First look Netflix UK TV review: Shooter Season 2

With Shooter back for Season 2 on Netflix, is it worth catching up? We take a spoiler-free look at the opening episodes. Read our review of Season 1 here.

Shooter was one of last year’s more unexpected TV offerings: a … Read More

UK TV review: Preacher: Season 2, Episode 8 (Holes)

A powerhouse of ethics and anguish.Read More

UK TV review: The Leftovers Season 3, Episode 6 (Certified)

Amy Brenneman shines in a moving episode of endings and farewells.Read More

UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 4

Warning: This contains spoilers. Not seen Episode 4? Click here to see how to catch up.

Game of Admin, this one looked like for a while. Repayment of loans, counting of grain. It was all the stuff you have to … Read More

VOD film review: True Grit

Hailee Steinfeld goes toe to toe with Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon in the Coen brothers’ mature, poetic, gripping Western.Read More

VOD film review: The Handmaiden

Park Chan-wook’s deliciously directed mystery romance is a stylish, surprising and intoxicating work of art.Read More

Daughters of Destiny is inspiring, uplifting viewing

This documentary about a school for the most impoverished group in India’s society is inspiring, uplifting viewing.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Message from the King

Chadwick Boseman elevates this generic revenge thriller with a performance that confirms him as an action movie star.Read More

Short film review: In a Heartbeat (2017)

Directors: Beth David, Esteban Bravo Runtime: 4mins Watch In a Heartbeat online: YouTube / Vimeo

Every Sunday, we review a short film available online. We call it Short Film Sunday.

My heart was about to burst out of my chest. … Read More

VOD film review: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec

Rarely has the word caper felt so appropriate as this gorgeously old-school burst of imagination.Read More