Anthology – Plain, Simple Tom Reviews

Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (2018)

The latest film from the Coen Brothers consists of six individual stories set in the old west and has a cast that includes Tim Blake Nelson, James… Read more “Plain, Simple Tom reviews . . . “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” (2018)”

In a futuristic Northern American mega-nation called MexUsCan, presided over by a single “Candidate” (Vera Farmiga), Philbert Noyce (Mel Rodriguez) works as part of a three man… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Kill All Others””

Sometime in the future, small town teenage girl Foster (Annalise Basso) moves East with her mother (Maura Tierney) to a city where security and terrorist prevention is… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Safe and Sound””

Another series of Charlie Brooker’s popular anthology series has hit the ‘flix so it’s time again to go over the episodes and see which ones were hot… Read more “Final Thoughts: “Black Mirror” Series Four”

In 2520, the atmosphere of Terra/Earth has become contaminated, leading to the invasion of planet Rexar IV for its resources, one of the attacking soldiers being decorated… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Human Is””

Ed (Steve Buscemi) works at a “spirit mill”, working to implant quantum consciousness into part-synthetic beings known as “Jacks” and “Jills” while also planning to escape the… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Crazy Diamond””

Rail station employee Ed (Timothy Spall) lives a humdrum life, dealing with all sorts of annoyances at work while also caring for a mentally ill son, trying… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “The Commuter””

In deep space, leisure and tourism agents Norton and Andrews (Jack Reynor and Benedict Wong) show tourists the wonders of the galaxy, subtly altering colour and sound… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “Impossible Planet””

New to Channel 4 on Sunday nights, “Electric Dreams” is a brand new 10-part anthology series based on the short stories of Philip K. Dick, produced by… Read more “Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: “The Hood Maker””