Netflix UK film review: Virunga

“I have accepted to give the best of myself, so that wildlife can be safeguarded beyond all pressure,” says Rodrigue Mugaruka Katembo, a warden of Virunga National Park.

The park is one of the only refuges in the world … Read More

UK TV review: Sons of Anarchy Season 7, Episode 8 (The Separation of Crows)

“The Sons of Anarchy have a duty. A mission.”

The Separation of Crows is one of Sons’ ‘lighting the fuse’ episodes. In the weeks to come, fans may look back at moments of it and realise the gravity of each … Read More

Netflix UK film review: The Wolfman

An uneven monster movie, The Wolfman has lots of fur but little bite.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 3 (Edward Mordrake Part 1)

The Halloween episode of Freak Show is upon us, which means – if history is doomed to repeat itself – a wind of change is about to blow through the carnival. Previous Halloween specials (Season 1’s two-parter Halloween, Season 2’s … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 4 (Arkham)

Even though we’re yet to be wowed by Gotham, Arkham is generally one of the stronger episodes the series has produced so far.

While last week we ventured into camp territory with a vigilante who sent people to their … Read More

VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 11 (Dark Water)

Doctor Who finales are tricky things. In the old days, they didn’t really bother having them at all, bar the occasional attempt to do a bigger-than-usual story… but usually, by then, they’d run out of money to do their ambitions … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Warm Bodies

It looks like it wants to eat your brain – but really this undead take on Romeo and Juliet just wants a cuddle.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 2 (spoiler-free)

Underneath the veneer of greasepaint and stage smiles, Freak Show is a season of binaries. Innocence and experience, naivety and corruption, life and death, darkness and light, pleasure and pain are all played against two juxtaposing and integral backdrops: the … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 3 (spoiler-free)

The awkward clash between Gotham’s gritty realism and its cartoonish elements becomes yet more glaring in The Balloonman, easily the weakest episode of the series thus far.

The title refers to Gotham’s first vigilante, who bumps off criminals by … Read More

UK TV review: Sons of Anarchy Season 7, Episode 7 (and where to watch it online)

The best thing any entertainment can be is self-aware. If the writers know their audience well enough to predict their feelings and reactions, they can do anything. If those writers happen to include Kurt Sutter, then things get really interesting. … Read More