VOD TV review: True Blood Season 7 Episode 4 (Death Is Not the End)

7.7

Rating

At the rate things are going, this entire season of True Blood could be fitted into a week. Given that a good year has elapsed since the end of Seasons 6, the locals must be desperate for some drama. And … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Happy Christmas

7

Christmas come early

Director: Joe Swanberg Cast: Joe Swanberg, Anna Kendrick, Lena Dunham Melanie Lynskey Certificate: 15 Watch Happy Christmas online in the UK: Netflix UK / TalkTalk TV / iTunes / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

The end of July hardly … Read More

UK TV review: The Honourable Woman

It seems fair to call The Honourable Woman the BBC’s answer to Homeland, because there are several crucial elements that are very similar. Identikit opening credit montage? Check. A complex female lead? Check – Maggie Gyllenhaal plays the decorated Baroness … Read More

Amazon Prime Video film review: The Informant!

6.7

Rating

Director: Steven Soderbergh Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Melanie Lynskey Certificate: 15 Watch The Informant! online in the UK: Amazon Prime / iTunes / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play

“Polar bears cover their noses before they … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Hannibal Season 2, Episode 12

7.7

Rating

With just minutes left until we reach the reckoning of Season 2, Hannibal continues with the final few strides of the great chase. But what has been the objective of that chase? For Will to catch Hannibal? For Hannibal to … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Ted

3

Rating

Seth MacFarlane’s underwhelming first live-action movie mistakes celebrity cameos for jokes.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Final Destination 5

8

The best of the series

A gory marriage of blood and brains, this fifth Final Destination turns out to be the best in the franchise.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Need for Speed

4

Rating

This underwhelming car chase flick would make a good computer game. As a film, it’s disappointingly dull.Read More

VOD film review: Joe

8

Rating

Director: David Gordon Green Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter Certificate: 15 Watch Joe online in the UK: Curzon Home Cinema / TalkTalk TV / iTunes

Click here to read our interview with Joe’s director, David Gordon Green.

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VOD film review: The LEGO Movie

10

Everything is awesome

Everything really is awesome in this hilarious, subversive and endlessly inventive animation.Read More