May 29 May 29 Ragnarok. Series 2. Highly enjoyable continuation of the YA Norse-myth drama Simon A Bird
May 23 May 23 Teen Wolf Series 2: Succesful and enjoyable continuation with a strong start and end but slight sagging in the middle Simon A Bird
May 18 May 18 Marcella. Series 3. A gripping saga, with criminal investigation and personal traumas expertly mixed. Simon A Bird
May 16 May 16 Love, Death and Robots. Volume 2. As fascinatingly, visually variegated and thoughtfully considered scenarios with a superb final episode Simon A Bird
May 15 May 15 Halston: Enjoyably lurid account of an Icarus-like rise and fall with wonderful titular performance Simon A Bird
May 12 May 12 Teen Wolf. Series 1. Absurdly enjoyable mash-up of teen HS angst with werewolf matters and with very conscious gay appeal Simon A Bird
May 4 May 4 Love, Death and Robots. Volume 1. Wonderfully varied collection of short animated films (all conceivable styles) and intriguingly fitting this all-embracing title Simon A Bird
Apr 29 Apr 29 Marcella: Series 1 and 2. A superbly mature and gripping drama with a very vivid sense of place. Simon A Bird
Apr 22 Apr 22 Mindhunter: Series 2. Maintains and builds on the success and power of Series 1 Simon A Bird
Apr 18 Apr 18 Mindhunter. Series 1. Vivid dramatisation of the start of the art of psychological profiling of serial killers Simon A Bird
Apr 4 Apr 4 The One. A (initially) smartly contemporary-ideas thriller that largely keeps a fine balance between the science and the interpersonal relationships except at the very end. Simon A Bird
Apr 2 Apr 2 The Irregulars. From the Sherlock Holmes stable, here focusing on Holmes's London street urchins but with modern sensibilities plus the supernatural Simon A Bird
Mar 26 Mar 26 The Fall. Series 1 2 & 3. Gripping, majestically unfolded police procedural with riveting performances by Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan Simon A Bird
Mar 9 Mar 9 The Queen's Gambit. Wonderful and very powerful film about troubled chess prodigy. Simon A Bird
Mar 5 Mar 5 Behind Her Eyes. Initially promising if somewhat unoriginal psychological thriller that rather loses it, big time, at the final fences. Simon A Bird
Mar 3 Mar 3 Top Boy: Summerhouse. Season 1 & Season 2. Transfixingly gripping and grimly realistic view of gang criminal life on grim estates in London Simon A Bird
Feb 24 Feb 24 The Code. Series 2: Excellent follow-on to the first-rate Series 1 with deepening characterisation and plotting Simon A Bird
Feb 21 Feb 21 Ultraviolet. Series 2. Development and improvement upon Series 1 with the team from Lodz Simon A Bird
Feb 13 Feb 13 Ultraviolet. Series 1 Intriguing, Polish-set and largely effective series of murder cases with a rag-tag group of online sleuths Simon A Bird
Feb 6 Feb 6 Safe: Soundly involving suburban-set thriller with Harlen Coben name 'attached' as supposed quality guarantee Simon A Bird