VOD film review: Out of Blue (2019)

A strong lead performance and bewitching visual can’t redeem a bewildering plot in this existential noir.Read More

Terrace House: 9 reasons you should watch Netflix’s answer to Love Island

Netflix’s Japanese answer to Love Island is understated, uneventful and addictive – reality TV that feels, well, real.Read More

VOD film review: Bel Canto

This disappointingly shallow hostage drama has the right notes, just not in the right order.Read More

Catch up TV reviews: A Confession, 50 Years of the Troubles, The Rob Rinder Verdict, Taskmaster S9

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

VOD film review: Leto

Kirill Serebrennikov’s depiction of musical expression in the Soviet Union is a visually stunning ode to rebellion.Read More

VOD film review: Memory: The Origins of Alien

This insightful essay about the thematic origins of Ridley Scott’s horror finds renewed fear and fascination in the franchise.Read More

VOD film review: Avengers: Endgame

What Marvel’s epic finale lacks in stakes it makes up for in sheer, spectacular fun.Read More

VOD film review: The Rock

Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery are a hugely entertaining double-act in Michael Bay’s definitive 90s actioner.Read More

UK TV review: The Loudest Voice

This stylish, well-acted biopic of Fox News founder Roger Ailes fails to scratch beneath the surface.Read More

Venice 2019 Film Reviews: Wasp Network, Rialto, Citizen K

With Netflix, Amazon and HBO out in force at the Venice Film Festival 2019, we head over to the Lido to catch up with their latest offerings and review some of the other films making their debuts.

Rialto

Sometimes, the … Read More