Netflix UK film review: Into the Inferno

Werner Herzog’s documentary is a stunning study of the poetry between religion and ruin.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Black Mirror Season 3, Episode 5 (Men Against Fire – spoilers)

Warning: This contains spoilers. For our spoiler-free review of Black Mirror Season 3, click here.

Black Mirror’s fifth new episode, penned by Brooker himself, spends 10 to 15 minutes creating an interesting but not unfamiliar world in which technology takes … Read More

VOD film review: Imperium

Daniel Radcliffe delivers an intense performance in this subtle, brooding study of hate.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Narcos Season 2 (Episodes 8, 9, 10)

A juggernaut of a story told in a stylish, tough, and human way.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Narcos Season 2 (Episode 5, 6, 7)

The life of Pablo becomes the legacy of Pablo in the next three episodes of Netflix’s immersive bilingual drama. As the authorities let Pablo slip away again, his enemies take matters into their own hands in the hunt for the … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Narcos Season 2 (Episodes 2 to 4)

Warning: This contains spoilers.  

Having established a base for Escobar’s characterisation – both in the show and in history – Narcos Season 2 turns the heat up in the war against Pablo. As the search for him transitions into … Read More

First look Netflix UK TV review: Narcos Season 2

“This wasn’t a manhunt. This was an invasion.”

After Season 1’s hard-headed rollercoaster of documentary-style anarchy, political obstacles and the grand master of drug kingpins, it’s understandable to wonder if Season 2 could possibly have much more story to … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: The Get Down (Part 1, Episodes 2 to 6 – spoilers)

Warning: This contains spoilers. Not seen The Get Down? Catch up with our spoiler-free look at the opening episodes.

Baz Luhrmann’s 1970’s hip-hop origins story follows its feature-length debut with five hour-long episodes, which continue the often reality-inspired struggle the … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: The Get Down (Part 1, Episode 1)

“Y’all wanna go to the flyest secret underground party in The Bronx?”

The Bronx, 1977. Ezekiel Figuero (Justice Smith) is a kid whose world is a crumbling, graffiti-strewn wasteland, complete with teenage gangs, and drug-peddlers. Ezekiel’s quest to impress classmate … Read More

UK TV review: Preacher, Episode 10 (Call and Response – Season 1 finale)

Warning: This review contains spoilers.

“You know, one time I took a lot of Angel Dust, drank an eight-pack of Red Bull, and went to a Bieber concert. And this is honestly crazier than that.”

Preacher draws to a close … Read More