First look UK TV review: The Rook

This slickly paced supernatural thriller lacks the courage of its weird convictions.Read More

VOD film review: FrightFest: Beneath The Dark Heart Of Cinema

This portrait of the UK horror festival is a slight but sincere tribute to a warm, welcoming community.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Shaft (2019)

Can you dig it? Netflix’s uneven remake-quel sadly can’t.Read More

Walter Presents TV review: The Score

This likeable tale of sport and sibling rivalry is an entertaining, if undemanding, watch.Read More

Catch Up TV review: Judi Dench’s Wild Borneo Adventure, Shipmates, Drag SOS, Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier

What’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.

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VOD film review: Knife + Heart

Yann Gonzalez’s unapologetically lurid, visually bold thriller leaves little to enjoy but much to admire.Read More

UK TV review: Drag SOS

RuPaul’s Drag Race meets Queer Eye in Channel 4’s new series, a TV show that sounds so logical in its premise that it couldn’t possibly work. It follows a group of drag queens – “The Family Gorgeous” – who visit … Read More

VOD film review: The Girl in the Spider’s Web

Good characters are wasted in this disappointingly generic soft reboot of the Lisbeth Salander story.Read More

First look Netflix UK TV review: Stranger Things Season 3

Stranger Things is confidently back in its stride with a near-perfect third season.Read More

VOD film review: Bare

This stripped down coming-of-ager is anti-climatic but delicately directed and excellently performed.Read More