Posts By Matthew Turner
Netflix UK film review: Notes on Blindness
July 1, 2016 | Matthew TurnerThis skilfully made, profoundly moving British documentary explores and illuminates the experience of blindness.Read More
VOD film review: Evolution (2015)
June 30, 2016 | Matthew TurnerA surreal fairy-tale nightmare that plays on coming-of-age fears, augmented by jaw-dropping imagery and a smattering of body-horror.Read More
VOD film review: Adult Life Skills
June 25, 2016 | Matthew TurnerJodie Whittaker delivers a winning performance in this charming British comedy-drama.Read More
UK TV recap: Legends of Tomorrow, Episode 16 (Legendary)
June 23, 2016 | Matthew TurnerLegends of Tomorrow has had its fair share of disappointing episodes, so you could be forgiven for experiencing a certain degree of nervousness going into the finale. Happily, as with other superhero shows on the CW network (notably Arrow), the … Read More
VOD film review: Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story)
June 17, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWriter-director Eva Husson’s teenage orgy-focused debut is largely a case of style over substance.Read More
UK TV recap: Legends of Tomorrow, Episode 15 (Destiny)
June 12, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers.
Episode 14 (River of Time) of Legends of Tomorrow was a disappointingly dull hour that felt suspiciously like the show was treading water, as it approached the season finale. Thankfully, it comes roaring back to best … Read More
Sundance and chill: The changing relationship between film festivals and VOD
June 6, 2016 | Matthew TurnerEarlier this year, Amazon and Netflix made headlines by becoming the top buyers at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. By the end of the festival, both companies had secured the rights to multiple titles, with Amazon paying … Read More
Interview: Patrick Fugit and Philip Glenister talk FOX UK’s TV show Outcast
June 5, 2016 | Matthew TurnerFox’s new series, Outcast, begins in the UK this week. Based on the Skybound/Image comic title by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and artist Paul Azaceta, the series follows Kyle (Patrick Fugit), a man who has been plagued by … Read More
UK TV recap: Legends of Tomorrow, Episode 14 (River of Time)
June 5, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers.
After delivering one of the season’s best episodes with the massively entertaining Leviathan, Legends of Tomorrow drops the ball in spectacularly clumsy fashion – and you can practically feel the audience slump in disappointment. It’s entirely … Read More
UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 23 (Schism)
June 5, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers.
Considering how much fun last week’s episode was, it’s a crushing disappointment that Arrow Season 4 ends as weakly as it does. In addition to flat-out bungling its most important moments, the finale is riddled with … Read More