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UK TV review: Agent Carter: Season 2, Episode 7 (Monsters)
March 10, 2016 | Mark HarrisonThis is a spoiler-free review. Read on at the bottom for additional, spoilery analysis.
The villains rally in this week’s episode of Agent Carter, as Dottie Underwood is in the clutches of Whitney Frost, and Vernon Masters turns the screws … Read More
UK TV recap: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 1, Episode 1
March 5, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers.
And we’re off! After months of set-up in parent shows Arrow and The Flash, superhero spin-off Legends of Tomorrow has finally begun its run and the results are extremely promising, albeit with a few stumbles here … Read More
UK TV review: Agent Carter: Season 2, Episode 6 (Life of the Party)
March 3, 2016 | Mark HarrisonThis is a spoiler-free review. Read on at the bottom for additional, spoilery analysis.
“I have a terrible idea.” This season has been subverting expectations from the off, with Peggy’s adversary-at-large Dottie Underwood being apprehended in the space of a … Read More
Last Week Tonight’s takedown of Donald Trump proves John Oliver is king of satire
March 1, 2016 | David FarnorDonald Trump is a joke. Everyone in the UK knows this. But today, Tuesday 1st March (aka. Super Tuesday), he goes into the wave of US Republican primaries as the frontrunner – a victory that would effectively see him become … Read More
UK TV review: Agent Carter: Season 2, Episode 5
February 25, 2016 | Mark HarrisonThis is a spoiler-free review. Read on at the bottom for additional, spoilery analysis.
Last summer, Marvel Studios proved their capering credentials on the big screen with Ant-Man, a heist movie with a super-powered twist. As usual, Agent Carter doesn’t … Read More
UK TV review: Agent Carter: Season 2, Episode 4
February 18, 2016 | Mark HarrisonThis is a spoiler-free review. Read on at the bottom for additional, spoilery analysis.
At risk of repeating myself, the upswing of Agent Carter’s expanded episode order for Season 2 has resulted in a more detailed, if more leisurely story, … Read More
First look UK TV review: Vinyl (spoiler-free)
February 15, 2016 | Josh Slater-WilliamsWhen it comes to the ever burgeoning output of a legendary filmmaker with a recurring, recognisable style, there can be a tendency, once in a while, when it comes to a new work that’s perhaps a little subpar, to rely … Read More
UK TV review: Agent Carter: Season 2, Episode 3
February 11, 2016 | Mark HarrisonThis is a spoiler-free review. Already seen Episode 3? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.
“Every eye in the country is on her and no one sees her,” says Peggy of genius physicist-turned-Hollywood starlet Whitney Frost in this week’s … Read More
UK TV review: Agent Carter: Season 2, Episode 2 (A View in the Dark)
February 4, 2016 | Mark HarrisonAlready seen Episode 2? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.
Romance isn’t usually on the cards for Peggy Carter. Just because she’s a female lead, it doesn’t mean that Agent Carter the show should find lovey-dovey intrigue for Agent … Read More
UK TV review: Agent Carter Season 2, Episode 1 (The Lady In The Lake)
January 28, 2016 | Mark HarrisonAlready seen Episode 1? Read on for more spoiler-filled analysis.
Marvel’s Agent Carter was one of the TV highlights of last year. In among a whole bunch of comic book shows, many of them also coming from Marvel Studios, this … Read More