Sky + NOW
Reviews and recommendations of TV shows and movies on Sky and NOW.
VOD film review: Inception
October 7, 2014 | David Farnor
Christopher Nolan’s intelligent, absurd blockbuster is a heist that works on every level.Read More
UK VOD TV Review: The Leftovers Season 1, Episode 3
October 5, 2014 | David Farnor
“It was a test. Not for what came before but what came after. It was a test for what comes now.”
The Leftovers has been ambling along for the last two weeks, waiting, like its audience, for a solution to … Read More
UK VOD TV review: The Strain Episode 3
October 1, 2014 | David Farnor
“Soon, no more pretending,” Thomas Eichorst (Richard Sammel) tells himself in the mirror at the start of The Strain Episode 3, just as he sticks a fake nose on his smiling face.
It’s an unexpectedly freaky opening to an hour … Read More
Sky TV recap: Boardwalk Empire Final Season, Episode 3
September 30, 2014 | Neil Brazier
After the fun of Episode 2, Episode 3 by comparison appears to be just treading water – but underneath, its legs are kicking violently.
Finally back in Atlantic City, the Onyx now nothing but a sleazy strip club, Nucky (Steve … Read More
UK VOD TV review: The Strain Episode 2
September 24, 2014 | David Farnor
“Daddy, I’m hungry.”
That’s the sound of The Strain going back to basics. After the opening episode’s rush of bonkers ideas and freaky creature design, Episode 2 is a calmer, leaner, scarier affair.
That’s not to say it isn’t … Read More
UK VOD TV Review: The Leftovers Season 1, Episode 2
September 24, 2014 | David Farnor
Three years ago, 2 per cent of the world’s population disappeared. Gone. Vanished. Shuffled off their metaphysical coil.
Episode 1 of The Leftovers introduced the fascinating set-up in true Damon Lindelof fashion: with lots and lots of questions. Episode 2 … Read More
Sky TV review: Boardwalk Empire Final Season, Episode 2 (The Good Listener)
September 24, 2014 | Neil Brazier
Episode 2 of Boardwalk Empire Season 5 introduces us to those characters that didn’t make it into the opening episode. We catch up with Eli Thompson (Shea Whigham), lamenting being exiled from his family, drowning in booze and urine. Gillian … Read More
TV review: The Strain Episode 1 (Night Zero)
September 17, 2014 | David Farnor
Warning: This contains very minor spoilers.
Vampires are young, sexy and cool. Everyone knows this. Everyone except Guillermo del Toro. Thank goodness, then, that he is the one behind The Strain, the latest fanged creation to swoop onto our screens. … Read More
TV review: Boardwalk Empire Season 5, Episode 1 (Golden Days for Boys and Girls)
September 17, 2014 | Neil Brazier
The Boardwalk is back for its final season, a reduced eight-part run that proclaims “all empires must fall”. In this opening episode, all empires have left Atlantic City behind. Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) is in Havana with Sally Wheet (Patricia … Read More
Why you should catch up with Peaky Blinders
September 16, 2014 | Chris Bryant
From its very first season, this BBC gangster drama is an uncompromising, graceful success.Read More
