Amazon TV binge review: Bosch, Episodes 5 to 10

5

Rating

After an interesting start to Amazon Studios’ detective drama, Bosch takes on a slower pace for the remainder of its first season, which sees Bosch (Titus Welliver) plagued by serial killer Raynard Waits (Jason Gedrick), who continues to perform the … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Last Chance Harvey

7

Rating

Director: Joel Hopkins Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson Certificate: 12A Watch Last Chance Harvey online in the UK: Netflix UK / TalkTalk TV / iTunes / Google Play

There’s an unspoken rule in movies that as soon as two people … Read More

Digital Theatre review: The Crucible (The Old Vic)

10

Rating

The Crucible is a play that doesn’t need updating. The Old Vic’s production, now available to watch online via Digital Theatre, doesn’t just understand that: it makes a principle of it. Where one might be tempted to emphasise Arthur Miller’s … Read More

Netflix UK film review: My Old Lady

7

Rating

Director: Israel Horovitz Cast: Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith Watch My Old Lady online in the UK: Netflix UK / TalkTalk TV / iTunes / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Curzon Home Cinema / Rakuten TV / Google Play

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UK VOD TV review: The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 14

8

Rating

“You wanted a future, you need us for that,” says Maggie (Lauren Cohan) to Deanna (Tovah Feldshuh) and never has that been more true.

Spend (Episode 14) looks at how the survivors fit into Alexandria and their new roles: … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Episode 7 (Bingo)

8

Rating

“The thing you have to know about me is I’ve got nothing to lose.”

That’s Jimmy talking to The Kettlemans in Episode 7 of Better Call Saul and it nails exactly why we like him: he’s a fighter, working his … Read More

VOD film review: Interstellar

6

Rating

This stunning sci-fi is a bold leap, driven by a most desperate human urge – but Interstellar struggles to make that jump between the divine and the domesticRead More

UK VOD TV review: Girls Season 4, Episode 9

7.7

Rating

No matter what age we are, we still take reassurance from the idea that, no matter where we are, our parents are a reliable and stable constant from our babyhood to our adulthood. As confused twenty-somethings struggling to make sense … Read More

UK TV review: Poldark Season 1, Episode 1 and 2

6.3

Rating

Poldark and handsome. Apart from that pun, what does the BBC’s new costume drama have to offer?

Based on the novels by Winston Graham, the series follows Ross Poldark, who returns to Cornwall in the 1780s after several years in … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 11

6.2

Rating

Not seen Episodes 1 to 10 of Gotham? This will contain spoilers.

The first 10 episodes of Gotham were, to say the least, uneven: although many of the characters that came to form the show’s core grew slowly more defined … Read More