VOD film review: Manhattan Murder Mystery

Director: Woody Allen Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton Watch Manhattan Murder Mystery online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

It’s 1993. Mia Farrow and Woody Allen have split amid controversy … Read More

VOD film review: Heist

Director: Scott Mann Cast: Robert De Niro, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Dave Bautista Certificate: 15 Watch Heist online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

Jeffrey Dean Morgan doesn’t always have the … Read More

Sky UK TV review: Fungus the Bogeyman (2015)

It’s the humans, not the monsters, that make this family tale enjoyably grotesque.Read More

Amazon UK TV review: Mozart in the Jungle Season 2

This review is based on the first seven episodes of Mozart in the Jungle’s second season.

Ask anyone for their favourite TV show of 2014 and Mozart in the Jungle isn’t likely to appear on the list. Amazon’s original comedy … Read More

TV review: And Then There Were None (2015)

This classy piece of TV turns Christie’s crime mystery into a stylish psychological horror.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Homeland Season 5

It’s hard to image a more suitable title for Homeland’s Season 5 opener than “Separation Anxiety”. After Season 4’s about-turn into good-again territory, drawing a line in the sand between now and the Brody-bogged days of Seasons 2 and 3, … Read More

VOD film review: I Origins

This open-minded sci-fi from Another Earth’s Mike Cahill and Brit Marling takes a long hard look at what makes us human and then asks: what if?Read More

VOD film review: Sleuth

Director: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Michael Caine, Jude Law Certificate: 15 Watch Sleuth online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play / Sky Store

These days, the word “remake” has an increasingly slippery definition. It … Read More

Top 20 VOD films of 2015

2015 will go down in film history as the year when everything changed. Netflix released its first original feature, MUBI began to snap up movies for exclusive distribution, FrightFest launched its own digital label with Icon and, in an industry … Read More

The best TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (22nd December)

From box sets of old BBC Three favourites to the highlights of last year’s Christmas – and a chance to catch up with Sherlock – BBC iPlayer’s December line-up is as diverse as ever. We review the best bits – … Read More