Tag: Toby Kebbell

Black Mirror: The Entire History of You

Black Mirror: The Entire History of You

by Jesse Armstrong; dir. Brian Welsh (BBC, 2011)

TV poster: “Black Mirror: The Entire History of You” by Jesse Armstrong; dir. Brian Welsh (BBC, 2011)

A reductio ab adsurdum turned alarmingly not-too-farfetched projection of where technology might take us by facilitating total recall (and display) of memories. Jodie Whittaker is delightfully nuanced but Toby Kebbell’s character is so manifestly, irredeemably a dick, the relationship seems doomed anyway.

The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist

by David Wolstencroft; dir. Brian Welsh (BBC, 2013)

DVD cover: The Escape Artist (2013)

Each episode of this three-part miniseries carries a different emotional tone, allowing David Tennant to play three characters in one: supremely confident lawyer and family man; helpless, grieving husband; and wily avenger. Toby Kebbell is suitably disturbing as his psychopathic ex-client adversary.

Derelict Space Sheep