The Pirates! review: Fun (and ham) for all the family

Brian Blessed. Parrots. Ham. Aardman’s stop-motion sea adventure has something for everyone.Read More

VOD film review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Peter Jackson’s ambitious expansion of The Hobbit brings exciting scale to the tiny adventure.Read More

VOD film review: Dom Hemingway

This uneven character study has entertainment moments but results in very little.Read More

VOD film review: This Means War

Director: McG Cast: Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon Certificate: 15 Watch This Means War online in the UK: Amazon Prime Instant Video / TalkTalk TV / iTunes

When CIA agents aren’t busy going rogue, they’re usually busy lying to … Read More

Amazon Prime Instant Video TV review: Black Sails Season 1, Episode 1

“It’s done now. Wouldn’t you agree?”

That’s Captain Flint after his band of pirates have taken over a ship. They blow things up, slashing through sailors, then he appears quietly from the side of the screen, blocking someone else’s murderous … Read More

VOD film review: From Paris with Love

A fun turn from John Travolta makes this brainless bit of cinema an entertaining watch.Read More

UK TV review: Short Poppies (by Rhys Darby)

Rhys Darby’s hilarious comedy is imaginative, rewarding and kind TV.Read More

VOD film review: Project X

This movie about a teen party is wilfully appalling on almost every level.Read More

VOD film review: Midnight in Paris

Owen Wilson is superb in this hilarious, magical ode to nostalgia.Read More

Amazon Prime Instant Video TV review: Vikings Season 2, Episode 5 (Answers in Blood)

One of the things that Michael Hirst’s Vikings does best is subvert the stereotypes about the Vikings. Nowhere is that better demonstrated that in Lagertha, Ragnar’s wife and shield maiden. Such a role, you might assume, would be a secondary, … Read More