Louis C.K.’s surprise web series: A refreshingly bold move

With a polite email sent out to his mailing list last night, Louis C.K. announced that he had a new “thing” and that you could purchase the first episode of it through his website for $5. This new thing is … Read More

Amazon Prime Video UK TV review: Ripper Street Season 4, Episode 4 (A White World Made Red)

Read our interview with Matthew Macfadyen and Adam Rothenberg here.

Episode 4 of Ripper Street Season 4 airs on BBC Two at 10pm on 12th September. This is a spoiler-free review.

“He will be yours in time. The biding of … Read More

UK TV review: Agent Carter Season 2, Episode 1 (The Lady In The Lake)

Already seen Episode 1? Read on for more spoiler-filled analysis.

Marvel’s Agent Carter was one of the TV highlights of last year. In among a whole bunch of comic book shows, many of them also coming from Marvel Studios, this … Read More

A first-timer’s guide to The X-Files (or, the 21 best episodes to watch)

“What do you mean, you haven’t seen The X-Files?” That’s what everyone I know has been saying to me since Fox announced it was bringing back its sci-fi series for a limited six-episode run. The shock would continue for several … Read More

Amazon Prime Video UK TV review: Lucifer Episode 1

They say seeing is believing. In which case you have to see Lucifer to believe what it’s done to its lead character.

Fox’s new show, which premieres exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the UK every Tuesday following its US … Read More

Why you should be watching Just Add Magic on Amazon Prime Video

A charming treat that young adults and old adults can savour.Read More

Amazon Prime UK TV review: Black Sails Season 3, Episode 1

“This crew has sacrificed a lot of blood to make your name what it is. It doesn’t belong to you.”

Black Sails is back and, after a barn-storming second season (they have barns at sea, right?), the pirate series is … Read More

VOD film review: Everest

A terrific reminder of a mountaineering disaster and foolishness in the face of nature’s indifference.Read More

Why you should be watching Black Sails

Complex, fun and consistently thrilling, this piratical epic is one of the sturdiest TV ships around.Read More

VOD film review: Lost in Karastan

This uneven but likeable film reveals Matthew Macfadyen as the straight man British comedy never knew it had.Read More