Game of Thrones season 5 has wrapped up, and in true GoT fashion, it finished in style. When he's not at dinner parties, Jon Snow was once again fighting strong north of the Wall. Everyone's favourite characters, Tyrion and Daenerys have finally come face to face. Meanwhile, in King's Landing... … [Read more...]
The Dork Guide to Christmas TV
Joy to the world, for this week the Christmas TV schedule officially kicks off. For the next two weeks, the schedules will be filled with danger, drama, intrigue, mystery... oh wait, that's just EastEnders. Sorry... But in all seriousness, festive television this year is a goldmine of film … [Read more...]
Want to learn how to speak Dothraki? There’s a course for that.
Athchomar chomakea! Hash yer dothrae check? If you're currently blinking in confusion, that's Welcome! How are you doing? in Dothraki. Since it first arrived on our TV screens, with its declaration of the oncoming winter and seeming seas of death, Game of Thrones has managed to become a … [Read more...]
The Beginning Of The End Of The Middle – Game of Thrones S4E10 – Dork Review
And so, after another ten weeks of fictional sadism and very real suffering, we reach the end of Game of Thrones season four. Unlike all the other years of this show, this time the final episode of the run is the climactic point, bringing a kitchen of pots to a cloud of boils. And we’ve reached … [Read more...]
Last minute Father’s Day presents
Father's Day is always a tough one: either you've completely forgotten about it, or you've got a dad who's spectacularly hard to buy a present for. If you're celebrating your dad this Sunday and are completely out of ideas, then this last-minute gift guide might come in handy. … [Read more...]
Will the tall Wall fall? Game of Thrones S4E9 – Dork Review
In previous seasons, the penultimate Game of Thrones episode of the year has been The One. The big week where something huge happens, leaving the “finale” as an epilogue for characters to react. Here we are in the second-to-last Westeros visit of season four, then, and pre-conditioned to … [Read more...]
How To Get Ahead In Westeros – Game of Thrones S4E8 – Dork Review
After a short interlude for Americans to remember something, back to Game of Thrones. Following the last couple of weeks, not to mention the title of this episode (The Mountain and the Viper), we’re clearly all here for Tyrion’s trial by combat fight between Oberyn Martell and The … [Read more...]
Game of Thrones – A day in the deaths. S4E7 – Dork Review
Game of Thrones is known for a few things: sex, violence, pointless nudity, witty banter, sudden character death, intrigue and advancing plots along in tiny increments, keeping a whisper ahead of audience boredom. And this particular episode, if nothing else, hit all these sweet spots. It didn’t … [Read more...]
The People vs Tyrion Lannister vs The People – Game of Thrones S4E6 – Dork Review
Although the last couple of Game of Thrones episodes kept all the stones rolling downhill, they perhaps lacked huge sequences. Big climactic end pieces which send us away satisfied that we've witnessed some major plot twist or huge action moment. Last week had the showdown at Craster's between … [Read more...]
The ghost of season one is stirring… Game of Thrones S4E5 – Dork Review
This is one of those episodes of Game of Thrones where, to be honest, it’s hard to identify a main plot. Is it the crowning of the new King, considering it’s in the title? Or Sansa’s arrival at the Eyrie, which probably gets the most scenes? Or the most eventful sequence, where the Night’s Watch … [Read more...]