Naga Munchetty shuts down Robert Buckland over coronavirus tests ‘people want realism!’

Munchetty probed: “So we want to talk about tests, not capacity, but tests are done and yesterday 52,429 were reported for the previous 24 hours. Is that target going to be met?” Buckland explained: “Well, we will know when the results come out, but even if the target isn’t met we are well on our […]

The Magicians builds a better fantasy show by bringing realism to magic

In the 2000s, the fantasy genre saw a box office boom largely caused by the blockbuster success of the Lord of the Rings movies and the Harry Potter franchise. The drive to cash in didn’t work for everyone, though. It produced a lot of expensive failures and abortive franchises: Eragon, The Golden Compass, the Chronicles […]