VOD film review: Good Vibrations

This infectiously upbeat music biopic will ring in your ears for days.Read More

VOD film review: The Place Beyond the Pines

Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper are excellent in this quiet, thoughtful and stunning epic of fathers and sons.Read More

VOD film review: Side Effects

An addictive, entertaining thriller that should come with its own warning label.Read More

Amazon Prime TV review: The Walking Dead – Season 1, Episode 3

“Tell it to the frogs.” It sounds silly, but Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies) means it when she says it to Shane (Jon Bernthal). Why? Because she’s just been reunited with her husband, Rick (Andrew Lincoln).

Yes, only three episodes into … Read More

VOD film review: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

A darkly fun, but disappointingly formulaic comedyRead More

VOD film review: Super 8

As meta as Cloverfield and as moving as The Goonies.Read More

VOD film review: The Paperboy

A star-studded cast and enjoyable strange script make Lee Daniels’ feisty, humid thriller an unlikely pleasure.Read More

Amazon Prime TV review: Vikings Season 1, Episode 3

“You landed in the kingdom of Northumbria…”

Dialogue doesn’t get much better than that in Vikings, the History Channel’s slightly trashy take on Scandinavia’s spiky-headed past. Episode Three, Dispossessed, marks a big step forward for the show, as nuance lands … Read More

Amazon Prime TV Review: The Walking Dead – Season 1, Episode 2

The Walking Dead continues its first season with Guts. It’s a suitable name for Episode Two – it’s full of the stuff. And sadly, not that much else.

After literally riding into town to save the day, only to hide … Read More

VOD film review: Identity Thief

A talented cast are wasted in this resolutely unfunny comedy.Read More