VOD film review: The Machine

An electric indie sci-fi that doesn’t let its low budget stop it tackling big ideas.Read More

VOD film review: The Bling Ring

Sofia Coppola’s social critique of celebrity wannabe teens in Hollywood is ironically flashy and fleeting.Read More

Amazon Prime Instant Video TV review: Vikings Season 2, Episode 3 (Treachery)

“Let us not be afraid, but rather more watchful – and ultimately decisive.”

King Eckbert’s reaction to Ragnar and his horde invading Wessex is as calculated as it is chilling. Vikings, the Other, who show no respect for Christian churches … Read More

VOD film review: The Counselor (in the style of Cormac McCarthy)

This star-studded crime drama is less a film and more a string of excerpts from Cormac McCarthy novels. Read More

VOD film review: Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life

The Meaning of Life provides everything that a Monty Python outing should and more. Read More

Amazon Prime Instant Video TV review: Vikings Season 2, Episode 2

“These are interesting times. The world is changing and we must change with it.”

That’s Ragnar as he addresses the villagers at Kattegat. It’s a speech that Vikings takes to heart with the second episode of Season 2. Set four … Read More

VOD film review: Horrible Bosses

With a game cast and an appealing premise, it’s hard not to enjoy this amusingly chaotic comedy.Read More

VOD film review: Gravity

Alfonso Cuaron’s intimate survival thriller is a breathtakingly personal piece of sci-fi.Read More

Prime Instant Video TV review: Vikings Season 2, Episode 1

When Vikings first landed on Amazon Prime Instant Video, the comparisons to Game of Thrones were perhaps inevitable. But Michael Hirst’s series soon sailed into its own waters, embracing its smaller scale to concentrate on an tiny band of characters … Read More

VOD film review: Synecdoche New York

Charlie Kaufman’s deconstruction of human existence through the construct of theatre is dense, difficult and delightful.Read More