Category Archives: Entertainment

Nekomonogatari (White)

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Roger Pocock

I have previous watched, enjoyed and written about Bakemonogatari, Kizumonogatari, Nisemonogatari and Nekomonogatari (Black). Next up in the sprawling Monogatari saga is the longest season of all, Monogatari: Second Season. It is a run of 23 episodes, but consists of … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Accidental Death

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Roger Pocock

If there is one defining feature of the majority of these Edgar Wallace Mysteries B movies, I would have to say it’s the lack of a mystery. They might better have been described as thrillers, although that description often would … Continue reading →

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Puppet Show

Posted on May 14, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Sunnydale High has a new principal, or as Giles puts it the “new Fuhrer”. It’s immediately obvious that Buffy’s life has been made more difficult by his presence, because this one is paying attention: “There’s something going on with you. … Continue reading →

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The Twilight Zone: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Roger Pocock

I wonder if viewers of The Twilight Zone of the 1960s felt as I did with the series in 2019.  I could not help but think that Jordan Peele wanted to hit me over the head with a message where … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes: The Musgrave Ritual

Posted on May 12, 2022 by DrAcrossthePond

I think every kid must love treasure hunts.  Who doesn’t?  Even when I would setup the easter egg hunt for the kids in years past, I’d be excited to offer clues for them to find all of the eggs.  I … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: That Which Survives

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Roger Pocock

That Which Survives feels like a proper Star Trek romp with a strange planet, a mysterious woman, and a life or death struggle for the crew of the Enterprise.  The truth is, this isn’t a great episode but it’s not … Continue reading →

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Nisekoi: Season Two

Posted on May 9, 2022 by Roger Pocock

What do we want from a second season of a harem anime? Top of the list would be a resolution to the love triangle, but failing that some character development would be nice. Who am I kidding? In the world … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: The Partner (Review)

Posted on May 8, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Any filmed mystery series will probably set a story at a film studio eventually. It’s not hard to see why it would be so tempting to do that. You don’t have to build any sets, you don’t have to travel … Continue reading →

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: I, Robot… You, Jane

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Sometimes rewatching Buffy makes me feel old, but never more so than I, Robot… You Jane. It’s not just that the technology seems so out-of-date that it looks prehistoric now, it’s the outdated attitudes on display that really seem alien, … Continue reading →

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The Twilight Zone: Mirror Image

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Roger Pocock

It really speaks volumes to the way Rod Serling crafted his stories.  Here we have basically 3 people in one room for 20-odd minutes.  You’ve got Millicent, Paul and a station attendant.  Maybe you throw in a random woman who … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes: The Second Stain

Posted on May 5, 2022 by DrAcrossthePond

Unlike the last episode, this one stood out to me as a very good story upon my first reading it, although one wonders how our peers at Scotland Yard would fail to miss so obvious a clue as a rotated … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: The Mark of Gideon

Posted on May 4, 2022 by Roger Pocock

The Mark of Gideon is another of those significant episodes of Trek.  It’s not whether it’s good or bad, but that it is about something and gets the audience thinking.  The episode offers us a deeply satisfying mystery before hitting … Continue reading →

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Nisekoi: Season One

Posted on May 2, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Raku Ichijo is the son of a gangster boss, and his father cooks up an idea to set up his son in a fake relationship with the daughter of a rival gang leader, to avoid a full-on war between the … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: To Have and to Hold (Review)

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Apart from Carry on Sergeant, I have never seen William Hartnell in anything other than Doctor Who, which is probably a major omission for a fan of the show, so I was very pleased to see him among the cast … Continue reading →

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Angel

Posted on April 30, 2022 by Roger Pocock

We are seven episodes into the series, but this is the one that really defines the nature of the show and the direction it is going to take. Writer David Greenwalt hints at a secret past for Angel for the … Continue reading →

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The Twilight Zone: Elegy

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Now that is interesting: I know I never saw all of The Twilight Zone episodes, but I certainly thought I’d seen the bulk of them, so to encounter one so refreshingly creative as this and have absolutely no memory of … Continue reading →

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Sherlock Holmes: The Priory School

Posted on April 28, 2022 by DrAcrossthePond

When Christopher Benjamin bursts into Sherlock’s apartment, I had completely derailed my hope for a normal episode, wishing instead that Henry Gordon Jago would make an appearance.  Alas, I was not to be so lucky and while Benjamin may be … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield

Posted on April 27, 2022 by Roger Pocock

In 2019, I took the penultimate class needed to finish a long-overdue degree.   That class was simply called Pop Culture.  We had to look at a series, movie, book, music… something that could be examined under “four lenses.”  Within the … Continue reading →

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Little Busters! EX

Posted on April 25, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Little Busters! reaches a conclusion with this eight episode OVA season. With the main story resolved in the previous season, this is not essential viewing, but does provide a very watchable coda to the series, and introduces a new character … Continue reading →

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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: The Rivals (Review)

Posted on April 24, 2022 by Roger Pocock

Once again this is a thriller rather than a mystery, but these are the kinds of stories the Edgar Wallace series of B movies did the best, exploring moral grey areas with no obvious hero character. The closest we come … Continue reading →

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