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Showing posts with label TV series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TV series. Show all posts
Saturday, 20 December 2014

2014's top 10 TV drama series ... with some disappointments & guilty pleasures

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This is one old fart's top 10: Fargo Happy Valley The Missing (Season 1) Penny Dreadful (Series 1) Lilyhammer (Series 3) Peaky Bl...
Friday, 25 July 2014

"The Mimic" Series 2, Channel 4

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Surprisingly we get a second series of this bittersweet little show. I thought six episodes pretty much covered Martin and his world but wri...
Monday, 30 June 2014

"Penny Dreadful" Season 1, Episode 8, "Grand Guignol", Season 2, Episode 1, "Fresh Hell"

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"Do you really want to be normal?" the man of God asks Vanessa in the final scene. She then thinks long and hard about it. Roll cr...
Sunday, 26 January 2014

"Banshee" Season 2, Episode 3, Cinemax, review

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The second season is really getting interesting. A juicy murder mystery/love story involving the Amish and Native American communities, the ...
Thursday, 31 October 2013

"American Horror Story: Coven" FX TV series, Episode 4, "Fearful Pranks Ensue"

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Loads of "fearful pranks" and surprise visits tonight. A fun visit from the Council of Witchcraft, featuring Quentin (think Truma...
Wednesday, 30 October 2013

"The Wrong Mans" BBC2 TV Series 1 "Running Mans" final...Series 2

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Looks like there is going to be a second series. Why else have the bomb strapped to the car? Hope not, though. The boys went out on a high, ...
Monday, 28 October 2013

"Dracula" NBC TV series Episode 1

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Don't you love a bit of steampunk? Sorely missing from US network television. Remember CBS's "The Wild Wild West" (1965)?...
Thursday, 24 October 2013

"American Horror Story: Coven" FX TV Series 3, Episode 3 "The Replacements", mini-spoilers

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Lots of flashy camera angles and flashing knives this week. Mare Winningham (remember "St Elmo's Fire"?) has some disturbing s...
Wednesday, 23 October 2013

"The Wrong Mans" BBC TV series Episode 5 "Wanted Mans"

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Tonight spooks, double crosses, not on "the good settee", assault with a stapler, "mucky ladies", Dawn French performing...
Monday, 21 October 2013

"Masters Of Sex" Showtime TV series Episode 4

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This episode focused on its flawed male characters. Bill Masters (Michael Sheen), the cold fish, misery guts, physically abused as a child a...
Saturday, 19 October 2013

"Peaky Blinders" BBC2 Episode 6 Series final... Series 2?

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I hope a second series is not made. But it will be. Campbell (Sam Neill) probably topped himself rather than Grace. Tom may have some adven...
Thursday, 17 October 2013

"American Horror Story: Coven" FX TV series Episode 2 "Boy Parts"

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With tongue firmly in the cheek, more fun in New Orleans. Alligators getting revenge on bayou hunters, build-your-own-boyfriend in the morgu...
Wednesday, 16 October 2013

"The Wrong Mans" BBC2 Episode 4, "Inside Mans"

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This show just gets better. Not only full of laughs but stylishly filmed. Loved the shot when the camera pulled back from inside the lads...
Saturday, 28 September 2013

Farewell "The IT Crowd" Channel 4

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After the lukewarm reception of "Count Arthur Strong", Graham Linehan's sublime series goes out on a high. It was like nothing...
Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Will I keep watching "The Wrong Mans"? BBC TV

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The jury is still out after watching Episode 1 of "The Wrong Mans". Here are the pros: Beautifully photographed, cool editing. ...
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Tuesday, 24 September 2013

8 reasons "The Blacklist" will be a hit - spoilers

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James Spader (Raymond Redington) having a lot of fun as the campy criminal mastermind. And boy, doesn't he love his food and booze. E...
Thursday, 19 September 2013

"Masters of Sex" Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3 Showtime TV series, review

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This is mature and intelligent television. I'm not sure about the title, play on words aside. It's probably ratings-driven. I prefer...
Friday, 13 September 2013

"Peaky Blinders" Once Upon A Time In Birmingham, BBC2, review

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From the stunning opening scene (dude rides into town on a horse??) featuring Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand", atmospheric Birmin...
Monday, 26 August 2013

What to do when your favourite TV series finish...

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Having withdrawal symptoms, now my favourite TV series have finished their seasons. Have to wait until 2014 for new seasons of "Banshee...
Saturday, 24 August 2013

Can "Orphan Black" get any better?

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How can you top the chop-the-tail-off-the-human scene in Episode 7? (Why would you want a tail, anyway? When would you get the chance to w...