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Truth Seekers review: Ghost-hunting capers from Shaun of the Dead duo

Truth Seekers review: Ghost-hunting capers from Shaun of the Dead duo

4 November 2020

Amazon Prime's Truth Seekers from Sean of the Dead duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost is a mash up of British comedy and ghost hunting. Let’s hope the series becomes today’s Ghostbusters, says Emily Wilson


We are living in the middle of a fantastic Star Trek renaissance

We are living in the middle of a fantastic Star Trek renaissance

2 September 2020

Star Trek, which began in 1966, is experiencing an extraordinary renaissance in the year 2020. Is this a golden age for the show, asks Emily Wilson


The Expanse review: A sprawling spaceship-studded saga you should see

The Expanse review: A sprawling spaceship-studded saga you should see

5 August 2020

If you like old fashioned sci-fi of the multistranded, multidimensional epic variety, The Expanse could be for you, says Emily Wilson


Snowpiercer review: Step aboard a post-apocalyptic train mystery

Snowpiercer review: Step aboard a post-apocalyptic train mystery

8 July 2020

A train called Snowpiercer loops the planet after a global disaster, as an onboard mystery keeps the plot of this TV show rolling, says Emily Wilson


Upload review: An odd afterlife where your brain is kept in the cloud

Upload review: An odd afterlife where your brain is kept in the cloud

10 June 2020

Greg Daniels's new show Upload is fizzing with interesting ideas, but the characters may not be strong enough to keep you interested, writes Emily Wilson


Altered Carbon 2 review: A great premise that's become too serious

Altered Carbon 2 review: A great premise that's become too serious

15 April 2020

In Altered Carbon’s version of the future, our identities are stored in chips and can be switched between bodies. The first series was a hoot. The second, however, is a bit too earnest, says Emily Wilson


Westworld season 3 review: Five-star TV where nothing is what it seems

Westworld season 3 review: Five-star TV where nothing is what it seems

18 March 2020

Westworld is soon to return with season three. Four episodes in to the impossibly glamorous, highly urbanised future, I can't wait to find out what's going on, writes Emily Wilson


Westworld robots

Westworld: a complex tale of robot awakening has us riveted

13 June 2018

As TV hit Westworld's robots come to some awkward conclusions about their true nature in time for the season finale, we're still hooked by the show's sheer smartness


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