I went into the latest season of The Hour somewhat sceptically. While the first season was enjoyable, it had a horribly written conspiracy storyline that always felt like it was just crowbarred into the last 10 minutes of each episode. It turns out I had little reason to worry this season as the writers have [...]
It’s been over four years since HBO’s The Wire finished and I’ve yet to find another TV show that engrossed me so much in its storylines and characters. Of course great shows have come along since then, such as the excellent remake of the Danish series The Killing and the gruesome adaptation of the comic [...]
Coming to cinemas in November is war time horror movie The Awakening, starring The Wire’s Dominic West, Rebecca Hall (The Town) and Imedla Staunton who surely should be a Dame by now. Set in England in 1921 West stars as Ghost Hunter Robert Mallory, he’s drafted in by cynic Florence Cathcart (Hall) after a supernatural occurrence [...]
