UK TV review: The Walking Dead Season 4

“No one mentioned how boring the end of the world was going to be.”

That’s Lilly, daughter to a wheelchair-bound father, trying to stay alive in The walking Dead Season 4. It’s a throwaway gag that cuts right to the … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Leftovers Episode 4

If you can say one thing for The Leftovers, it’s that it doesn’t shy away from symbolism. It may not like answers to its questions, but it loves to fill its screen with as much meaning as possible. So it’s … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Strain Episode 4

Episode 4 of The Strain begins with the best worst opening of the series so far. After encountering a scientific first – a live specimen of a dangerous new infection – and taking the only logical response – bashing its … Read More

VOD film review: Inception

Christopher Nolan’s intelligent, absurd blockbuster is a heist that works on every level.Read More

UK VOD TV Review: The Leftovers Season 1, Episode 3

“It was a test. Not for what came before but what came after. It was a test for what comes now.”

The Leftovers has been ambling along for the last two weeks, waiting, like its audience, for a solution to … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Strain Episode 3

“Soon, no more pretending,” Thomas Eichorst (Richard Sammel) tells himself in the mirror at the start of The Strain Episode 3, just as he sticks a fake nose on his smiling face.

It’s an unexpectedly freaky opening to an hour … Read More

Sky TV recap: Boardwalk Empire Final Season, Episode 3

After the fun of Episode 2, Episode 3 by comparison appears to be just treading water – but underneath, its legs are kicking violently.

Finally back in Atlantic City, the Onyx now nothing but a sleazy strip club, Nucky (Steve … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Strain Episode 2

“Daddy, I’m hungry.”

That’s the sound of The Strain going back to basics. After the opening episode’s rush of bonkers ideas and freaky creature design, Episode 2 is a calmer, leaner, scarier affair.

That’s not to say it isn’t … Read More

UK VOD TV Review: The Leftovers Season 1, Episode 2

Three years ago, 2 per cent of the world’s population disappeared. Gone. Vanished. Shuffled off their metaphysical coil.

Episode 1 of The Leftovers introduced the fascinating set-up in true Damon Lindelof fashion: with lots and lots of questions. Episode 2 … Read More

Sky TV review: Boardwalk Empire Final Season, Episode 2 (The Good Listener)

Episode 2 of Boardwalk Empire Season 5 introduces us to those characters that didn’t make it into the opening episode. We catch up with Eli Thompson (Shea Whigham), lamenting being exiled from his family, drowning in booze and urine. Gillian … Read More