Tag Archives: Netflix

I’m not surprised that Shadowhunters, the second screen incarnation of Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments, is utter shit. But I had hoped that after 2013’s film adaptation was such a commercial and critical failure, the creative team behind the series ...

Damn you, Netflix and your auto play of the next episode. For those of us who had an inclination for binge watching TV, once we get Netflix, we are doomed, metaphorically chained to our sofa’s forever more. I had never ...

For a television series to make truly brilliant binge watching it has to be equal parts well written/produced/etc and guilty pleasure. That might, at first glance, seem contradictory. If it is a guilty pleasure, surely it couldn’t also be well ...

As auteurs, the Wachowskis have some grand ideas. Trouble is, a grand idea needs excellent execution to hold it together. Too much philosophy with high scientific principles and you’ll lose the audience, not enough and the story will never make ...

One of the things I have loved most about the Marvel Cinematic Universe (as opposed to DC’s) is that it knows how to have fun. With the Netflix original series Daredevil, the new MCU has deviated from that original vision ...

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt was originally developed by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock for NBC. When NBC realised they didn’t really have anywhere to put the series within their current line-up, they allowed the show’s creators to shop around for a ...

I had heard of Hemlock Grove some time ago, recommended to me for the weird mystery and excellent werewolf transformations. Since then, I’ve had it recommended to me several times over. So I found it particularly interesting that after a ...

Back in 2005, 3rd Rock From the Sun had been off the air for four years. Despite Joseph Gordon-Levitt having more acting chops than most, he wasn’t getting nearly enough parts. There was some voice work in Treasure Planet before ...

Film and TV Breaking Bad is over people. It’s finished. No more. It is time to move on (get a therapist if you need one, there’s no shame in it). The new television season kicked off with a bang. My ...

In an Arrested Development… I hope you all enjoyed your weekend binge of Arrested Development, it’s one of our favourite sitcoms of all time so we thought we would pay tribute in this week’s strip. For those who don’t know, ...