Posts By Matthew Turner
VOD film review: Life after Beth
January 31, 2015 | Matthew TurnerDirector: Jeff Baena Cast: Dane DeHaan, Aubrey Plaza, John C Reilly, Molly Shannon, Anna Kendrick Certificate: 15 Watch Life after Beth online in the UK: TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play
A worthy … Read More
VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 9 (The Climb – mid-season finale)
December 24, 2014 | Matthew TurnerWell, that was one HELL of a mid-season finale. Top that, any other show on television right now. That’s right, you can’t.
After all the complaints about Arrow’s third season lacking momentum and having no clear sense of direction (dragging … Read More
VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 7
December 13, 2014 | Matthew TurnerThis week’s Arrow is once again a filler episode, which means that, aside from the mystery of Sara’s murder, we’re still no closer to getting an idea of the main direction for this season. That said, Slade Wilson didn’t show … Read More
VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 6
December 5, 2014 | Matthew TurnerRather than tease the mystery for a couple of episodes, Guilty gets straight on with the business of deciding whether or not Roy actually killed Sara, as was hinted at by his cliff-hanging dream sequence last week.
After he … Read More
VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 5 (The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak)
November 28, 2014 | Matthew TurnerThis week’s Felicity-centric episode opens with a nicely cut-together montage of three fight training sequences: Oliver and Roy, Laurel and Ted Grant, and Thea and Malcolm Merlyn, who are continuing their training in secret now they’re now back in Starling … Read More
VOD film review: Stations of the Cross
November 28, 2014 | Matthew TurnerDisturbing, thought-provoking and genuinely moving. Read More
Netflix UK film review: I Am Ali
November 26, 2014 | Matthew TurnerThis documentary about the legendary boxer is enjoyable, informative and ultimately moving.Read More
VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 4 (The Magician)
November 21, 2014 | Matthew TurnerThis week’s episode picks up immediately after last week’s cliff-hanger, which saw a vengeful Nyssa al Ghul (Katrina Law) turn up at Arrow HQ, hell-bent on avenging the death of her ex-lover, Sara (Caity Lotz). Shortly afterwards, Oliver learns that … Read More
Interview: Rhys Darby (What We Do in the Shadows)
November 21, 2014 | Matthew TurnerVampire comedy What We Do in the Shadows is out now on VOD – exactly the kind of groundbreaking technological release strategy you expect from a New Zealand film. Just ask Murray, manager of the Flight of the Conchords.
Well, … Read More
VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 3 (Corto Maltese)
November 14, 2014 | Matthew TurnerThis week’s episode title takes its name from a fictional island off the coast of South America that will be familiar to fans of the DC Universe – it was first mentioned in Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns (1986) … Read More