Rogue is the closest thing we’ve had to a ‘normal’ Doctor Who episode all series. I’m not criticising there – I’ve loved the experimentation and the changes in format – but at the same time, a classic period romp with a big camp monster and star-studded supporting cast isn’t going […]
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Doctor Who (2024) Dot & Bubble (SPOILER REVIEW) An Unexpectedly Bleak and Brilliant Treat
Even though it’s been out for less than a day at the time of writing this, I feel like the ending of Dot & Bubble will get talked about much more than the rest of the episode. The final five minutes are fantastic, and I will get to them, but […]
Stopmotion (2023) And the Unfulfilled Horror Potential of its Stop-Motion (Review)
I’m sure that the film synopsis for Robert Morgan’s Stopmotion was churned out on a conveyor belt in a factory built especially for making things I will love. Here we have all the basic elements. It’s called, and uses, the medium of stop-motion. Check. It’s a low budget horror that […]
Doctor Who (2024) 73 Yards – A Genre-Bending and Potentially Era-Defining Episode (Review)
If you’re a Doctor Who fan, you’ve heard of the phrase “Doctor-lite story” and know what it refers to. It’s an episode that features minimal appearances from the Doctor (and in most cases the main companion as well), instead focusing on another group of characters battling a monster or some […]
Doctor Who (2024) Boom: An Adrenaline-Fuelled Comeback For Steven Moffat (Review)
Much like how I never thought we’d see the return of Russell T. Davies to Doctor Who in any capacity, nevermind showrunner, I never thought we’d see Steven Moffat returning to pen an episode. Back in Russell’s first stint in the showrunner chair, Moffat was the show’s most revered guest writer, […]
Doctor Who (2024): The Devil’s Chord – A High-Energy and Bombastic but Inconsistent Episode (REVIEW)
I may seem like I’m contradicting the point I made in my Space Babies review about not being as obsessed over the show as I used to be, but I was one of the few who stayed up in the ungodly hours of the night to catch the midnight release […]
Doctor Who (2024) Space Babies: A Strange but Suitable Opener for The Series (Review)
For this series of Doctor Who, I’ve tried my best to go in as blind as I can. It’s a little hard to do, especially when I’ve been plugged into the Doctor Who Twitter for the last eight years, and I have seen some rumours of things that may happen, […]
My Experience At Comic-Con North East
Since becoming a fan of Doctor Who as a kid and later on other TV and film series like Red Dwarf, I’ve been intermittently going to conventions and events for about ten years now. Of course, I had to combat the balance between autographs and kids’ pocket money (which I […]
Concrete Utopia (2023) Bleak and Brutal But Riveting Modern Dystopia (Review)
Dystopian stories come in a variety of different forms, and we’ve been treated to many examples of them in recent years. There’s the YA dystopias such as The Hunger Games and Maze Runner that explore systemic oppression in fantastical societies, the more relatable urban dystopias such as Daniel Kaluuya and […]
Late Night with the Devil (2023) Old Standard Freshened In Engaging and Thrilling Ways (Review)
It’s no secret that found-footage is an often-derided format for horror films, and aside from some very good exceptions (Blair Witch, Cloverfield, Chronicle, etc), the whole gimmick of a family member or friend recording every strange occurrence until they drop the camera out of terror is extremely played-out. Inevitably, eyes […]