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UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 19
May 7, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers.
It’s always difficult when a show kills off a main character – you have to strike a tricky balance between giving them an appropriate send-off and keeping the wheels of the show spinning more or less … Read More
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 4 (La Dame Blanche)
May 1, 2016 | David FarnorThis contains minor spoilers. Read on for spoiler-filled additional notes.
There’s significantly less Bouton: The Marvellous Medicine Dog in Episode 4 of Outlander’s Season 2 – and that’s partly why it’s a slight disappointment.
Claire confesses to Jamie almost immediately … Read More
UK TV review: Vikings Season 4, Episode 8 and 9
April 30, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
As Season 4 draws to the end of its first half, Vikings has never been better – and the thrilling double-bill leading up to the mid-season finale is a perfect demonstration why.
The show has always … Read More
UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 18 (Eleven Fifty-Nine)
April 30, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers.
It goes without saying that there will be some pretty hefty spoilers this week, so if you’re an Arrow fan and you’ve somehow made it this far without knowing who gets killed off, then continue at … Read More
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 3
April 24, 2016 | David FarnorWarning: This contains spoilers.
“You’re keeping a secret to save his life.” So says Murtagh, after discovering that Jack Randall’s alive, and that Claire hasn’t told Jamie yet. Admit it. Was there ever any point where you actually thought Jack … Read More
VOD film review: Black Mountain Poets
April 22, 2016 | Helen ArcherThis indie comedy has a big heart, sparkling performances, and good humour seeping from every stanza.Read More
UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 17 (Beacon of Hope)
April 22, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers.
Although it’s been a definite improvement over the doom and gloom of Season 3, this season of Arrow has often struggled to maintain the new, improved (and essentially lifted from The Flash) lightness of tone that … Read More
UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 2 (Not in Scotland Anymore)
April 17, 2016 | David FarnorThis is a spoiler-free review. Come back after the episode’s release for additional, spoilery notes.
The title of Outlander Season 2’s second episode promises new horizons – and it certainly delivers on those fronts. Well, in the bedroom department, anyway. … Read More
UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 16 (Broken Hearts)
April 14, 2016 | Matthew TurnerWarning: This contains spoilers.
This week’s Arrow sees the return of Cupid (Amy Gumenick), whose latest love-related shenanigans provide a convenient thematic excuse for a recently-broken up Olicity to thrash out their relationship issues, after Felicity literally walked out on … Read More
VOD film review: Our Little Sister
April 13, 2016 | David FarnorHirokazu Koreeda’s eye for human relationships has never been more tender than in this delicate study of parenthood, absence and inheritance.Read More