Warning: contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale season 6 episode 9 “Execution”. The wages of sin is death? You got that right, Wharton. In “Execution”, the wages of the commanders’ sins were a glittering firework of a death thanks to Joseph Lawrence – economist, loving father, freedom fighter and part-time James Bond. Talk about laying low the … Read more
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Anyone who decided to catch up with Anora because of Oscar buzz might find themselves confused early on. The movie begins as a Cinderella story with a sex worker in the princess role and the son of a Russian oligarch as the prince, and then switches to a broad farce that veers between slapstick comedy … Read more
The BBC and Mammoth Productions’ next Agatha Christie adaptation is here, following on from 2023’s Murder Is Easy, 2022’s Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?, and the five miniseries previously adapted by Sarah Phelps (The Pale Horse, The ABC Murders, Ordeal By Innocence, The Witness for the Prosecution and And Then There Were None). This time, … Read more
It began with a song that didn’t come out last year. It began with a song that didn’t come out in this century. But what a song to open the 97th annual Academy Awards: Ariana Grande threading a wilting rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” The moment obviously was a nod to the other Oz-centric … Read more
Picking a favourite Sherlock Holmes might seem elementary, but, when you consider just how many fantastic actors have donned the deerstalker over the years, you’re faced with a conundrum fiendish enough to daunt the master detective himself. Rathbone, Cumberbatch, Brett, Plummer…it was never going to be straightforward, was it? So, in the spirit of the … Read more
Mundy Flynn will be acknowledged. In the first full trailer for Doctor Who’s next series (number 15 or season two, depending on how you’re counting), we see Varada Sethu’s new companion Belinda Chandra looking puzzled at a picture of herself on the TARDIS scanner. She’s right to look puzzled, because the picture is of Mundy … Read more
A science fiction spaceship is a lot like a house party. When I see one, the first thing I want to know is what’s going on in the kitchen. Interior designers are the unsung heroes of sci-fi worldbuilding, and a bit of carefully dressed set can do the work of a dozen dramatic exposition-filled voiceovers … Read more
After almost six years and a few cameos in the MCU, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) is finally returning in his own solo series once again. Daredevil: Born Again will be the character’s first formal foray into the MCU proper, with the first three seasons of the Netflix series essentially being grandfathered into the canon. Along … Read more
This article contains spoilers for episode 3 of The White Lotus. The White Lotus season 3 keeps revealing more and more connections to the first season. From the beginning, we’ve known that Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) was set to return just as Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) did in season 2. However, the first episode of season 3 … Read more