The Owl Service is a notable curio in the history of British genre television. Originally broadcast on Sunday afternoons in 1969, the eight episodes of this adaptation of Alan Garner’s 1967 novel is ostensibly a children’s show in the vein of Swallows and Amazons, a 1967 adaptation of The Lion, […]
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Tales of Unease (1970): paperback horror brought to life in an unjustly forgotten series (Review)
The Intruder (1972) A Strange Slice of 1970s Nostalgia (TV/Blu-Ray Review)
Opinion Piece: Why I Think Better Call Saul Was Overrated
CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BOTH BETTER CALL SAUL AND BREAKING BAD. I WILL BE DISCUSSING BOTH IN DETAIL. Hello everyone, it’s Alex here, and I’ll start by asking a question: have you ever watched something that is critically lauded, heralded as a work of greatness, and just felt completely isolated from […]
Postman Pat and the reboot for Late-Stage Capitalism (the 1980s/2008)
Slasher: Scooby-Doo, with more blood and guts
I love a good mystery. Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie, Scooby-Doo – anything where the central premise is uncovering the identity of the dastardly villain, or villains, behind it all. And I know I’m not alone. Mysteries have been popular ever since Edgar Allan Poe’s story ‘The Murders in the Rue […]
Doctor Who Series 12, Part 2 – Classic Film Kid
Doctor Who Series 12, Part 1 – Classic Film Kid
4-Panel Vol. 2, Issue 47 – The Boys: Spanking Superheroes
S16E10 – The Nicholas Cage of Seagulls
Everyone’s favourite magnificently moustachioed news podcast returns with more strange tales from the realms of science, technology and entertainment, and this episode we’re starting with Huawei’s claims about their new operating system. In other news, we get our first look at the live-action version of Disney’s Mulan, legendary anime movie […]