Neil Gaiman is a critically acclaimed award-winning writer who started his career with comic books – notably on the fan favourite Sandman – and novels (viz. American Gods, Coraline, Stardust and The Graveyard Book).
TV Review
GEEK OUT! THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON ONE
Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale 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.
REAL TO REEL : THE LEFTOVERS SEASON THREE – TAKING IT ON FAITH
What does it all mean? Was The Leftovers one of the best TV drama series ever made? Or was it one of the worst?
REAL TO REEL : HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON FIVE – NO LONGER STRANGER THAN REAL LIFE
The main challenges that faced Netflix’s political drama House of Cards was twofold. One, how to match the ongoing dramatic events happening in the Trump administration and two, how to maintain interest in a narrative that was slowly but surely running out of fresh ideas.
GEEK OUT! THE STRANGER THINGS REVIEW
Synopsis Stranger Things is a 8-part Netflix original series set in Indiana 1983, where a young boy vanishes into thin air and a mysterious girl with strange powers suddenly appears at about the same time. Directed by The Duffer Brothers and starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour & Matthew Modine.
GEEK OUT! TV REVIEW: SHERLOCK – THE ABOMINABLE BRIDE
Sherlock: The stage is set, the curtain rises, we are ready to begin. Mary Watson: Begin what? Sherlock: Sometimes to solve a case, one must first solve another. John Watson: Oh, you have a case, then, a new one? Sherlock: An old one, very old. I shall have to go Continue Reading
GEEK OUT! FEAR THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 1 REVIEW
Spoilers lie in wait. You have been warned. Following the ongoing success of The Walking Dead, AMC and creator Robert Kirkman brought us the prequel companion series Fear the Walking Dead, having decided to give us the chance to experience the infection from the beginning. Concluding its first season this Continue Reading