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VOD film review: Frozen
April 1, 2014 | David Farnor
The exciting, empowering tale of two sisters is a delightful, showstopping family musical.Read More
VOD film review: Saving Mr. Banks
March 24, 2014 | David Farnor
This well-cast drama about the making of Mary Poppins is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.Read More
VOD film review: Queen of Versailles
March 18, 2014 | David Farnor
This superb documentary skewers the fragile nature of consumerism and capitalism.Read More
A look back at Jonathan Creek – and what made it so magic
March 7, 2014 | Selina Pearson
Photo: BBC/John Rogers
Amateur sleuths with unruly hair and distinctive jackets are nothing new for the BBC. Before there was Sherlock, a generation of viewers were already familiar with the solving of impossible crimes. Every week, Danse Macabre hailed the … Read More
VOD film review: Gravity
March 2, 2014 | Neil Brazier
Alfonso Cuaron’s intimate survival thriller is a breathtakingly personal piece of sci-fi.Read More
VOD film review: A Fish Called Wanda
February 23, 2014 | David Farnor
Kevin Kline is hysterical in this screwball farce that might be the funniest British movie ever made.Read More
VOD film review: Captain Phillips
February 11, 2014 | David Farnor
Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi are superb in this intense, riveting hijacking thriller.Read More
UK TV review: The Time of the Doctor (2013 Christmas special)
December 30, 2013 | David Farnor
“And now it’s time for one last bow, like all your other selves. 11’s hour is over now, the clock is striking 12.”
That’s the poem Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) reads to The Doctor (Matt Smith) as his finale arrives. … Read More
VOD TV review: The Day of the Doctor
November 25, 2013 | David Farnor
It’s better to fail at doing the right thing than to succeed at doing the wrong thing.
That’s the sentiment The Day of the Doctor seems to arrive at. After 50 years, the anniversary special finds the programme rediscovering The … Read More
Doctor Who: Matt Smith’s best episodes
November 23, 2013 | Simon Kinnear
2010. So young he barely remembered the show of old, Matt Smith somehow managed to suggest the character’s near-1,000 year age with a performance of synapse-popping eccentricity.
Under the supervision of showrunner Steven Moffat, the stories warped to Smith’s … Read More
