The Oscar Prado case doesn’t help his mindset. Dexter’s killed the brother of a well connected Miami family and the brother of a determined assistant district attorney. Things could be worse, but it’s actually difficult to see exactly how. This is one of this show’s strengths, to see crime in an entirely different way, and explore the possibilities. In the meanwhile it’s revealed that Lt. Maria LaGuerta previous had a close relationship with Jimmy Smits’ character Miguel Prado, and that Debra Morgan is investigating the murder of a women who was Freebo’s girl....

After the adrenalin rush of episode four’s dramatic ending, I was sort of expecting this story to be something of a lighter affair, but nothing could have been further from the truth. With the tension now pre-loaded into the system, the story carries this throughout, with almost everyone in the cast being a coiled spring to some degree. As was hinted at last week, Debra is badly hurt but not fatally injured....

The mesmeric nature of this show is unabated. It’s engrossing in a way that most shows can’t manage on a good day, but makes it look effortless. By far the most entertaining part of this was Dexter’s pursuit of the road kill janitor that goes entirely awry at the crucial moment, when Boyd shoots him with a tranquiliser pistol just after Dex has injected him in the neck. The scene where they came around in the ambulance taking them to hospital, Boyd now aware that Dexter was another killer, built a tension that only grew when they got to the ER....

This review contains spoilers. Now, that’s more like it. If last week’s opener lacked for silly sci-fi and comedy, then episode two of Dirk Gently was swimming in the stuff. The stuff in question being a meaty soup of robots, chip-loving artificial intelligences, improbably lax murder investigations, improbably simple consciousness downloads, and lines about Humberside-based homosexual homunculi. Fun? In spades. Episode 2 saw Dirk return to his fictional Cambridge alma mater, St....

6.13 The Wedding Of River SonWell, blimey. “I am so confused”“What the hell is going on”“Is anyone else lost”“My poor brain”“Karen is so hot”“I could use some spoilers”“Oh, I get it” So let’s try and sort some of it out. Because arguably, by the time the credits rolled on this episode, it was a bit more straightforward than it might at first have appeared. That said, The Wedding Of River Song at times felt like a bit of a Doctor Who exam, albeit one that most ten year olds would be able to unravel at far greater speed than their parents....

Sleepwalk was set in the world of stand-up comedy while Don’t Think Twice switches to the world of improv comedy, and how the New York troupe The Commune is forced to reconsider their priorities after they’re exiled from their theater at the same time as one of them achieves the fame the others want. And just as they’re learning that the theater where they perform is closing, they also have a chance to impress a few “Weekend Live” cast members that might help them get on the show....

Given his history with athletics in movies, Kevin Costner is the perfect choice to play the role of Sonny Weaver Jr., the general manager of the hapless, floundering, perennially mediocre Cleveland Browns. He’s got a lot on his plate. His father has passed away recently. His girlfriend Ali (Jennifer Garner) just told him she’s pregnant. And, oh yeah, it’s the day of the National Football League Draft, and he’s been told by Cleveland’s owner Anthony Molina (Frank Langella) that he has to make a big splash on Draft Day, or the next splash the Browns make might be a new GM....

Told in a noticeably oblique style, 35 Shots Of Rum follows the lives of train driver Lionel (Alex Descas) and his daughter Joséphine (Mati Diop) as they… well, live. They buy rice cookers and have dinner. They hug. They argue over Joséphine’s cleaning. Lionel’s friend René (Julieth Mars Touissant) retires and goes through a sort of mid-life crisis. Joséphine goes to work in a music shop. The father and daughter go to a concert with their extended family, a taxi driver called Gabrielle (Nicole Dogue, the film’s MVP) and a traveller of sorts called Noé (Grégoire Colin)....

While comparisons with the Coens are inevitable due to the blending of tones and Fargo‘s mix of blood on snow, ultimately In Order of Disappearance has overlap but a different feel to the Coen Brothers. There’s an underlying hint of anger to it, and a willingness to go to even darker places in its relationships and humour. In this respect, it is also reminiscent of the McDonagh brothers works. In Bruges and The Guard meet Falling Down, perhaps....

How else could you describe the youth experience in the 90s other than to say that everything sucks? The glorious excess of the 80s is wearing off, late night talk show hosts are teaching us how to be cynical and carry a sense of ironic detachment, Kurt Cobain is dead, and you have to rewind the damn tapes yourself. Instead, however, Everything Sucks! goes in an opposite direction. It presents a much more conventional high school story than could have reasonably been anticipated going in....

Fear The Walking Dead Season 4 Episode 11 As a general rule, any Morgan-centric episode is a good episode. This was true on The Walking Dead, and so far it’s been true on Fear The Walking Dead. Such is Lennie James’s appeal—and one of the main reasons it made so much sense that he wound up becoming the bridge between the two shows. So it’s a little disappointing that “The Code” isn’t a stronger episode, especially given that it’s co-written by producer Andrew Chambliss....

Fear The Walking Dead Season 4 Episode 4 As much as I appreciated last week’s “Good Out Here” for bravely killing off one of its main characters, I knew we hadn’t seen the last of Nick. And, true enough, through the magic of flashbacks, Frank Dillane is resurrected from the dead. But not before we see him dispatched by Luciana with a knife to his temple. We’ve seen this scene play out before, of course....

It’s a film that marries up Zemeckis’ world-class ability to stage action-packed set piece cinema, with a terrific lead performance from Denzel Washington. We’re quickly introduced to Washington’s character, a passenger plane pilot who oversleeps, drinks on the job, and is fond of powdering his nose. But when catastrophe strikes, it’s his flight skills that establish him as an unexpected and unlikely national hero (there are echoes of Stephen Frears’ Accidental Hero in places)....

While 2013 may have added the Challenge and Classic Modes to the feature list, 2014 has ‘widening the game’s fanbase’ firmly in mind. So now, triumphantly, Linux systems can hold host to the game code. Honestly that’s something few might have considered would happen, but it’s testament to the passion of all involved to engage new audiences. But while that will make specific gamers leap for joy, better for all fans is the new cloud-save feature....

Beginning with a choice quote from Pinocchio – one of the most famous stories about what constitutes a ‘real’ family – Sebastian Armesto’s For Grace, written by and starring Andrew Keatley, endeavors to explore these ideas of family, biological or created from love that has grown from time and affection. It is, in its own unassuming way, one of the most heartfelt films I’ve seen for a long time. Telling you any more would spoil what a treat this film is, and the emotional wallop of some of the subsequent twists and turns....

1.6 The Frustrating Thing About Psychopaths Though, it’s worth pointing out that ordering scripts isn’t bankrolling them being produced, and Forever has just one more episode in the bag to prove it isn’t the most misnamed TV show of 2014. The problem that Forever has is that while those who watch it generally like the experience, there aren’t many people raving about it. It’s a generally mild and unassuming show, with charming and likeable characters....

‘That man would never have done what you’ve done. You’re not my man any more. He’s gone.’ Hildur’s cold accusation to Erik was one of those neat little statements that fit a single scene perfectly but, examined in a wider context, betray some of a drama’s larger issues. Here, she was talking about his infidelity (or at least that’s what we’re currently encouraged to expect) but chose to use language that could describe any number of characters at this stage in proceedings....

This review contains spoilers. I’m not feeling the love I once had for Fringe much recently, and Nothing As It Seems didn’t reverse that at all. On paper this was a clever idea, underling how from Olivia’s perspective the world she lives in has subtly changed. Take an old story and the rework it with modifications, so that the audience experiences the same disconnect. There was always going be the issue that you assumed the audience remembered the episode one story that they used as a template, although it was only really a start point....

Summer is finally upon us and with it, well, erm winter, courtesy of the long-awaited return of Game Of Thrones. A staple part of the show’s success since its first season, composer Ramin Djawadi’s stirring work on season six marked some significant tonal changes for the show, not least because of some shocking plot twists. With season seven set to venture even further in to uncharted territory, it’s a given that we’re in for some big surprises going forward....

After last week’s stellar episode, I have to admit I wasn’t holding up a lot of hope for this week’s. After all, when it comes to consistency, Glee hasn’t really sorted out all its kinks as yet, and they do tend to follow up really strong episodes with those that are more filler than killer and, sadly, I was not mistaken. But the good news is, although Duets is a bit of a filler episode, it isn’t really half bad....