The Punisher was produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios and Bohemian Risk Productions, with Lightfoot serving as showrunner. (Wikipedia)
(more…)ELECTRIC DREAMS – EPISODE 5ELECTRIC DREAMS – EPISODE 5
Philip K Dick Electric Dreams – Episode 5 is the fifth instalment in the scifi anthology series based on the short stories of the iconoclastic scifi writer. As we have mentioned before, the problem with Electric Dreams is that it has issues adapting the original Philip K Dick short stories. Chances are if you are expecting Electric Dreams to be on the level of Black Mirror, then you will be upset and disappointed.
(more…)ELECTRIC DREAMS – EPISODE 4ELECTRIC DREAMS – EPISODE 4
Philip K Dick Electric Dreams – Episode 4 is the fourth instalment in the scifi anthology series based on the short stories of the iconoclastic scifi writer. As we have mentioned before, the problem with Electric Dreams is that it has issues adapting the original Philip K Dick short stories. Oh we truly believe that the producers cheated with this episode of Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams.
(more…)ELECTRIC DREAMS – EPISODE 3ELECTRIC DREAMS – EPISODE 3
Philip K Dick Electric Dreams – Episode 3 is the third instalment in the scifi anthology series based on the short stories of the iconoclastic scifi writer. As we have mentioned before, the problem with Electric Dreams is that it has issues adapting the original Philip K Dick short stories.
(more…)ELECTRIC DREAMS – EPISODE 2ELECTRIC DREAMS – EPISODE 2
Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams – Episode 2 is the second instalment in the scifi anthology series based on the short stories of the iconoclastic scifi writer.The whole point of an adaptation is, not to slavishly follow the source material, but to utilise the changed medium to say something different but remaining true to the core of the original.
(more…)THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 1 (REVIEW)THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 1 (REVIEW)
Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale Season 1 reminded us of Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle. Both are TV adaptations of award-winning critically acclaimed scifi novels that involve a dystopian reality, whether set in the past or the future.
(more…)DAREDEVIL SEASON 2 – REVIEWDAREDEVIL SEASON 2 – REVIEW
Daredevil Season 2 is the second season of an American superhero television series created by Drew Goddard for the streaming service Netflix, based on the Marvel Comics character Daredevil. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), acknowledging the continuity of the franchise’s films, and was the first Marvel Netflix series leading to the crossover miniseries The Defenders. Daredevil was produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios. (Wikipedia)
(more…)THE EXPANSE LIVES UP TO ITS NAME!THE EXPANSE LIVES UP TO ITS NAME!
The Expanse is an American science fiction television series developed by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby for the Syfy network, and is based on the series of novels of the same name by James S. A. Corey.
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