47 h. ago Breaking Bad creator's new show already dubbed a 'must see masterpiece'

Reviews for sci-fi thriller Pluribus claim the writer has made the next great TV show.

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53 h. ago Pluribus review – Rhea Seehorn is a force of nature in dystopian drama from Breaking Bad creator

Vince Gilligan makes his first return to the small screen after ‘Breaking Bad’ spin-off ‘Better Call Saul’ with an interesting show that nevertheless fails to live up to those two masterpieces

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54 h. ago Pluribus review – the audacity of the Breaking Bad creator’s new TV show is incredible

It takes some chutzpah to make television like this. Better Call Saul star Rhea Seehorn is the only US citizen immune from an alien virus that makes everyone in the world supremely happy – and it’s a bleak, blackly comic watchEven with the name of Vince Gilligan attached as creator, Pluribus – neatly styled Plur1bus on screen, to further evoke the unofficial motto of the US “E pluribus unum” (“Out of many, one”) – looks at first like a bit of light relief. The man who has spent the past two decades immersed in the harrowing world of Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul and El Camino, you reckon, has probably earned it.Perhaps he is returning to his X Files roots with this tale of an alien virus that sweeps the globe, turning everyone happy and content, literally uniting minds (everyone’s thoughts, knowledge and memories are available to all – people no longer refer to themselves but as “this individual” when they speak) and causing them only to be kind to each other. P...

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5 d. ago BBC viewers rave over 'absolute masterpiece' period drama dubbed 'the very best of British TV' with all

BBC viewers are raving over a historical television serial War which was first broadcast on BBC One in 2016.

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9 d. ago Pluribus to All’s Fair: the seven best shows to stream this week

Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan is back with a gripping, funny, head-spinner of a show, while Kim Kardashian stars in a blazingly camp drama about divorce lawyers. Plus, the thrilling return of Squid Game: The Challenge Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan returns with a gripping, funny, bleak, bewildering head-spinner of a series. It begins with a mysterious communication from outer space. This turns out to be an earthly glimpse of extraterrestrial technology: a psychic glue, binding humanity together. Great news, right? If you are one of the few people across the world seemingly immune to this zombified bliss, not so much. The superb Rhea Seehorn stars as Carol Sturka, a cranky writer of bad, extremely successful historical romances and, reluctantly, the keeper of the flame of righteous human cynicism. Pluribus establishes and maintains a tone all of its own – dark humour, oddball surrealism and existential horror. Apple TV, from Friday 7 November Continue reading...

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1 week ago BBC horror movie sequel on TV tonight dubbed 'so much better than the original'

Scream 2 is being broadcast on BBC 1 tonight, October 27 at 11.10pm - and it has been dubbed a "masterpiece" by some fans and critics

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