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Cosmo Sheldrake

Wild Wet World and Torus review: Transmuting obscure worlds into music

3 May 2023

Giving musical voice to the deep ocean and to the complex shapes of geometry is a serious ask. But composers Cosmo Sheldrake and Emily Howard manage this tough brief with aplomb


THE LAST OF US takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.

The Last of Us review: An excellent example of fungal horror

18 January 2023

From Hannibal to Whitechapel and now this fine adaptation of a bestselling video game, why do fungi so often steal the show in TV thrillers, wonders Bethan Ackerley


The best science fiction television to watch out for in 2023

The best science fiction television to watch out for in 2023

28 December 2022

From new seasons of The Mandalorian and Severance to a much-anticipated adaptation of The Three-Body Problem, settle in for some stellar shows next year


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Down to Earth with Zac Efron review: Eco-doc series makes green sexy

30 November 2022

Down Under, season two of Zac Efron's Down to Earth series, pulls off the trick he was after in the first season - making the pursuit of a greener, fairer world more desirable, finds Bethan Ackerley


The Silent Sea review: South Korean series is a slice of space horror

The Silent Sea review: South Korean series is a slice of space horror

7 September 2022

From a parched Earth, Song Ji-an joins a lunar mission to find out how her sister died. With nods to the 1972 Solaris and Alien, word-of-mouth hit The Silent Sea is an intriguing show, says Bethan Ackerley


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Shining Girls review: TV sci-fi thriller is a mind-bending puzzle

27 April 2022

Elisabeth Moss is after a killer who is defying all known laws of reality in Shining Girls, an unsettling Apple TV+ adaptation of Lauren Beukes's science-fiction thriller


Severance review: A compelling thriller about dividing work and play

Severance review: A compelling thriller about dividing work and play

23 February 2022

Switching your brain off work mode at 5pm might sound appealing, but as this thriller on Apple TV+ demonstrates, it could be a very bad idea


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