VOD film review: American Sniper

Bradley Cooper is stellar in Clint Eastwood’s provocative drama about a US military sniper.Read More

Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (17th May 2015)

Sharks are circling everywhere on BBC iPlayer this week, from the brilliantly named documentary series Shark – guess what that’s about – to the cut-throat world of US television, as Episodes returns for a fourth season.

As ever, the Beeb’s … Read More

Why Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell should be your next box set

A bewitching piece of television with the power to make the incredible credible.Read More

VOD film review: Foxcatcher

Channing Tatum delivers a knockout performance in this chilling drama about a real life wrestler taken under the wing of a millionaire.Read More

Netflix UK film review: The Boat That Rocked

A well-meaning love letter to music, this boat doesn’t rock, no matter how good its cast is.Read More

YouTube review: Kermode and Mayo’s Film Thing

When is a radio show not a radio show? Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo’s weekly film review programme on BBC Radio 5 Live has consistently asked that question, like two bickering uncles wondering who ate the last Twix (the answer, … Read More

VOD film review: Preservation

Pablo Schreiber delivers an intense performance in this familiar but tense survival horror.Read More

UK TV review: Wayward Pines Episode 1 (Where Paradise Is Home)

Twin Peaks fans rejoiced earlier this year, when word spread of a potential new series – and cried out in dismay when talks with David Lynch broke down. The TV world, though, has never been short of attempts to recapture … Read More

VOD film review: The Theory of Everything

Eddie Redmayne is remarkable in this winning, if unoriginal, biopic of Stephen Hawking.Read More

TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 2 (Verbis Diablo)

Already seen Episode 2 of Season 2? Read on at the bottom for some additional spoiler-filled analysis.

“She held her own against Satan himself,” said Ethan Chandler of Vanessa Ives in the first episode of Penny Dreadful Season 2. “But … Read More