VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 3 (Fire in the Hole)

As the body count rises thick and fast in the final season of True Blood, it was inevitable that, faced with their own mortality, the show’s characters (and indirectly the show’s writers) would have to contemplate loss. As Season 7 … Read More

UK TV review: Hannibal Season 2, Episode 11 (Ko No Mono)

Across the last few episodes, as the supposedly well-meaning, flawed but ultimately ‘good’ Will Graham slips further and further down the path to his own destruction, you have to wonder what his parents must think of him. From taking some … Read More

VOD TV recap: 24 Live Another Day Episode 12

Warning: This contains spoilers.

“One day, I won’t remember any of this anyway…”

That’s President Heller looking back over the previous 24 hours of Live Another Day. That’s right, 24 hours covered in just 12 episodes – because this climactic … Read More

VOD TV recap: 24 Live Another Day Episode 11

Warning: This contains spoilers.

What’s the one thing scarier than foreigners? FOREIGNERS WORKING TOGETHER.

Episode 11 of 24: Live Another Day took the show’s conservative politics to the point of no return by revealing that not only is Evil Chinese … Read More

VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 2 (You Found Me)

This contains minor spoilers.

As becomes common with popular sci-fi shows, paying lip service to the rabid fans is often par for the course. The opening sequence for Episode 2 of True Blood’s final season is one of the finest … Read More

UK TV review: Hannibal Season 2 Episode 10 (Naka-Choko)

As we get closer to the climax of what has been a truly breathtaking season, the bodies are piling up and the murders are getting more inventive – this week’s presentation is a show highlight, a work of deranged beauty … Read More

VOD TV recap: 24 Live Another Day Episode 10

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Never trust a man in a cravat. That’s what 24: Live Another Day seemed to tell us in Episode 9, when it revealed that Adrian Cross was the bad guy all along.

Yes, Adrian Cross, everyone’s … Read More

VOD TV review: Penny Dreadful Episode 8 (Grand Guignol)

“Do you really want to be normal?”

This is not the end, merely a continuation. Season 2 of Penny Dreadful has already been confirmed by Showtime and will contain 10 episodes. One wonders if the original pitch for Season 1 … Read More

VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 1 (Jesus Gonna Be Here)

Rising from the grave one final time, True Blood explodes back onto our screens in a mess of blood and gore, as the cliffhanger climax of Season 6’s finale comes crashing down on us in an incendiary opener.

At … Read More

10 questions you need answered before seeing True Blood Season 7

The Vampire Diaries may have made vampires trendy again, but it’s True Blood that made them cool. Based on Charlaine Harris’ acclaimed novels, the whole series is available as a Sky Box Set, which makes now the perfect time for … Read More