The Review at the End of the Universe
Shot in rich monochromatic tones, and inspired by a true story, Melina León’s Song Without A Name is a captivating portrayal of a young woman searching for the truth in this snapshot of 1980’s Peru that will leave you breathless. Peru, 1988. The ‘Shining Path’ terrorist group are at their height of activity, and illegal adoptions…
Setsurô Wakamatsu’s Fukushima 50 tells the true-life story of a nuclear meltdown and the team who saved Japan from the biggest nuclear disaster in history. In 2011, Eastern Japan was hit with a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent powerful tsunami, disabling many of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Back-up generators kicked…
“Autofac” This story was written in 1955. It shouldn’t astound me but it does. How can it be that Philip K. Dick and his contemporaries could anticipate such a future for us? Perhaps it was an imagining of the worst possible outcome…but how come these stories play out like they are true? I feel I…
“Path to Paradise” THE LAST EPISODE WE made it. We finally made it! There was a time I wasn’t sure there would ever be an end, with it seemingly dragging on for a bit, despite it’s relatively short 13 episode span, but here we are. Journeys, relationships; we’ve all had them. But none more than…
“Yes Is the Only Living Thing” Ok. Episode 12. One remaining. Not entirely sure where to start with this episode- Jake is still reeling from the passing of Katie and we see Jake face her corpse to prepare her for cremation in quite a touching scene. With Cannerts accused of creating the virus, he’s being…
“Nothing Gold Can Stay” Day 17. Thrusting us back into the political side of things we see Lex and Leo outraged at Lommers blaming everything on Dr. Cannerts. We finally see Lommers’ husband who looks like a dick. The writers have been clever introducing him so late in the series, and are quick to hint…
“A Time to Be Born…” Oh my god, what the hell. A time to be born indeed. This episode Teresa fiiinally goes into labour. Separated from Xander, who is still under quarantine, she must rely on Jana & co. to help her. Jumping to Katie who is also in quarantine, we see her come to…
“A Kingdom Divided Against Itself” Hello? Is anyone there? It’s interesting to see how missing an episode of a TV show can throw you out a loop so much as missing a single episode of Containment. What happened that Lex is no longer imprisoned? Did that go anywhere or was that a quick shock factor,…
“Inferno” In its 7th episode, Containment focuses primarily on Jana, her stronghold, and the increasing threat from a group of tweakers who have been living in the building’s car park. With the hooligans down stairs terrorizing the folk upstairs, Jana needs to fortify the area they’ve been calling home. First of all, they need to stop…
“He Stilled the Rising Tumult” What happens this week that we’ve not seen before? Well, this week I decided to have some fun and made a special Containment bingo card and it did not let me down! Having said that we’re missing Shirtless Jake / Sentimental Moment Between Bert & Lovely Wheelchair Wife / Stern Lommers…
