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12 Monkeys "The Red Forest" Review

2/23/2015

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by Graham Osborne

Time Travel is a tricksome beast. If it’s not sending you back in time to have awkward sexually charged moments with your teenage mother, it’s directing you into an alternate timeline because you didn’t throw away that packet of crisps you just wolfed down, and now the world is doomed! You wally.

If you’ve been following the events of 12 Monkeys so far, you’ll know that the chances of temporally displaced oedipal trysts are unlikely, so settle in for a more dire version of Back to the Future II!

The 100 "Resurrection" Review (Spoilers!)

2/23/2015

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by Leah Stone

The 100 has been going from strength to strength, with brilliant and entertaining plots, in-depth character development, action, excitement and a never-ending feeling of anticipation.

The Office (US) - A Retrospective

2/21/2015

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by Jack Edwards

The Office (U.S.) as everyone knows was developed for American television after the monumental success of the original English version. It started in 2005 with a six part season that heavily followed the first series of the original; and it was not an easy start. The close resemblances to the original episodes inevitably lead to direct comparisons between characters, actors, and the interpretation of the original dialogue. This made many memorable scenes from the original unbearably clunky and awkward as these direct comparisons left the US version lacking a certain something; a certain Englishness and originality.

TV Teaser: Killing Jesus

2/20/2015

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Agent Carter "Snafu" Review

2/20/2015

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by Graham Osborne

The penultimate episode of Agent Carter is full of palpable tension, as various plots and machinations come out of the woodwork. At the centre of it all is the shadowy Leviathan, but will Agent Carter be able to foil their operations and clear Howard Stark’s name?

Doctor Who News: Guess WHO'S Back

2/20/2015

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by Helen Langdon

It was the big reveal of the eighth season of Doctor Who. Missy, the mysterious woman who’d been haunting the Doctor’s steps and pushing him and Clara together, wasn’t just any old villain – she was the newly regenerated Master (after all, Steven Moffat made the Doctor female in The Curse of Fatal Death – it was only a matter of time before gender-bending Time Lords made it into the Whoniverse proper). But at the end of season finale “Death in Heaven” she was disintegrated by a Cyber-Brigadier. Wasn’t she?

Gotham "The Blind Fortune Teller" Review

2/19/2015

by Cookie N Screen

The Circus is in town and did you feel a pull of terror in the pit of your stomach? Especially as we finally got to meet The Flying Graysons that will produce that elusive Dick later on. Because it all smattered of Joel Schumacher mixed with the equally lacklustre American Horror Story – murder. The screaming reminders of Batman Forever haunted Gotham. But not in the way you would expect. Because honestly, the crazily bright and vivid Schumacher film is a hell of a lot better than Gotham. I’d even take Batman & Robin at this point.

Supernatural "The Executioner's Song" Review (Spoilers!)

2/19/2015

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by Catherine Wignall

Something is rotten in the state of Supernatural.

The Greatest Love Story Never Told – also known as Destiel, or Dean/Cas – has long been a talking point amongst Supernatural fans, to the point where even mainstream media was writing about its possibility. Would the show acknowledge the obvious chemistry between characters Dean Winchester and Castiel, making it one of the most interesting coming-out stories on television, or would they continue to deny all knowledge while indulging in a hefty case of queerbaiting?

Broadchurch "S2, E7" Review

2/17/2015

by Cookie N Screen

If there is one word to sum up this week’s Broadchurch, it would be “erhowerwerwoeurweur!” The show has been getting a lot of flak for being a more developed version of a soap opera. It didn’t help ITV’s trailer for Emmerdale show up half way through this episode of the beach based drama to help remind us that it is teetering closer to the farm than not. Because, whilst the first season of the drama did well in creating some unique dramatic tension, the second season seems to be adamant at creating enough “punch the wall out of frustrating” ends that I’m surprised it didn’t end with Eastender’s patented “dun dun dun dunununununun.”

The Musketeers "The Return" Review (Spoilers!)

2/16/2015

by Helen Langdon

The musketeers might be known for their stylish headwear and their faithful horses, but who else has those exact same qualities? That’s right. Cowboys. That might be a tenuous link, but in this week’s Musketeers episode, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stumbled upon The Magnificent Seven. In a dusty, abnormally sunny village in the French countryside, Athos must face his past and responsibilities, face down the evil men trying to steal the land, and somehow turn the local villagers into a fighting force to defend their homes.

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