Sky + NOW
Reviews and recommendations of TV shows and movies on Sky and NOW.
UK TV recap: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 1, Episode 12
May 21, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers.
In theory, the concept of the Legends taking on a time-travelling assassin who’s targeting their helpless younger selves is an excellent idea, allowing for multiple Terminator riffs (Ray is straight in there with “Come with me … Read More
UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 3 (Good and Evil Braided Be)
May 18, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
“It’s not the like the music hall acts,” Dr Seward tells Vanessa Ives, after she begs the therapist to hypnotise her in Episode 3 of Penny Dreadful Season 3. “You will still have your free will,” … Read More
UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 2
May 16, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
Penny Dreadful is one of TV’s most literary shows – but every now and then, it’s also one of the most predictable. John Logan’s series trades in novels and legends, twisting them together into unfamiliar shapes … Read More
UK TV recap: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 1, Episode 11
May 14, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers. This week’s episode was hotly anticipated amongst genre fans, promising both Western-style genre fun and the appearance of D.C.’s iconic gunslinger Jonah Hex, whose reputation is in need of a spot of rehab, after the disastrous … Read More
UK TV review: Billions (Episode 1)
May 14, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains mild spoilers.
“Am I greatest guy in the world? Hell, no.” That’s Bobby “Axe” Axelrod (Damian Lewis) in Billions. It’s full of people like that. People who aren’t the greatest in the world. People with names like … Read More
8 reasons why we love Sex and the City
May 13, 2016 | Jo BromilowAnd Just Like That… premieres on Sky Comedy on 9th December. Find out more here.
Oh boy, are you guys in for a treat. Because one of the most iconic TV shows celebrating women, men, friendship, love and wanton credit … Read More
An 8-bit guide to Silicon Valley’s brilliance
May 12, 2016 | Chris BryantWhen Richard and his friends inadvertently create a world-class compression algorithm within their music app, ‘Pied Piper’, while working for Silicon Valley’s big guns, they have to decide whether to sell their work to the man or try and make … Read More
UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 3 (Oathbreaker)
May 10, 2016 | Paul GreenwoodWarning: This contains spoilers. For more on how to catch up with Game of Thrones, click here.
Could it be said that this episode of Game of Thrones was a little on the dull side?
In terms of anything of … Read More
UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 1 (The Day Tennyson Died)
May 7, 2016 | David Farnor“The old monsters have gone,” declares Vanessa Ives (Eva Green) at the start of Penny Dreadful’s third season. And well she might, after battling through two seasons of torment and inner turmoil. Green has been astonishing at every turn, physically … Read More
UK TV recap: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 1, Episode 10 (Progeny)
May 7, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers.
After three terrific episodes in a row (Marooned, Night of the Hawk and Left Behind), Legends of Tomorrow hits a major stumble with tonight’s outing, which provides largely unsatisfactory outcomes to both its main plot and … Read More