UK TV recap: Arrow Season 5, Episode 4

Warning: This contains spoilers.

We’re now four episodes into Season 5 of Arrow and there are lots of reasons to be optimistic. The writers are wasting no time in moving the various pieces into place (a different show might have … Read More

UK TV recap: Legends of Tomorrow Season 2, Episode 2 (The Justice Society of America)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

After name-dropping the Justice Society of America in the Season 1 cliffhanger, we finally get to meet them properly on the show, with the two teams confronting each other in 1942 New York. In time-honoured comics … Read More

VOD film review: 100 Streets

Strong performances are undermined by lacklustre plotting in this watchable ensemble drama.Read More

UK TV recap: Arrow Season 5, Episode 3 (A Matter of Trust)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Admittedly, it’s still very early days, but the new season of Arrow has been very promising so far. Episode 3 continues in the same direction, solidifying certain elements and bringing a number of others into play, … Read More

“It completely changed my perspective”: Jared Harris and Vanessa Kirby talk Netflix’s The Crown

This weekend marks the premiere of The Crown on Netflix. One of the most expensive shows ever made, the epic stars Claire Foy and Matt Smith as Queen Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, but its sweeping scale comes from the supporting … Read More

“We’re making this like a film”: Peter Morgan and Stephen Daldry on how Netflix’s The Crown was made

“We’re making this like films,” says writer Peter Morgan of The Crown. Netflix’s royal drama is certainly not your average TV show (read our review here): with a reported budget of £100 million, it’s one of the most expensive series … Read More

UK TV recap: Legends of Tomorrow Season 2, Episode 1 (Out of Time)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

The superhero shows in the Arrow-verse (Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and now Supergirl) have often been distinguished by their willingness and their ability to course-correct when something isn’t working. The Season 1 finale of … Read More

VOD film review: Rupture

Director: Steven Shainberg Cast: Noomi Rapace, Peter Stormare, Kerry Bishe, Michael Chiklis Certificate: 15 Watch Rupture online in the UK: Sky Cinema / NOW / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV / Google … Read More

“This is not Spitting Image”: Claire Foy and Matt Smith talk The Crown, Netflix and dressing up as royalty

Today sees the premiere of Netflix’s epic new original drama, The Crown (read our review here). Starring Claire Foy as a young Elizabeth Windsor, Matt Smith as Philip Mountbatten, and John Lithgow as Winston Churchill, it tells the inside story … Read More

UK TV recap: Arrow Season 5, Episode 2 (The Recruits)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

After the efficient set-up work laid down by Season 5’s opener, Legacy, Arrow continues in a very promising vein, with the establishment of Team Arrow 2.0, which includes hockey mask-wearing vigilante Wild Dog (aka Rene Ramirez), … Read More