Netflix UK film review: Unknown

You’ll enjoy Liam Neeson punching people almost as much as he does in this daft but fun conspiracy thriller.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: All Hail King Julien

Let’s not beat around the jungle. Madagascar has had something of an uneven track record across its various sequels (number four is in the works), but it has had one constant: King Julien, the wonderfully deluded leader of a tribe … Read More

UK VOD TV review: Sons of Anarchy Finale Ride, Episode 13 (Papa’s Goods)

Sons of Anarchy’s final episode is about fate, good and evil, the big picture and legacy. Big, powerful themes, but that’s really the only way to go out.

Kurt Sutter (who collects the writer and director credits for Papa’s Goods) … Read More

VOD film review: Sucker Punch

Zack Snyder’s juvenile action fantasy is an uneven, uncomfortable watch.Read More

UK TV review: American Horror Story Freak Show (Episode 9)

After the carnage of cast members in Episode 8, murder most horrid continues to reign over the Floridian suburb of Jupiter. With just two episodes left, we’ve reached that point in American Horror Story Season 4 where no one is … Read More

VOD film review: Into the Storm

A committed performance from Richard Armitage can’t redeem this underwhelming disaster movie.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 10

If you’ve been following these reviews, you’ll know that we’ve had our qualms with Gotham during its first batch of episodes. Indeed, some of the problems we mentioned in Episode 1 still apply to Episode 10, with this week’s dose … Read More

UK TV review: American Horror Story Freak Show (Episode 8)

A search party for the beloved Ma Petite (Jyoti Amge) is in full swing following the opening credits of Episode 8. Ma hasn’t dominated any of Season 4’s major plot arcs, and yet her presumed death fractures the camp in … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 9 (Harvey Dent)

Last week’s hour of Gotham saw some positive repercussions from Gordon’s stand against the mob two weeks prior; Detectives Allen and Montoya joined Team Gordon, and even Captain Essen and Harvey Bullock found the good within themselves. In Harvey Dent, … Read More

UK VOD TV review: Sons of Anarchy Finale Ride, Episode 12 (Red Rose)

Sons of Anarchy’s penultimate episode explores the idea that Jax Teller’s vengeance has consumed him to the point where there is little human left. Sutter’s superb characters have reached a milestone in their existence whereby their previous actions, having decided … Read More