Review–UK series Marchlands merges three worlds into a satisfying ghost story
With a television series featuring Doctor Who and Arrow’s Alex Kingston, Life on Mars’s Dean Andrews, Luke Skywalker’s pal Wedge Antilles, and the lead actress from Attack the Block, you just can’t go...
View ArticleReview–Lightfields mini-series offers suspenseful follow-up to Marchlands
So far the Gothic and ghostly Marchlands and Lightfields series have only aired in the UK, available to U.S. audiences only if you buy a European boxed set for an international DVD player from a...
View ArticleFour British series that outshine “Broadchurch”
By Elizabeth C. Bunce Two episodes down and we at borg.com seem to be the only viewers utterly underwhelmed by BBC America’s hotly-anticipated new import, Broadchurch. Lured in by trailers featuring...
View Articleborg.com’s Best of 2013
Well it’s been one long year, with plenty to do and see, plenty of good and not-so-good to read and watch, and we’re certain we read more and reviewed more content this year than ever before. And...
View ArticleSaturday, stick around after the Doctor… for “Intruders”
BBC America has been advertising the new series Intruders for months now but this extended trailer should be all you need to know this is a series pilot not to be missed. So stick around after Doctor...
View ArticleNow streaming–The next creepy Gothic mystery has arrived in new Netflix...
Review by C.J. Bunce An exciting new Gothic suspense thriller has arrived in the new Netflix series Requiem. Like any great mystery–and it seems even more so in this sub-genre–you never can tell what...
View ArticleDublin Murders–The look of a great UK mystery without the follow through
Review by C.J. Bunce We’re always on the lookout for the next great British/Irish/Scottish/UK police procedural or mystery, after the next Life on Mars or Ashes to Ashes, Hinterland or Shetland,...
View ArticleA Confession–Martin Freeman stars in true crime series on Amazon
Review by C.J. Bunce We’re always on the lookout for the next great British/Irish/Scottish/UK police procedural or mystery series like Life on Mars or Ashes to Ashes, Hinterland or Shetland,...
View ArticleRoadkill–Politician rises up the British political ladder in new Hugh Laurie...
Review by C.J. Bunce We’re always on the lookout for the next great British/Irish/Scottish/UK police procedural or mystery, and the new Hugh Laurie four-part star vehicle Roadkill may not be the Life...
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