VOD film review: The BFG (2016)

A galumphing warm hug of a film, The BFG completely captures the wide-eyed wonder of childhood.Read More

VOD film review: The Revenant

An escalating feat of jaw-dropping survival. For better and for worse, The Revenant is the greatest video game movie ever made.Read More

Amazon UK TV review: The Grand Tour Episode 2

After racing out of the blocks in pole position with its debut outing, Episode 2 of Amazon’s The Grand Tour faces a trickier task than comparing itself with Top Gear: living up to its own high standards.

The second instalment … Read More

UK TV review: Westworld Episode 8

Warning: This contains spoilers. Not caught up with Westworld? Read our spoiler-free review of Episode 1.

“I would’ve thought they’d retired you.” Those six words are perhaps the most revealing thing in Episode 8 of Westworld, as HBO’s sci-fi hurtles … Read More

UK TV review: Humans Season 2, Episode 4

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Closer to humans than ever before. That was the tagline used by Channel 4 to promote its sci-fi series – a phrase that carries a veiled threat, not just in terms of its synths’ similarity to … Read More

UK TV review: Supergirl Season 2, Episode 5

This is a spoiler-free review: Read on at the bottom for additional spoilery bits.

Supergirl lifts itself up after the uneven last episode, although there are still a few warning signs that Season 2’s flight might experience some more turbulence … Read More

UK TV review: Supergirl Season 2, Episode 4

This is a spoiler-free review: Read on at the bottom for additional spoilery bits.

Alien fight club. Those three words were probably all Supergirl’s producers needed to give Season 2’s fourth episode the go-ahead. After all, aliens, fight club, they’re … Read More

Amazon UK TV review: Goliath Season 1 (spoilers)

Amazon’s Goliath is a riveting hate-fuelled legal drama.Read More

Catch up TV review: Kids on the Edge, 60 Days in Jail, I’m a Celebrity…

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

MUBI UK film review: I, Olga

Directors: Petr Kazda, Tomas Weinreb Cast: Michalina Olszanska Certificate: 18 Watch I, Olga online in the UK: MUBI UK

In 1973, a 22 year old woman ran over eight people in the streets of Prague. She pleaded guilty. What drove … Read More