Posts By Ian Winterton
The Spy: A brilliantly taut thriller
September 15, 2019 | Ian Winterton
Sacha Baron Cohen perfectly inhabits real life spy Eli Cohen in this brilliantly taut and gripping thriller.Read More
Netflix UK film review: Psycho (1960)
September 8, 2019 | Ian Winterton
Shockingly effective in 1960, the brilliance of Hitchcock’s horror remains undimmed to this day.Read More
Amazon UK TV review: Sneaky Pete Season 3
June 9, 2019 | Ian Winterton
Sneaky Pete bows out with a final season that is excellent, but has lost its freshness.Read More
Mercurio Rising: From Bodies to Line of Duty, the climb of the UK TV showrunner
May 12, 2019 | Ian Winterton
With Line of Duty Season 5 having reached its conclusion, fans of the show will be feeling withdrawal symptoms. Happily, various UK streaming services are chock-a-block with writer-creator Jed Mercurio’s back catalogue of hard-hitting dramas. We look back at the … Read More
VOD film review: Barry Lyndon
May 6, 2019 | Ian Winterton
Kubrick’s flawed masterpiece – beautiful but (whisper it) boring.Read More
VOD film review: 2001: A Space Odyssey
May 5, 2019 | Ian Winterton
A bona-fide ground-breaking, psychedelic sci-fi classic.Read More
Father Ted: The 10 best episodes
April 21, 2019 | Ian Winterton
24 years ago, a new sitcom aired on Channel 4. A mixture of the surreal and the banal, it took us to Craggy Island, where three priests lived desperate and stifled lives – like Basil Fawlty’s hotel, only with added … Read More
Netflix TV review: Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 14 (Finale)
April 20, 2019 | Ian Winterton
A blisteringly good game-changing season finale for Discovery.Read More
Netflix TV review: Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 13
April 13, 2019 | Ian Winterton
This emotional rollercoaster lays the ground for next week’s finale.Read More
Netflix TV review: Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 12
April 6, 2019 | Ian Winterton
Time-travel trauma for Pike and Mike in a tense and moving episode.Read More
