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UK TV review: Victoria Season 3
May 12, 2019 | David FarnorNational tensions and personal drama collide in the uneven but enjoyable third season of ITV’s royal drama.Read More
Catch Up TV review: Taskmaster S8, When I Grow Up, Planet Child, Sex on Trial
May 12, 2019 | David FarnorWhat’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
Mercurio Rising: From Bodies to Line of Duty, the climb of the UK TV showrunner
May 12, 2019 | Ian WintertonWith Line of Duty Season 5 having reached its conclusion, fans of the show will be feeling withdrawal symptoms. Happily, various UK streaming services are chock-a-block with writer-creator Jed Mercurio’s back catalogue of hard-hitting dramas. We look back at the … Read More
UK TV review: Line of Duty: Season 5, Episode 6 (Finale)
May 12, 2019 | David FarnorSeason 5’s finale makes up for plot holes with a thrillingly personal interrogation.Read More
7 reasons why you should watch Easy on Netflix
May 12, 2019 | David FarnorThis weekend sees Easy return to Netflix, and Joe Swanberg’s anthology series, about a string of Chicagoans stumbling through life and relationships, is as gently remarkable as ever. With the third season also set to be its last, we run … Read More
First look review: iZombie Season 5
May 12, 2019 | Mark HarrisoniZombie’s final season begins by doubling down on the topical plate-spinning.Read More
Trailer: Lily Tomlin, Neil Patrick Harris, Tiffany Haddish Still Laugh-In in Netflix comedy special
May 12, 2019 | David FarnorLily Tomlin, Neil Patrick Harris and Tiffany Haddish are all teaming for a Netflix comedy special this week, and a new trailer gives us a look at the impressive line-up in action – and a better idea of what the … Read More
VOD film review: Where Hands Touch
May 11, 2019 | David FarnorEarnest performances and good intentions can’t redeem this misjudged WWII romance.Read More
Interview: Joe Penna on Arctic, Mads Mikkelsen, polar bears and YouTube
May 11, 2019 | Josh Slater-WilliamsArctic is a survival thriller in which Mads Mikkelsen plays a man stranded in the Arctic Circle waiting for rescue, only for a helicopter that finds him to crash, killing the pilot and forcing Mikkelsen’s character to have to tend … Read More
The Weekly MUBI Digest | 11th May 2019
May 11, 2019 | David FarnorWith Madeline’s Madeline released this weekend online and in cinemas by MUBI, the streaming service is going all out with a celebration of director Josephine Decker, a retrospective that continues this week looking at her work both in front of … Read More