Reviews
Reviews of movies and TV shows available to watch online on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime Instant Video, NOW TV, BBC iPlayer, iTunes, BFI Player and more.
UK VOD TV review: Homeland Season 5, Episode 1
October 18, 2015 | Ivan Radford
It’s hard to image a more suitable title for Homeland’s Season 5 opener than “Separation Anxiety”. After Season 4’s surprising about-turn into good-again territory, drawing a line in the sand between now and the Brody-bogged days of Seasons 2 and … Read More
Catch-up TV reviews: The Returned S2, Unforgotten, TFI Friday, Wheelchair Rugby
October 18, 2015 | Ivan Radford
We catch up with some of the week’s TV available on Freeview VOD services.
TFI Friday – All 4
Dum dum daaaa do-do-do daaaa. (Ba-ba bum baa.) Those who still find themselves occasionally humming the theme tune for TFI … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 9, Episode 5 (The Girl Who Died)
October 18, 2015 | Mark Harrison
This is a spoiler-free review. Already seen it? Read on at the end for spoilers.
Last week’s slightly difficult episode aside, let us make no apologies for enjoying the hell out of Peter Capaldi’s second season as Doctor Who so … Read More
BBC iPlayer film review: Fear Itself
October 18, 2015 | Chris Blohm
Fear Itself is the new film from Charlie Lyne, director of the dizzying teen odyssey Beyond Clueless. Inspired in doses by Adam Curtis and Mark Cousins, this BBC iPlayer exclusive is a pulsating journey into the perpetual gloaming of doubt … Read More
Hands-on review: New NOW TV Box (2015)
October 17, 2015 | Ivan Radford
A year ago, we gave you a run-down of each streaming media device on the UK market, from Chromecast to NOW TV. Sky’s little box, essentially a branded Roku, was already handicapped, thanks to its restriction of apps to only … Read More
VOD film review: Superbob
October 17, 2015 | Ivan Radford
Brett Goldstein is on super form in this endearingly low-key comedy.Read More
Amazon Prime TV review: Mr. Robot Season 1 (Episodes 1 to 3)
October 16, 2015 | Ivan Radford
If you’ve been anywhere near the Internet this year, you’ll have heard of Mr. Robot, the US TV show about a computer vigilante. A series about hackers? The very word sounds dated these days – the kind of noun that … Read More
VOD film review: Cooties
October 16, 2015 | Matthew Turner
Directors: Jonathan Milott, Cary Murnion Cast: Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill, Jack McBrayer, Leigh Whannell Certificate: 15 Watch Cooties online in the UK: iTunes / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / Google Play
What if a bunch of … Read More
The Returned Season 1 and the questions it left behind
October 15, 2015 | Ivan Radford
As The Returned returns for Season 2, we look back at the first season – and tell you what you need to know to catch up.
It feels like a long time since The Returned first chilled spines up and … Read More
VOD film review: V/H/S Viral
October 15, 2015 | Leslie Byron Pitt
This third entry in the found footage anthology is a disappointing collection of uneven shorts.Read More
