“House of Cards” Review
The opening is a silly but satisfying mix of humour and espionage – and the rest of this one’s not bad either. The plot is a little underdeveloped (how and […]
Film, TV & Radio
“The Eagle’s Nest” Review
The Avengers are back! Great locations and a healthy dash of strangeness giving it a very Avengers feel, right from the opening with an agent being chased by men with fishing […]
“The Avengers” Review (The Whole Lot)
So, after a few days to allow the dust to settle on my Avengers DVD collection, here are a few thoughts on the series as a whole, as well as […]
“Death in Heaven” Review
This wasn’t cheerful watching. I saw this last Tuesday, and it left me with mixed emotions. On Wednesday I dwelled on what I didn’t like: real death (Osgood) and crass […]
“Dark Water” Review
I wasn’t sure whether to post my thoughts on this now, with the story only half told. It’s been so long since we’ve had a two-parter (over three years) I’d […]
Avenging October
So, that’s it. All the remaining original Avengers have now been watched. I’ll look back over the whole lot in another post, but the October episodes represent a curious mix […]
“Bizarre” Review
So, that’s in then. The final notes of The Shake die away. The last of the (original) Avengers. 137 episodes… and they chose to end with this one. Bizarre. We’re back […]
“Get-A-Way!” Review
After a couple of very straight episodes, this is a throwback to the silliness of season 5 – perhaps a reflection of this being produced a year earlier. Philip Levene’s […]
“Pandora” Review
Unsettling. The Avengers has been about adventure and thrills, not about psychological torture. Even when psychological torture has been the explicit goal of the diabolical mastermind (eg. The House That […]
“Take Over” Review
The central conceit in this episode is one of Flemingesque sadism: surgically implanted phosphor bombs. It’s a simple set-up where it’s almost impossible to imagine how Steed or his friends […]
“Requiem” Review
Really, truly terrible things happening to The Avengers feels like it’s against the rules. It violates the casual invulnerability of our heroes. So death, serious injury, bereavement, betrayal – they can […]
“In The Forest of the Night” Review
Dreams get to bypass logic and go straight for emotion. You can feel the sustained fear of being chased by a wolf without observing the physical and biological consequences (or […]