Why Poldark should be your next box set

With Season 5 of Poldark now on Netflix UK, we look back at the beginnings of the BBC’s period drama.

Aidan Turner topless in a field was arguably the defining image of TV in 2015, thanks to Poldark. Oh yes, … Read More

UK TV review: Halt and Catch Fire Season 3 (Episode 3)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

What’s the only thing harder than running a tech start-up? Running a tech start-up with your husband.

Gordon and Donna find that out the hard way in Episode 3 of Halt and Catch Fire’s third … Read More

VOD film review: Take This Waltz

Moving and messily honest, Take This Waltz is a romantic comedy packed full of laughter, tears and baking.Read More

VOD film review: Get on Up

Chadwick Boseman delivers a mesmerising performance in this uneven but energetic biopic of James Brown.Read More

VOD film review: Searching for Sugar Man

This strange-but-true documentary emerges as a beautiful testament to human spirit – with a stonking soundtrack.Read More

VOD film review: Cockneys vs Zombies

Cockneys vs Zombies gives you more than enough Roy Hudd for your Bread and Honey. Well worth a Paul McKenna.Read More

UK TV review: Halt and Catch Fire Season 3 (Episode 1 and 2)

Halt and Catch Fire has never been better than this stellar Season 3 opening double-bill.Read More

RIP Gene Wilder (1933 – 2016)

Gene Wilder was, quite simply, one of the funniest actors of all time. The brilliant thing was that he never seemed to know it.

Born Jerome Silberman in 1933, his wiry hair and bulging eyeballs meant that his serene face … Read More

VOD film review: Jane Got a Gun

Director: Gavin O’Connor Cast: Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton Certificate: 15

In 2011, Gavin O’Connor gave the world Warrior, an MMA drama starring Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton that had such blistering turns from its cast that it rose above sporting … Read More

VOD film review: The Intervention

Director: Clea Duvall Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Clea DuVall, Cobie Smulders Watch The Intervention online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV / Google Play

Three couples get together to tell a … Read More