Sky + NOW
Reviews and recommendations of TV shows and movies on Sky and NOW.
UK TV review: True Detective – Season 1, Episode 3
March 9, 2014 | Ivan Radford
Nic Pizzolatto’s subtly shifting script delves into the personal lives of its detectives.Read More
UK TV review: True Detective – Season 1, Episode 2
March 7, 2014 | Ivan Radford
The volatile bond between True Detective’s magnetic leads makes you want to keep watching.Read More
Sky Atlantic TV review: Fleming Episode 4
March 6, 2014 | Ivan Radford
“This tale of Nazis and gun battles. I don’t believe a word of it.”
That’s Ian Fleming’s superior to him as he recounts the tale of his journey into Germany to retrieve nuclear plans. The author of the James Bond … Read More
Sky Atlantic TV review: Fleming Episode 3
February 26, 2014 | Ivan Radford
If Episode 1 of Fleming introduced us to the Ian the man and Episode 2 introduced us to Ian the lover, Episode 3 completes his credentials as a Bond-like figure by introducing Ian the action hero.
The chapter starts with … Read More
UK TV review: True Detective – Season 1, Episode 1
February 21, 2014 | Ivan Radford
The case isn’t the crime: it’s the men trying to solve it.Read More
Sky Atlantic TV review: Fleming Episode 2
February 19, 2014 | Ivan Radford
There are unwritten rules when it comes to Bond girls that govern the bad and the good, the ones who live and the ones who die. You would expect Sky Atlantic’s Fleming, with all its nods to 007’s canon, to … Read More
VOD film review: Captain Phillips
February 11, 2014 | Ivan Radford
Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi are superb in this intense, riveting hijacking thriller.Read More
Sky Atlantic TV review: Fleming Episode 1
February 5, 2014 | Ivan Radford
“Everything I write has a precedent in truth.”
That’s the opening rationale behind Sky Atlantic’s Fleming, a four-part biopic of Ian Fleming. The parallels between the writer of James Bond and his fictional creation are familiar to die-hard fans of … Read More
NOW TV film review: 12 Rounds 2: Reloaded
January 14, 2014 | Neil Brazier
Director: Roel Reiné Cast: Randy Orton, Tom Stevens, Cindy Busby Certificate: 15 Watch online: NOW
For those who saw 2009’s 12 Rounds, chances are they were watching it to see WWE Superstar John Cena and not for the surprisingly slightly-better-than-average … Read More
VOD film review: Enchanted (Disney)
January 13, 2014 | Ivan Radford
Witty, hilarious and unabashedly earnest, this post-modern Disney flick deftly hits the mark.Read More
