Blightyvision: “Luther” Series 2
Starring Idris Elba, Lee Ingleby, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards Written by Neil Cross Directed by Sam Miller The original six-episode run of “Luther” was one hell of a roller-coaster ride: dynamic characters, gritty weekly plots mixed with a dark metaplot, and fantastic performances from both familiar and unfamiliar faces. With the crazy cliffhanger that ended the […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: crime, detective series, Idris Elba, Luther, Paul McGann, who's not who
Trailer Watch: “Dirk Gently”
I hate not knowing how I feel about something. Earlier today, a trailer dropped for BBC4’s upcoming Dirk Gently TV movie, based on the Douglas Adams detective novel Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Stephen Mangan of “Free Agents” and “Green Wing” plays the titular character, an eccentric detective who solves his crimes based upon a […]
In: Television: British and Canadian, Trailers · Tagged with: crime, dirk gently, Douglas Adams, this will either be awesome or awful
Blightyvision: “Luther”
Created by Neil Cross Starring Idris Elba, Warren Brown, and Ruth Wilson Well, cripes. Here we come full-circle. “Luther” was the subject of my very first Wibbly-Watchlist, and I was fortunate enough to get my peepers on it as it came out, thus making it the newest (and likely most relevant) thing I’ve reviewed yet […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: crime, Idris Elba, Indira Varma, neil cross, Paul McGann, psychological drama, saskia reeves, stupid unresolved cliffhanger, Warren Brown, who's not who
The Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Watchlist: “The Bill” Finale
Really, I just don’t follow soaps from any country. I can’t be bothered to watch something for several decades and not know if I’ll still be alive when it reaches some sort of conclusion. But I can certainly admit to their importance, especially when it comes to the British variety where mainstream viewers do seem […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: crime, series finale, soap opera, the bill
Blightyvision: “Ashes to Ashes”
Created by Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharaoh Starring Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews, Marshall Lancaster, and Montserrat Lombard This review is going to be a serious test in treading lightly, because it is possibly the most spoileriffic show in existence in recent years. One could argue that its mere existence is a spoiler for […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: 1980s, ashes to ashes, crime, Gene bloody Hunt, Keeley Hawes, mindscrew, mindscrewdriver, Phil Glenister, Sequel, Time travel
The Wibbly-Wobbly Timey-Wimey Watchlist: “Identity”
Keeley Hawes is playing a police officer. No, seriously, this is news. File this one under “product of its time.” Ed Whitmore, the writer behind “Waking the Dead,” is turning out a new six-episode crime drama dealing with identity theft. But it’s looking like this is going to go above and beyond someone snatching your […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: aidan gillian, crime, identity theft, itv, Keeley Hawes
Blightyvision: “Life on Mars”
We see you, M6620, but the virgins don’t. Created by Matthew Graham, Tony Jordan, and Ashley Pharaoh Starring John Simm and Philip Glenister Sam Tyler was in an accident and woke up in 1973. Is he mad, in a coma, or back in time? As it turns out, he’s in the year 2035, stuck in […]
In: Columns, Television: British and Canadian · Tagged with: available on dvd, crime, Gene bloody Hunt, john simm, life on mars, Phil Glenister, Time travel