VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 8 (Almost Home)

It’s getting harder to know what to make of this final season, what conclusion to eventually draw, as the various threads get tied up. What started out as a decent scale conflict between our protagonists and the Hep V vampires … Read More

VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 7 (May Be The Last Time)

This final season of True Blood may have a much shorter episode run, but is fast becoming more complex as we head towards the show’s conclusion.

As opposed to previous seasons, which take in events that reach far outside … Read More

VOD film review: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole

Star Wars, but with owls. Zack Snyder’s animated epic is derivative, but undeniably thrilling.Read More

VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 6 (Karma)

The race against time goes rattling on in Episode 6 of True Blood Season 7, as a new twist in the tale of our Bon Temps heroes reveals that, among many other things, Jesus has a funny sense of humour.

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Why you should be watching Gomorrah

“Facebook?” scoffs an Italian mobster at the start of Gomorrah, Sky Atlantic’s new TV series. He and a fellow gang member are discussing his daughter. “What does she even write on there?” “I don’t know,” says her father. “I’ll smash … Read More

VOD film review: The Raid 2

The Raid 2 has some great action – but that doesn’t mean it’s the greatest action movie of all time.Read More

VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 5 (Lost Cause)

It’s been a busy few episodes for our Bon Temps friends and it seems like they’ve earned a bit of respite from the blood, sweat and tears. So it falls to Lafayette and friends to help Sookie throw off her … Read More

UK TV review: Hannibal Season 2 finale (Episode 13, Mizumono)

As the net closes tighter around Hannibal and his network of trappers, once again the circle widens to re-admit Kade Purnell (Cynthia Nixon), who, having got wind of Will and Jack’s sting, is coming to stop these two vigilantes in … Read More

VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 4 (Death Is Not the End)

At the rate things are going, this entire season of True Blood could be fitted into a week. Given that a good year has elapsed since the end of Seasons 6, the locals must be desperate for some drama. And … Read More

VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 3 (Fire in the Hole)

As the body count rises thick and fast in the final season of True Blood, it was inevitable that, faced with their own mortality, the show’s characters (and indirectly the show’s writers) would have to contemplate loss. As Season 7 … Read More