Series

Gangly, angly and bearded: a review of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Directed by Malcolm Venville Produced by The History Channel Executive Producer Doris Kearns Goodwin Historians Edna Greene Medford, Dr. Caroline Janney Other narrators: Barack Obama and Gen. Stanley McChrystal Starring Graham Sibley as Abraham Lincoln Justin Salinger as Ulysses S. Grant Colin Moss as William H. Seward Jenny Stead as Mary Todd Lincoln …

Following Alice down a rabbit hole: a review of Luther

Created by Neil Cross Written by Neil Cross Starring Idris Elba Ruth Wilson Steven Mackintosh Indira Varma Paul McGann Saskia Reeves Warren Brown Dermot Crowley Nikki Amuka-Bird Aimee-Ffion Edwards Kierston Wareing Pam Ferris David Dawson Sienna Guillory David O’Hara Michael Smiley Darren Boyd Rose Leslie Laura Haddock Patrick Malahide Wunmi Mosaku Enzo Cilenti Hermione Norris …

A Quiet Stillness at the heart of Tokyou: a review of Midnight Diner

Midnight Diner Directed by Joji Matsuoka, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Shotarou Kobayashi Starring Kaoru Kobayashi No. of seasons 5; No. of episodes 50 Producers Hitoshi Endo, Natsuko Mori, Takeshi Moriya, Shogo Ishizuka, Jun Takahashi Running time 25 minutes MBS (2009-2014) & Netflix (2016-2019) Netflix has an absolute jewel in the form of a quiet little drama about …

A fungus among us: a review of The Last of Us

The Last of Us Created by Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann Based on The Last of Us by Naughty Dog[a] Written by Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann Starring Pedro Pascal Bella Ramsey Nico Parker John Hannah Merle Dandridge Josh Brener Christopher Heyerdahl Bredan Fletcher Anna Tory Gabriel Luna Christine Hakim Nick Offerman Murray Bartlett Lemar …

Never have a beef with a bear: a review of The Bear

The Bear Created by Christopher Storer Starring Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, an award-winning New York City chef de cuisine, who returns to his hometown of Chicago to run his late brother Michael’s failing restaurant Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard “Richie” Jerimovich, the de facto manager of the restaurant and Michael’s old best friend …

The Woe’d Warrior: a review of Wednesday

Wednesday Created by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar Based on Characters created by Charles Addams Starring Jenna Ortega Gwendoline Christie Riki Lindhome Jamie McShane Hunter Doohan Percy Hynes White Emma Myers Joy Sunday Georgie Farmer Naomi J. Ogawa Christina Ricci Moosa Mostafa Composer Danny Elfman (theme also) & Chris Bacon Production Executive producers Alfred Gough …