UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 9 (Je Suis Prest)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

“Je Suis Prest” reads the Fraser family motto. It’s a nice nod that the show embraces it for the title of Episode 9 of Season 2, as it tackles not just questions of families and loyalties, … Read More

UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 23 (Schism)

Warning: 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

VOD film review: Misconduct

Spellbindingly bad on every conceivable level.Read More

VOD film review: Les Miserables

This star-studded adaptation of the classic musical will make you cry.Read More

VOD film review: 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi

John Krasinski impresses as an unlikely action hero in this surprisingly complex military thriller.Read More

UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 8 (The Fox’s Lair)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

“They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result,” opines Claire in Episode 8 of Outlander Season 2. Which is partly why she and Jamie fled France to head … Read More

VOD film review: Spotlight

This retelling of the Boston Globe’s 2011 investigation into abuse in the Catholic Church is urgent, gripping filmmaking.Read More

UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 22 (Lost in the Flood)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

It may have its fair share of problems – two, in particular, spring to mind – but generally speaking, Lost in the Flood is an excellent episode of Arrow that could almost stand as the season’s … Read More

VOD film review: The Trust

Nic Cage delivers his most enjoyable performance since Bad Lieutenant in this stylish thriller.Read More

VOD film review: The Assassin

There are martial arts movies and there are martial arts movies. The Assassin isn’t either.Read More