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Reviews and recommendations of TV shows and movies on Sky and NOW.
UK VOD TV review: The Flash Episode 9, The Man in the Yellow Suit (mid-season finale)
December 24, 2014 | Amon Warmann
Warning: This contains spoilers.
When The Flash debuted back in October, we noted how impressed we were with its confidence in tone and identity. Now that we’re at the mid-point of the first season, it’s perhaps even more notable to … Read More
UK TV review: Adventure Time (Season 1 and Season 2)
December 20, 2014 | Nathanael Smith
To get a good sense of precisely why Adventure Time, a Cartoon Network show ostensibly aimed at kids, has gathered such a cult audience around the world, you only need to look at the way it ends its episodes.
VOD TV review: Arrow and The Flash crossover episodes
December 19, 2014 | David Farnor
With Episode 8 of The Flash and Episode 8 of Arrow Season 3 creating a two-part crossover episode, our own super writing team of Amon Warmann and Matthew Turner join forces for their own Arrow / The Flash crossover review.
VOD film review: Lucy
December 15, 2014 | David Farnor
Scarlett Johansson is excellent in this off-the-wall actioner.Read More
VOD TV review: The Flash Episode 7
December 11, 2014 | Amon Warmann
As assured as The Flash has been in its opening batch of episodes, it’s very easy to draw similarities with other superhero TV fare. For good or ill, the show that always keeps cropping up in these conversations is Smallville … Read More
UK TV review: The Strain Season 1 finale (Episode 13 – The Master)
December 10, 2014 | David Farnor
“The world is not what it was one week ago. What will it be one week from now?”
That’s Abraham Setrakian (David Bradley) getting his voiceover on once more for the finale of The Strain. It feels like a long … Read More
UK TV review: The Strain Episode 12 (Last Rites)
December 3, 2014 | David Farnor
12 episodes in and has The Strain found its pulse yet? That this is even a question that needs asking in a 13-episode season is a sign of how uneven Guillermo del Toro’s story has been on screen.
Nonetheless, … Read More
VOD TV review: The Flash Episode 6 (The Flash Is Born)
December 3, 2014 | Amon Warmann
“Why so cheesy?”
During Smallville’s entire 10 season run, Clark Kent never adopted the name Superman. Instead, that superhero show elected to call him ‘The Red Blue Blur’ – and then just ‘The Blur’ – once our young Man of … Read More
UK TV review: The Strain Episode 11 (The Third Rail)
November 26, 2014 | David Farnor
“We should think this out. Regroup.” “We’ve got him on the run! We must press on!”
Episode 11 of The Strain is the entire show in a nutshell: a frantic dash through blind tunnels to find the next big confrontation … Read More
UK TV review: The Strain Season 1, Episode 10 (Loved Ones)
November 19, 2014 | David Farnor
It’s never a good sign when a villain randomly decides to unveil his plan. It’s equally worrying when a character created specifically for a TV adaptation of a book is cast aside.
The Strain has always thrived or failed on … Read More
