The clever twist in this week’s episode is that while everyone, including Hyde (Tom Bateman), is out on the hunt … More
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The Frankenstein Chronicles: Series 1, Episode 4 – “The Fortune of War”
I’ve seen things in “The Fortune of War”; things that are now seared into my retinas and playing with my … More
Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 5 – “Black Dog”
Last week, the first arc of the series was abruptly concluded with the spectacular and unexpected death of sneering Captain … More
Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 4 – “The Calyx”
Just when I was starting to think that Jekyll and Hyde was never going to get going the way I wanted it … More
The Frankenstein Chronicles: Series 1, Episode 3 – “All the Lost Children”
As we reach the mid-point in the 6-part series, The Frankenstein Chronicles continues to move at a measured pace. After last week’s lecture … More
The Frankenstein Chronicles: Series 1, Episode 2 – “Seeing Things”
The connection between nursery rhymes/fairy tales and horror stories are deeply profound and significant: they tend to share sinister origins … More
“Though This Be Madness, Yet There Is Method In’t”: Speculating on [Joss Whedon] Adaptations of Shakespeare
To borrow from Hamlet‘s Polonius, there is something of a method to the madness in Whedon shooting a “homebrew” adaptation of … More
The Frankenstein Chronicles: Series 1, Episode 1 – “A World Without God”
Through recent comic books (Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.), stage adaptations (The National Theatre’s Frankenstein), films (I Frankenstein and Victor Frankenstein), vlogs (Frankenstein MD), … More
Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 3 – “The Cutter”
Three episodes in, and Jekyll and Hyde finally found its groove … for five minutes. Like when Jekyll tries to restrain his … More
Exploring the Morality of Romance within ‘Brief Encounter’, 70 Years On
Despite being released 70 years ago in 1945, Brief Encounter — director David Lean’s tale of two star-crossed lovers desperately … More
Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 2 – “Mr Hyde”
Between Ofcom and ITV, last week’s episode amassed more than 800 complaints, and despite starting half-an-hour later this week as originally … More
Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 1 – “Harbinger”
Adapted and presented as a sequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, … More
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