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Hannibal "Contorno" Review

7/4/2015

by Cookie N Screen

Let’s start this Hannibal review on a humorous observation - because my lord we need it with this kind of series. Between cannibal puns where, if people were paying attention, saw Hannibal Lecter flat out admit that he is a murdering chef to the gag reel, the show is despairing people and gory bits so it’s natural to want a little bit of comedy into our show. Like some rigid comedy routine, have any of you noticed that Jack never pays for his own drinks? What’s that all about? He always seems to be chewing on some delicious chow made by someone else. Does the man not know how to cook?

Well - maybe not. But whilst he isn’t able to cook-ass. He is able to kick-ass.

TV Teaser - Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

7/3/2015

by Cookie N Screen

It's hard to imagine all our favourite comedy stars as teenage camp counsellors but back in 2001, they all gathered to deliver a raucous, hysterical cult spoof and did it so well that it accumulated a large fanbase. Excitingly, Wet Hot American Summer returns to our screens with a prequel series looking at the first day of camp. Which means that all your favourite comedy stars return as teenage camp counsellors only this time they are 14 years older and somehow are supposed to be younger.

Outlander "Wentworth Prison" Review

7/3/2015

by Cookie N Screen

There is something so sinisterly enthralling about villainous characters that, if done well, gift excellence to a television show. Like the romping Hannibal that illuminates his television show, evil characters are pivotal if they are fleshed out with realism. This is where Outlander and Game of Thrones separates. For example, with Ramsey Bolton, you can loathe him but he is a cartoon character of depravity and rage, set to exert the power shock towards the audience. With Captain Jack Randall, whose similar modus operandi causes alarm for fans, there is a sickening reason and poetic rhyme and reason to his work that fleshes him out as the beast he is - and not merely a device for us to loathe.

As we enter in to the darker elements of Outlander with the penultimate episode, we know exactly the lengths Randall will go to catch and break his prey.

Tim Hincks - BAFTA Television Lecture

7/2/2015

by Cookie N Screen

“You’re obviously like me, when it’s a hot, warm night you think, ‘lecture,’ so thank you very much for joining me.” Tim Hincks begins as people have settled down into their seats, feeling a little drenched with sweat and clutching themselves closer so the packed auditorium doesn’t fill with unpleasant smells. As the sun beats down in London, most people would be loosening their ties and springing nearby to Green Park. Instead, us industry types wanted to bask in the intelligence, humour and wit of Tim Hincks - President of the Endemol Shine Group.

True Detective "Night Finds You" Review (Spoilers!)

6/30/2015

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by Robbie Jones

It seems so cruel to say that True Detective has lost its touch based on two episodes, but the writers of this show are capable of so much more. The ending of this week’s episode was interesting, but up until then, it was horseshit.

Humans "S1, E3" Review

6/29/2015

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by Cookie N Screen

Technology and sex go hand in hand, don’t they? After all, without porn, the internet wouldn’t be as nearly as popular as it is today. In fact, surprisingly, nothing is advanced as much as sex toys are. Particularly synthetic dolls. In the pursuit of advancement, vagina based droids are pushed beyond uncanny valley so that lonely people across the globe can feel some sort of manufactured flesh against them. In some ways, that is the basis of Humans this week, which sees sexual desire and robotic humanity clash intricately whilst others battle with being seemingly replaced or an impending war from the robots.

Sense8 Season 1 Overview (Spoilers!)

6/29/2015

by Helen Langdon

Sense8 could have been awful. A science fiction series about humanity with eight different main characters across the globe, written by the Wachowskis (coming off the high of Jupiter Ascending – because critics loved that, right?) and J Michael Straczynski, who created a hit with Babylon 5, but... that was about 20 years ago. Given the Wachowskis’ penchant for long-winded dialogue and high-minded philosophical ideas that teenage boys find radical, could the series pull it off?

Spoilers: yes.

Settle in, because this is going to be a long-winded love letter to Sense8’s first season.

Hannibal "Aperitivo" Review

6/28/2015

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by Cookie N Screen

The shrieks of pain howled across the globe. No. No. Not the whining of detective Will Graham but the copious amount of Fannibals (that’s the nickname for the obsessive audience who dine greedily on Bryan Fuller’s show) all sobbing into their pocket squares this week. Including this intrepid critic, the devastating news that Hannibal has been cancelled by NBC. Despite a loss of ratings and many lamenting that the television series was too graphic or stylish for modern audiences to consume, a large fanbase has formed. Now a rally cry has been made as people practically beg for Netflix to option the show in all its gory wonder. And despite two shaky episodes, episode four Aperitivo finally staged its strength away from Hannibal’s murderous trek through Europe.

No Spoilers Please - The Reviews!

6/27/2015

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by The IWG TV Team

What do our writers think of their picks for NSP?

Read on to find out!

Sense8 "I Can't Leave Her" Review (Spoilers!)

6/26/2015

by Helen Langdon

First season finales are always difficult, because there’s no way of knowing how the show is going to be received. If all goes well and you’re going to get a second season, then you want the finale to give closure to the first season and tease at the stories which lie ahead. But there’s always a chance that things might go badly, and if you’ve left any hanging plot threads, audiences are going to be left with a hole in their hearts (the wounds of Atlantis are still fresh). Sense8 gave us an episode that occasionally reached the heights of the very best episodes of this short series, but overall felt a bit anti-climactic given how good the series could be at its best.

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