Digital Theatre review: David Tennant’s Richard II

This moving study of doomed royalty is politics at its most personal.Read More

VOD film review: Kicking Off

Director: Matt Wilde Cast: Warren Brown, Greg McHugh, Alistair Petrie Certificate: 15 Watch Kicking off online in the UK: Sky Cinema / NOW / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV / Google Play

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Extra ordinary realism in Roman Polanski’s Macbeth

Polanski’s grounded take on Shakespeare’s supernatural tragedy is a grubby, senseless tale of greed.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Season 2, Episode 10 (Klick)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

“It’s like he’s out to get you.” That’s Ernesto’s take on the Better Call Saul situation at the close of Season 2. It’s a tiny moment of kindness shown towards Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk), after he rushed … Read More

Shakespeare Day Live: The full BBC iPlayer line-up

Saturday 23rd April marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – and BBC iPlayer is celebrating in style.

Shakespeare Day Live will take place across the whole of Saturday, with a host of events streaming live on a dedicated pop-up … Read More

Catch up TV reviews: What British Muslims Really Think, River Monsters, Scott & Bailey, Tower Block

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 … Read More

UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 2 (Not in Scotland Anymore)

This is a spoiler-free review. Come back after the episode’s release for additional, spoilery notes.

The title of Outlander Season 2’s second episode promises new horizons – and it certainly delivers on those fronts. Well, in the bedroom department, anyway. … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Season 2, Episode 9 (Nailed)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Will he? Won’t he? That’s been the question Better Call Saul has left us asking for the whole of its first two seasons – at what point will Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) finally become Saul Goodman? … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Natural Born Pranksters

Director: Roman Atwood, Ben Pluimer Cast: Roman Atwood, Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, Dennis Roady Certificate: 15 Watch Natural Born Pranksters online in the UK: Netflix UK / YouTube / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV … Read More

VOD film review: Eisenstein in Guanajuato

Director: Peter Greenaway Cast: Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti Certificate: 18 Watch Eisenstein in Guanajuato online in the UK: Curzon Home Cinema / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / BFI Player / Sky Store

How do you edit a film about Eisenstein? Don’t … Read More