Stories by Francis Cook

It was a title battle up there with Senna v Prost. Formula 1 went from a relatively boring few years to the most exciting sport on our screens this year. Francis Cook breaks down the season that was…

Ghost of Tsushima gets its history wrong and fails in its homage to Akira Kurosawa by not grappling with his films in a meaningful way. But it's still one of the best open world action games of this…

Review: HBO's Chernobyl depicts events so terrible and unreal they don't need any embellishment. The result is tense, gripping and essential viewing, Francis Cook writes.

Analysis - Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror: Bandersnatch puts viewers in charge of the story in an inventive and ground-breaking way, but it lacks the series' usual narrative heft, Francis Cook writes.

Analysis: Red Dead Redemption 2 is on track to become the best selling entertainment product of all time, but it's also ponderous, bereft of meaning and narratively naïve, writes Francis Cook.

Congressional races, Senate races, gubernatorial races, it's all happening tomorrow. Here's some of the more interesting election battles to follow, and a few of the coin tosses that could turn the… Video

New Zealand will get a short glimpse at the longest lunar eclipse of the century on Saturday morning.

With Vector saying it could be days before power is restored to some areas, here are some handy tips for coping without it.