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VOD film review: Gravity
March 2, 2014 | Neil BrazierAlfonso Cuaron’s intimate survival thriller is a breathtakingly personal piece of sci-fi.Read More
VOD film review: A Fish Called Wanda
February 23, 2014 | David FarnorKevin Kline is hysterical in this screwball farce that might be the funniest British movie ever made.Read More
UK TV review: The Time of the Doctor (2013 Christmas special)
December 30, 2013 | David Farnor“And now it’s time for one last bow, like all your other selves. 11’s hour is over now, the clock is striking 12.”
That’s the poem Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) reads to The Doctor (Matt Smith) as his finale arrives. … Read More
VOD TV review: The Day of the Doctor
November 25, 2013 | David FarnorIt’s better to fail at doing the right thing than to succeed at doing the wrong thing.
That’s the sentiment The Day of the Doctor seems to arrive at. After 50 years, the anniversary special finds the programme rediscovering The … Read More
Doctor Who: Matt Smith’s best episodes
November 23, 2013 | Simon Kinnear2010. So young he barely remembered the show of old, Matt Smith somehow managed to suggest the character’s near-1,000 year age with a performance of synapse-popping eccentricity.
Under the supervision of showrunner Steven Moffat, the stories warped to Smith’s … Read More
Doctor Who: David Tennant’s best episodes
November 22, 2013 | Simon KinnearThe first ‘rock star’ Doctor hit the ground running in 2005 – in a hipster’s pair of Converse trainers, no less – and rarely paused for breath as nu Who rekindled the nation’s love affair with a Time Lord.
Doctor Who: Christopher Eccleston’s best episodes
November 21, 2013 | Simon Kinnear2005. The rumours reckoned Bill Nighy or (God forbid) Alan Davies. Instead, Russell T Davies bagged one of the country’s leading actors to highlight that the return of Doctor Who, after a long hiatus, was thinking big.
Eccleston delivered with … Read More
6 reasons to watch Top Of The Lake Season 1
August 20, 2013 | Jo BromilowThere is officially too much TV. From Breaking Bad to Boardwalk Empire, because we’re spoilt for choice, the good’uns can often pass you by. In order to truly get the value out of your Netflix (or Amazon Prime Instant Video) … Read More
VOD film review: A Late Quartet
August 1, 2013 | David FarnorDirector: Yaron Zilberman Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir, Imogen Poots, Nina Lee Certificate: 15 Watch A Late Quartet online in the UK: BBC iPlayer / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play