Amazon UK TV review: Vikings Season 3, Episode 8 (To the Gates!)

Vikings found itself up the proverbial river last week, as it tried to introduce Paris and all its political tensions to us, while still dragging us back to England to follow the blood-thirsty Brits. The resulting mesh of villains we … Read More

Amazon Prime UK TV review: Outlander Episode 9

Warning: This contains minor spoilers.

If the first half of Outlander Season 1 was a celebration of a woman’s independent identity, it concluded with a bit of a dilemma: the rescuing of Claire from the clutches of Black Jack Randall. … Read More

UK TV review: Mad Men Season 7, Episode 8 (Severance)

The final half of the final season of Mad Men opens with a girl looking directly down the camera, identical to Freddy Rumsen’s introduction to Season 7 Part 1 – “It’s about time” – except now, it’s not so much … Read More

Amazon UK TV review: Vikings Season 3, Episode 7 (Paris)

Warning: This contains spoilers for anyone who has not seen Episodes 1 to 6 of Vikings Season 3. Read on at your peril.

So, Athelstan is dead – and with him goes one of Vikings’ most interesting characters. How … Read More

VOD film review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Uneven effects and an unexciting climax make for an underwhelming final chapter.Read More

VOD film review: Altman

Director: Ron Mann Cast: Robert Altman, Kathryn Reed, Lily Tomlin, Julianne Moore, Robin Williams, Bruce Willis, Paul Thomas Anderson Certificate: 15 Watch Altman online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Curzon Home Cinema / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV … Read More

Amazon Prime UK TV binge review: Outlander Episode 2-8

“I’ll thank you to take your hands off my wife!”

How far we’ve come in the first half of Outlander Season 1 from the opening episode – all the way to 1743, to be exact. The show, based on Diana … Read More

UK VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 17 (Suicidal Tendencies)

This week’s episode delivers two fan-pleasing elements that were long overdue: (i) more screen-time for Diggle, and (ii) Ray finally putting the A.T.O.M. suit to good use and squaring off against The Arrow.

It’s fair to say that it … Read More

Amazon UK TV review: Vikings Season 3, Episode 6 (Born Again)

“What did he look like?” asks Ragnar in Episode 6 of Vikings, when he hears that Athelstan had an encounter with God. The Christian God, that is. Not a Viking one.

Michael Hirst’s series has always been at its best … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 16 (Conquer)

At the end of The Walking Dead’s fifth season, the series shows no signs of fatigue having signed off with another excellent final episode. Repeatedly breaking viewership records, the world continues to want to feast on the show as much … Read More