UK TV review: Girls Season 4, Episode 2

When discussing the first episode of Girls with a friend, they expressed disappointment at the show’s return. Why, we asked? They explained that they anticipated Hannah to have already been to the writer’s workshop in Iowa, and that now would … Read More

VOD TV review: Broadchurch Season 2, Episode 2 (spoiler-free)

Warning: The following contains mild spoilers, but no actual plot twists.

“None of us have got anything left to hide.”

There are no sharks in Broadchurch, but you sense they’re circling somewhere near the Dorset coastline.

The legal sharks, of … Read More

VOD TV review: Broadchurch Season 2, Episode 1 (spoiler-free)

Warning: If you haven’t seen Season 1, this will contain spoilers. There are also mild spoilers for Season 2.

And we’re back. Back in Britain’s most miserable town. And just in case you thought creator Chris Chibnall was going to … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Flash Episode 9, The Man in the Yellow Suit (mid-season finale)

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)

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.

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VOD TV review: Arrow and The Flash crossover episodes

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.

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VOD film review: Lucy

Scarlett Johansson is excellent in this off-the-wall actioner.Read More

VOD TV review: The Flash Episode 7

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)

“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)

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