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Big Little Lies season 2 episode 2 review: The show feels fresh, but somewhat trapped in season 1

Big Little Lies has never been more aptly named than in season 2 episode 2, ‘Tell-Tale Hearts’, which saw multiple long-simmering untruths boil over. The...

‘Big Little Lies’ season 2 episode 1 review: Critical sass as Meryl Streep arrives in Monterey

Big Little Lies was an unlikely candidate for a second season given that the narrative in the first felt so self-contained and, well, complete....

‘Black Mirror’: ‘Smithereens’ review – a contemporary tragedy about corporate responsibility (with Sexy Priest in it)

Most Black Mirror episodes have some kind of fantasy element to them, exaggerating technology to make points about the hold it has over us....

Black Mirror ‘Striking Vipers’ review: the spiritual sequel to ‘San Junipero’ is here

Of the three new episodes of Black Mirror that have just landed in your Netflix rolodex like a gift from TechSatan himself, Striking Vipers...

Black Mirror ‘Rachel, Jack and Ashley, Too’ review: a genius pop music caper that might better be called A Star Is Borg…

Writer/co-producer Charlie Brooker has often said how Black Mirror episodes are genre-based as much as tech-based. Sure, they’re all sci-fi to an extent, but...

The Handmaid’s Tale season three episode one review: A confident return for television’s best-looking show

Well, Game of Thrones may have choked, but at least The Handmaid's Tale – arguably the second biggest televisual event of the year –...

Game of Thrones season 8 episode 6 review: A stately but oddly haphazard finale

“No-one is very happy, which means it’s a good compromise, I suppose.” This is how Tyrion Lannister described the ending of Game of Thrones, unwittingly...

‘Game of Thrones’ season 8 episode 5 review: Did Daenerys just jump the shark/dragon?

Game of Thrones made its name with shocking twists, but in its penultimate episode on Sunday night it was sorely missing one. Various advisers...

‘Game of Thrones’ season 8, episode 3 review: The night is dark and full of terrible visibility

Game of Thrones' recurring motifs of night and winter came back to bite it in season 8's highly anticipated third episode. Admittedly, the ‘Day...

‘Game of Thrones’ season 8, episode 1 review: A game of reunions in Winterfell, while the Night King pivots to art installations

What a pleasure it is to have Game of Thrones back. As Netflix continues to hail down show after show, it’s almost a nostalgic...