RIP Gene Wilder (1933 – 2016)

Gene Wilder was, quite simply, one of the funniest actors of all time. The brilliant thing was that he never seemed to know it.

Born Jerome Silberman in 1933, his wiry hair and bulging eyeballs meant that his serene face … Read More

VOD film review: Jane Got a Gun

Director: Gavin O’Connor Cast: Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton Certificate: 15

In 2011, Gavin O’Connor gave the world Warrior, an MMA drama starring Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton that had such blistering turns from its cast that it rose above sporting … Read More

VOD film review: The Intervention

Director: Clea Duvall Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Clea DuVall, Cobie Smulders Watch The Intervention online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV / Google Play

Three couples get together to tell a … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Scream Season 2: Episode 9 to 12 (spoilers)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

“Sometimes the people closest to you are the ones who keep the biggest secrets,” says Noah towards the end of Scream’s second season – a sentiment that fuels the whole of MTV’s small-screen adaptation of Wes … Read More

Catch up TV review: The Watchman, Rookies, 500 Questions

What’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5. (For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Miles Ahead

Kind of blue and effortlessly cool, this unconventional music biopic has attitude to spare.Read More

11 times GBBO baker Selasi won our hearts

The Great British Bake Off returned last night for a seventh season and there’s already a clear winner for our hearts: Selasi Gbormittah.

The 30-year-old finance sector worker from Ghana bowled the whole nation over in under an hour last … Read More

Fear the Walking Dead Season 2 review: Episodes 2 to 7

Fear the Walking Dead Season 2 returned to UK TV this week for Part 2, with Episode 8 broadcast exclusively on AMC for BT TV customers on Monday 22nd August – and subsequent episodes airing every Monday. With Episodes 1 … Read More

VOD film review: Oscillating Fan for Your Home

When the heat gets hot and your very being is on fire, cinema has always been man’s best friend, offering shade, comfort and air conditioning on a hot summer’s afternoon – plus a movie. Now, though, Netflix has stepped up … Read More

Sitcom of the century? Why you don’t get Mrs. Brown’s Boys

Because people like different things.

That’s the simple reason why you don’t ‘get’ Mrs. Brown’s Boys. Brendan O’Carroll’s sitcom, which regularly pulls in million of viewers and has spawned a big screen spin-off, was named the best British sitcom of … Read More