
TV: Orphan Black (Season 5)
I gradually grew disinterested by Orphan Black in its middle seasons. Even so, Tatiana Maslany and the crew had…
April 2, 2019I gradually grew disinterested by Orphan Black in its middle seasons. Even so, Tatiana Maslany and the crew had…
April 2, 2019It will probably surprise no one how much I enjoyed the first season of the Canadian historical spy drama…
December 28, 2018The Netflix-original film What Happened to Monday (2017) scores more points for its deft deployment of Noomi Rapace in…
October 9, 2017Somewhere along the way, Orphan Black went from a show I was genuinely enthusiastic about to one I merely…
September 23, 2017The gut-punching bleakness of brilliant SF anthology series Black Mirror may leave some viewers seeking a lighter, breezier alternative.…
August 14, 2017Netflix original science fiction film ARQ (2016) lacks a novel premise and doesn’t have much of a budget, but…
October 10, 2016Better Call Saul will probably never satisfy a certain subset of the Breaking Bad audience: it’s perhaps too light…
September 4, 2016The extraordinary British series Happy Valley may not look like much at first glance: a hard-nosed female police sergeant…
April 25, 2016For a show with so much going for it, Humans unfortunately doesn’t amount to much. Based on a Swedish…
November 22, 2015The new USA series Mr. Robot bears surface similarities to a number of other shows, but in the end it’s…
September 8, 2015In my last review of this series I was concerned an over-reliance on structural complexity and shock value might…
August 19, 2015Orphan Black was such a home run for me out of the gates that I probably should have expected…
August 11, 2014The first season of Orphan Black is must-see science fiction television, an intelligent and complex mix of suspense, drama,…
August 8, 2013