Tranquillum House is an exclusive and upmarket wellness retreat, run by the mysterious and ethereal Masha (Nicole Kidman with a dodgy Russian accent). Attendance is by invitation only, so when nine highly stressed guests arrive, it's a guessing game as to what might connect a family reeling from suicide, a formerly successful romance novelist, a … Continue reading Nine Perfect Strangers (season 1)
Of all the new MCU tv shows - WandaVision, Falcon and the Winter Soldier - the one I was most looking forward to was this, Loki. Loki (Tom Hiddleston) is a fascinating character, as is his evolution in the Marvel universe: from pure, if faceted, villain in both Thor (2011) and Avengers (2012), the character was so … Continue reading Loki (season 1)
The best thing about the new MCU tv shows is the chance they give fans to see a continuation of the story from the movies, the so-called Infinity Saga. WandaVision was a very personal look at how Wanda Maximoff coped with the trauma she'd been through, and Loki will pick up (at least) one dangling plot thread from Endgame. … Continue reading Falcon and the Winter Soldier (season 1)
There's nothing like a studio/company cancelling a new show when you're halfway through watching it - cheers for that, Netflix. But, was it deserved or should it be offered a reprieve? Jupiter's Legacy is split between two timelines. In the 'now', we have a modern world where superheroes are real and have been for 90 … Continue reading Jupiter’s Legacy (season 1)
A bit on the late side, but here we are! Following the climax of the Infinity Saga and 'Phase 3', the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) decided to take over the small screen. Sure we've had forays with Agents of SHIELD and Agent Carter, but both of those - the former in particular - suffered by … Continue reading WandaVision (season 1)
When an alien crash lands on Earth, he takes the form of Dr Harry Vanderspeigle (Alan Tudyk) to blend in while searching for the device he lost in the crash. At first everything is going fine as he hides away in Harry's isolated cabin on the outskirts of small Colorado town, Patience. But then the … Continue reading Resident Alien (season 1)
My attempts to catch up with my reviewing leads to this very overdue write up on a surprisingly engrossing TV series. I picked The Alienist on Netflix partly because the title (explained shortly) intrigued me, partly because of the Ripper Street period vibe I was getting, and I thought I'd give an episode a go and … Continue reading The Alienist (season 1)
Westworld has been some of the most outstanding and enjoyable TV I can remember seeing. Season 1 blew me away, twisty and mind bending, mixing the Western with hard sci-fi. Season 2 tried to one up everything - more outstanding performances, more tricks with time lines, more high-tech theme parks, and just more wow. To … Continue reading Westworld (season 3)
Finally, something I'm too young for - the original series of Star Trek! The Next Generation was big when I was younger, though, and I enjoyed it a lot while never being an outright 'Trekkie'. Subsequent series were hit or miss, and while I enjoyed both the kitch retroness of the newer movies and the … Continue reading Star Trek: Picard (season 1)
I thoroughly enjoyed the first season of this adaptation of Richard Morgan's book(s), but it took me a while to get around the the second. Truth be told, I have very little recollection of the second and third books, so it took a bit of research to say that this second series is based on … Continue reading Altered Carbon (season 2)
