Review: Cucumber, Banana and Tofu
Russell T. Davies may be particularly famous for his revival of Dr. Who and spell as showrunner from 2005 to 2010, but before then, he made the shortlived series Queer as Folk, chronicling the lives...
Category: TV
Agent Carter Deserves An Audience
In the next few months, you’re going to hear a lot of feminists reflecting on if Marvel’s latest dip into television, the mini-series, Agent Carter, is “feminist or not.” With a show that...
Review: Backstrom
Catch Backstrom while you can, because the Fox series about a misanthropic and irascible police detective isn’t likely to last long in the US television landscape. The show is a delight to watch,...
Review: Better Call Saul
How much does a prequel really have to offer audiences? AMC is aiming to find out with Better Call Saul, the story of how Walter White’s shady attorney became…Walter White’s shady attorney....
Introducing Miss Bunting, the Socialist at Downton Abbey
Downton Abbey is back in the States, showcasing the winds of change sweeping across upper class British society. The show becomes more flawed with each season, spinning out more and more outlandish...
Is There Too Much TV On Screens Now?
In 2014, the broadcast, cable, and major streaming (Netflix, Amazon, Hulu) networks accounted between them for 352 individual original scripted programs — and we haven’t even delved into imports...
God In Space: Religion in Science Fiction
What is the nature of faith? What does it mean to have a belief in a higher power, a resolve that God is ultimately just, and that everything happens for a reason? Why are we here? These are...
Forget Transparent, Transgender Progress is Elsewhere
At Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony, Amazon series Transparent took two awards: best comedy or musical series, and best actor in a comedy series (Jeffrey Tambor). The world promptly took to the...
Review: Black Mirror
The US is in an ecstasy of delight: At precisely the moment when everyone is done with their families, desperate for a reason to retreat into their bunkholes, and starting to weary of vacation, the...
The Dark Side of the Doctor: Peter Capaldi’s First Doctor Who Christmas Special
Reunions are an inevitable theme of December holidays, as families get together to bicker over meals, cringe when ignorant distant relatives make irritating comments, and attempt to replicate...