Episode One of HBO’s The Penguin started off with a hell of whack, and audiences were in no mistake that they were witnessing a full-on crime series that was not afraid to take the narrative into the gritty, dark unpleasantness of Gotham City’s Underworld and the man who desires to control of all of it. […]
Television Recaps
‘The Penguin’ – ‘After Hours’ – Review
Matt Reeves’ The Batman was a colossal cinematic event that brought a dark and noir-tinged shade to the activities of the Dark Knight, who was fighting a losing war on crime, and it was a revolutionary new take on the winged avenger. Stealing scene after scene in a fully transformative performance was Academy Award-nominated actor […]
‘Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos’ – Review
When it comes to serialised television, there is no bigger name in the field than David Chase, the singular visionary behind HBO’s The Sopranos, often regarded as the greatest television series of all time, and creator of one of the most complex and complicated characters ever to reach the small screen, mob boss Tony Soprano. […]
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ – Season Two – Review
Prime Video’s epic high fantasy series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has returned for an audacious second season, and following the shocking ending of the series’ first season, darkness has returned to the land of Middle Earth, and this evil is ready to construct its tools of power. In Season Two […]
‘House of the Dragon’ – ‘The Queen Who Ever Was’ – Review
The moment we have been waitng for has arrived, and we now find ourselves at the end of the Second Season of House of the Dragon, and the Greens and Blacks are heading for a confrontation that will the shape of destiny of all Westeros to come in ‘The Queen Who Ever Was’. As Aemond […]
‘House of the Dragon’ – ‘The Red Sowing’ – Review
The war for the Iron Throne intensifies, and in a critical gamble, Queen Rhenyra Targaryen is ready to risk much in her desperate search for dragon riders in this penultimate episode of House of the Dragon’s second season. As Rhaenyra looks to gain an advantage by unusual means, Jacaerys warns his mother that her plan […]
‘House of the Dragon’ – ‘Smallfolk’ – Review
The war for the Iron Throne is starting to become a taxing exercise for both the Greens and the Blacks, and at this point, there’s no clear winner. But brash decisions and a hungry populace are about to add fuel to the dragonfire in the latest episode of House of the Dragon. With few options left, […]
‘House of the Dragon’ – ‘Regent’ – Review
Through the carnage of battle and the heat of dragon fire, the Greens saw a Pyrrhic victory in their war with the Blacks for the Iron Throne, and all were devastated in the bloody war that is starting to consume all of Westeros in House of the Dragon. Now, in Episode Five, ‘Regent’, we see […]
‘House of the Dragon’ – ‘The Red Dragon and the Gold’ – Review
The War for Westeros has arrived, and in Episode Four of Season Two of House of the Dragon, ‘The Red Dragon and the Gold’, audiences finally get to witness the mighty fury of the dragons unleashed…. and it is a sight to behold! In Rhaenyra and Daemon’s absence, Rhaenys tries to steady the Black Council […]
‘Madam’ – Review
We’re currently experiencing a boom in fantastic original New Zealand television content, and now audiences can brace themselves for a saucy and utterly hilarious true-life sex comedy in Madam. McKenzie ‘Mack’ Leigh (Rachel Griffiths) who, when faced with a philandering husband and a mountain of debt, starts up an ethical brothel in small town New […]