Frame Rated: BETTER CALL SAUL, 2.10 - 'Klick'

Over at Frame Rated, I reviewed the season 2 finale of BETTER CALL SAUL - "Klick". Uh, 'klick' here to read!

It's a little miracle that Better Call Saul can deliver such a fantastic season finale, without the need for anything particularly earth-shattering to happen. Events just allowed to unfold in a very plausible way, and we're now so invested in the core relationships that the tiniest of things can cause a great deal of tension, heartache, and sorrow. Continue reading...

The 9 Best Superhero Shows on TV

I published this over at Medium. Click to read!

TV Picks: 18-24 April 2016 • The Code • Fierce • I Want My Wife Back • Louis Theroux: Drinking to Oblivion • Rush Hour

Below are my picks of the most notable new shows, returning or premiering on UK screens over the next 7 days...

New STAR TREK rumoured to be set before 'The Next Generation'

I wrote something about recent rumours that have surfaced about Bryan Fuller's 2017 Star Trek TV series, so have a read over at Medium.com! Click here!

Frame Rated: BETTER CALL SAUL, 2.9 - 'Nailed'

My review of the penultimate BETTER CALL SAUL for season 2, "Nailed", is now up for reading at Frame Rated.

Given the title "Nailed", you’d be forgiven for thinking the big climax of Better Call Saul's penultimate hour would involve an exciting set-piece where Mike (Jonathan Banks) uses his homemade 'spike strip' on one of Hector Salamanca's drug-carrying trucks. Instead, it came down to Chuck (Michael McKean) simply arguing with an employee of a xerox shop, and was all the better for it. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the genius of a character-based series like Better Call Saul. Continue reading...

In the wake of BATMAN v SUPERMAN, can the DC Extended Universe still succeed?

I'm experimenting with the Medium platform, and yesterday published an article called 'In the wake of BATMAN v SUPERMAN, can the DC Extended Universe still succeed?' I hope you'll give it a read, and perhaps even give some feedback on the test-version of DMD over there. Click here!

Frame Rated: DAREDEVIL - Season Two

I recently binged the second season of the Netflix/Marvel series DAREDEVIL, and you can read my thoughts over on Frame Rated.

It's fair to say Netflix's Daredevil was one of 2015's biggest surprises, because it did something fresh with a superhero indebted to Batman, in a show with conceptual similarities to The CW's Arrow, while overcoming a negative perception of Daredevil thanks to a misfiring 2003 movie. In going darker and meaner than everything else in Marvel's Cinematic Universe, Daredevil offered something for the slightly older crowd who crave deeper emotional stakes, narrative complexity, and mature content. Continue reading...

TV Picks: 11-17 April 2016 • Camping • Fear the Walking Dead • The Five • Scott & Bailey • Tonight at the London Palladium • The Tunnel • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Below are my picks of the most notable new shows, returning or premiering on UK screens over the next 7 days...

Frame Rated: BETTER CALL SAUL, 2.8 - 'Fifi'

Yesterday at Frame Rated, I reviewed BETTER CALL SAUL's "Fifi".

We're hurtling towards the season finale now, but things remain surprisingly sedate in the world of Better Call Saul. I've heard grumblings from people that season 2's been a disappointment, but I wouldn't go that far. It's just understandably tougher to turn the life of a crooked lawyer into gripping spectacle, and the writers are alleviating this issue with a plot for Mike (Jonathan Banks) that leans heavily on associations with Breaking Bad. And this show will never be Breaking Bad. I made my peace with that from the very beginning, and suggest others do the same. Better Call Saul more a quirky character study that goes to some surprising, strange, occasionally tense places. Continue reading...

TV Picks: 4-10 April 2016 • 11.22.63 • Army Girls • Colony • Marcella • Outlander • Plebs • Rectify • Sex Box

Below are my picks of the most notable new shows, returning or premiering on UK screens over the next 7 days...