The show’s true resonance lies in its exploration of the Chosen One trope.
Riffing on early portions of Thomas Harris’s novel of the same name, Hannibal is similarly liberated by its protagonist’s unmasking.
More incisively and ambitiously written than the last season, and sporting the most radically expressive imagery currently on television.
Its vision of humanity rewound to a feudal state of being is pulpy and smart, though the film is more likely to be remembered as the longest car commercial ever made.
Neil Marshall’s film thrives on the basis of chic, iconic imagery, juxtaposing eras new and old in a violent upheaval of social values.
No one will accuse Ian Gabriel of pushing a glossy commentary about reparations in South Africa, only a shabby melodrama.
When you get right down to it, Ask the Dust is unforgivably dull as dishwater.