TV & movie reviews
Viceroy’s House (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Lord Mountbatten (Hugh Bonneville) and family arrive in India to live in Viceroy’s House while overseeing India’s transition to independence. …
Speechless season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes JJ (Micah Fowler) has cerebal palsy in Speechless and in real life. He uses a wheelchair to get around and …
Star Trek TNG s01e05: Where No One Has Gone Before
A review by Nalini Haynes Spoilers, Sweetie Kosinski (Stanley Kamel) is an arrogant engineer hurtled into the Admiralty’s good books when his gobbledygook engineering formula …
Star Trek TNG s01e04: The Last Outpost
A review by Nalini Haynes The USS Enterprise pursues what they suspect is a Ferengi ship. The Ferengi are little more than rumours to Federation …
Defenders (2017)
A review by Nalini Haynes Once upon a time there was the brilliant 5 star TV series Jessica Jones, starring a kick-ass female protagonist (Krysten …
Leviathan Wakes vs The Expanse
A review/commentary by Nalini Haynes Once upon a time in a galaxy far far away… Actually, in this galaxy. Actually, in this solar system. The …
CHIPS (2017)
A review by Nalini Haynes 40 years after the TV series started airing, a CHIPS movie hit screens — and the movie spoofs the TV …
Kong: Skull Island
A review by Nalini Haynes A US soldier and a Japanese fighter crash on Wonder Woman’s island. There can’t be two islands that look the …
Patriots Day (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes It’s Patriots Day, April 15 2013, and the Boston Marathon is about to start. Mark Wahlberg plays Tommy Saunders, a …
Beauty and the Beast (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Belle (Emma Watson) lives in a village in France, wandering around with her nose in a book and being abused …
Logan (2017)
A review by Nalini Haynes Logan (Hugh Jackman) is back. Again. At least this time he wasn’t in a remake of his own origin story. …
Underworld: Blood Wars (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Death dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) is back, older but trying to look the same, replacing Bill Nighy with Charles Dance …
The Awesomes season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes The Awesomes is an animated superhero comedy created by Seth Meyers and Michael Shoemaker, both known for late night comedy …
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (book & movie)
A review by Nalini Haynes Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them begins with Tina (Katherine Waterston), dressed in early 20th century clothing, eating a …
Danger Mouse (2015)
A review by Nalini Haynes A long time ago in the time of the dinosaurs, Danger Mouse and Penfold (two actual albeit cartoon mice) saved …