Category Archives: TV

Gomorra – this is ‘real greaseball shit’

Posted on 25/07/2016 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

One of the best sequences and lines in movie history comes from Goodfellas. Henry Hill, played by Ray Liotta, narrates over the death sequence of his friend Tommy DeVito, who, thinking he’s going to get made, is murdered in revenge … Continue reading →

Posted in TV | Tagged Al Capone, Camorra, Ciro, Don Pietro, Genny, Gomorra, Gomorra La Serie, Goodfellas, John Gotti, Lady Imma, Mafioso, Martin Scorsese movies, Mike Tyson circa 1987 swinging a salmon, Naples, Savastano dynasty, The Dickensian aspect, The Sopranos, The Wire, TV | Leave a comment

Fargo – uniquely reimagined.

Posted on 10/04/2016 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

First, a confession – I only finished watching both seasons of Fargo the television series this week. Had I read the reviews, which I don’t, yet in partial hypocrisy I’m writing one here (partial, as nobody will read this), I … Continue reading →

Posted in TV | Tagged Billy Bob Thornton, Ed & Peggy Blumquist, Fargo, Furries, Hank Larsson, Hanzee Dent, Jabberwocky, Jerry Springer, Kansas City mob, Lester Nygaard, Lorne Malvo, Lou Salverson, Mike Milligan, Minnesota winters, North Dakota accents, Rubicon, The Gerhardt family, True Detective, TV | Leave a comment

Narcos – a lesson in the necessity of myopia and hypocrisy

Posted on 24/02/2016 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

If, like me, you’re over the age of thirty, you may remember seeing the news of Pablo Escobar’s death on the telly. Perhaps, if like me, you were young at the time, it and his significance may not have had … Continue reading →

Posted in TV | Tagged Basil Exposition, Boyd Holbrook, Cocaine, Colombia, Hypocrisy, Javier Pena, Medellin cartel, Myopia, Narcos, Pablo Escobar, Pedro Pascal, Reaganism, Steve Murphy, The War on Drugs, TV, Wagner Moura | Leave a comment

Homeland has become a mess, but I can’t stop watching it.

Posted on 04/11/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Look, I’m a complete sucker for literature of the spy and espionage genre, particularly John le Carré’s works in relation to the Cold War. This applies to on screen efforts too, be it films such as ‘Spy Game’, ‘Day of … Continue reading →

Posted in TV | Tagged 9/11, Carrie Mathison, CIA, Claire Danes, Damien Lewis, Dar Adal, Homeland, I'm a sucker, Interventionism, Islamophobia, Isolationism, John le Carre, Mandy Patinkin, Peter Quinn, Saul Berenson, Scepticism, Sgt. Brody, Showtime, Smiley's People, Spooks, Spy Drama, Spy Game, Terrorism, The Day of The Jackal, The Lives Of Others, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, The War On Terror!, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, TV | Leave a comment

Mad Men is reaching its end, but what sets it apart is that it never will.

Posted on 20/07/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

The only downside to a great TV show is that it has to end. As the end of Mad Men nears it brings the sobering realisation that we’ll no longer be able to observe the complexities that constitute Don Draper, … Continue reading →

Posted in TV | Tagged 60's, Betty Draper, Betty Francis, Breaking Bad, Dick Whitman, Don Draper, Game Of Thrones, Joan Harris, Mad Men, Matthew Weiner, Peggy Olsen, Roger Sterling, This is the end, TV, Walter White | 1 Comment