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If “Smithereens” shows how a substantial running time can improve a slight story, “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too”…
Reviews - Black Mirror
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Possibly the most famous joke ever told about Black Mirror comes from Daniel Mallory Ortberg: “what if phones but…
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For the first ten minutes of “Striking Vipers,’ I assumed I knew where this was headed. It all seemed so obvious,…
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This is not going to be a clever review. Oh, I thought about it. Black Mirror’s newest entry “Bandersnatch” is a…
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Saving the worst for last, then. “Black Museum” is the closest Black Mirror has come to self-parody, and there’s an…
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Ah, the pleasures of a 40 minute chase scene. Shot in black and white and following the adventures of a woman…
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As much as we value individual experiences, it’s hard to get thrilled at the prospect of slogging through an…
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I think the title is about crocodile tears. Maybe there’s something I’m missing (there so often is!), but that’s my…
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There is something merciless in Black Mirror’s compassion. It spends time introducing us to its characters, and then…
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“USS Callister” isn’t really about Star Trek. Oh sure, it has the trappings. There’s a ship crewed with people in…
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And with that, we come to the end of Black Mirror’s third season. So much has changed! I look back at the start, and…
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When I was a kid, I used to rent video games from the corner store every weekend. I was only allowed one game at a…
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Throughout its three seasons, Black Mirror has been consistent on a single idea: technology is a trap. Sure, the…
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The secret hook to most every horror story is pretty simple: most of the time, the protagonist deserves what they…
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Boy, computers are scary, huh? Virtual reality is pretty scary too. Also scary: the crazy things they’re doing with…
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For the first thirty minutes, I thought I wasn’t going to make it. There’s nothing overtly horrific in “Nosedive,”…
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The speculative anthology Black Mirror has always been curious (and anxious) about the intersection of technology…
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Jon Hamm makes a great coward. Better: He makes a convincing coward, someone whose fundamental character flaw isn’t…
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After the nightmare of “White Bear,” I fired up the last episode of Black Mirror’s second season fearing further…
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“White Bear” is, by a significant margin, the most disturbing episode Black Mirror has produced. That’s quite an…
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