Posts By Chris Bryant
Netflix UK TV review: Fargo Season 2, Episodes 6 to 8
December 18, 2015 | Chris BryantWith the set-up episodes complete, Fargo gets right back to business in the second half of Season 2, stamping on the accelerator and reminding viewers exactly why they were so excited for the latest instalment of Noah Hawley’s take on … Read More
Amazon Prime UK TV review: Into the Badlands, Episode 5 (Snake Creeps Down)
December 16, 2015 | Chris BryantRead our interview with Daniel Wu, star of Into the Badlands.
“You’re not tired. You’re afraid,” Sonny says to M.K. during his training. The brilliance of Badlands is that this sentence could apply to any character. Five episodes in and … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Fargo Season 2, Episode 4 and 5
December 16, 2015 | Chris BryantWith the net slowly closing around, well, everyone, Episodes 4 and 5 of Fargo do their best to kick-start the real tension. With the characters fully introduced, their motives and fears established, it’s up to the plot to keep everyone … Read More
Amazon Prime UK TV review: Into the Badlands, Episode 4 (Two Tigers Subdue Dragons)
December 8, 2015 | Chris BryantRead our interview with Daniel Wu, star of Into the Badlands.
This week’s instalment of Alfred Gough and Miles Millar’s martial-arts packed drama starts answering the questions raised weeks ago – to excellent effect.
Sonny and M.K. begin their … Read More
Amazon Prime UK TV review: Into the Badlands, Episode 3 (White Stork Spreads Wings)
December 4, 2015 | Chris BryantRead our interview with Daniel Wu, star of Into the Badlands.
With last week’s Into The Badlands raising questions about whether or not the show can keep up the level of blistering innovation where the fight scenes are concerned, Episode … Read More
Amazon Prime UK TV review: Into the Badlands, Episode 2 (Fist Like a Bullet)
November 24, 2015 | Chris BryantRead our interview with Daniel Wu, star of Into the Badlands.
“You know what’s out there beyond our borders? A big sackful of stories. It’s a wasteland, no, no, it’s a paradise, it’s a whatever.”
This week’s Into The Badlands … Read More
Amazon Prime UK TV review: Into the Badlands (Season 1, Episode 1 – The Fort)
November 16, 2015 | Chris BryantWelcome to The Badlands, a mysterious and vibrant world created by Alfred Gough and Mike Millar in which Daniel Wu’s “Sonny” inadvertently rescues a young boy – becoming bound to him in the process.
The chaotic Badlands consist of … Read More
10 life lessons we’ve learned from Peep Show
November 11, 2015 | Chris BryantPeep Show begins its ninth and final season tonight, 12 years since it first began. Over the eight previous seasons of Channel 4’s longest running comedy, creators Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain have used Mark and Jez – and their … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Fargo Season 2, Episode 2 and 3
November 9, 2015 | Chris BryantThe first episode of Fargo Season 2 sought to convey business as usual – kooky plotlines, kooky dialogue and kooky characters. But Episode 2 and 3 play a vital role in distinguishing this second run: the kookiness makes way for … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Fargo Season 2, Episode 1 (Waiting For Dutch)
October 20, 2015 | Chris BryantThe worry for most surrounding the second season of Noah Hawley’s acclaimed Fargo adaptation is much the same worry as the first time around: can it live up to the previous Fargo? So far, so good.
Following the story of … Read More