“This is not Spitting Image”: Claire Foy and Matt Smith talk The Crown, Netflix and dressing up as royalty

Today sees the premiere of Netflix’s epic new original drama, The Crown (read our review here). Starring Claire Foy as a young Elizabeth Windsor, Matt Smith as Philip Mountbatten, and John Lithgow as Winston Churchill, it tells the inside story … Read More

Walter Presents TV review: Mafiosa Season 2

The Paoli family go to war in Mafiosa’s bigger, darker and grittier second season.Read More

UK TV recap: Arrow Season 5, Episode 2 (The Recruits)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

After the efficient set-up work laid down by Season 5’s opener, Legacy, Arrow continues in a very promising vein, with the establishment of Team Arrow 2.0, which includes hockey mask-wearing vigilante Wild Dog (aka Rene Ramirez), … Read More

First look Netflix UK TV review: The Crown

Netflix’s sumptuous costume drama is a roaring, royal success.Read More

First look Netflix UK TV review: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 2

One of the main problems with Season 1 of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (read our review here) was that it went on way too long. There were 18 episodes and a whole lot of the middle of that was treading water, character-wise. … Read More

UK TV review: The Walking Dead Season 7, Episode 2

This is a spoiler-free review. Read on at the bottom for spoilers in full bloody detail.

While we’re still reeling from the shocking Season 7 opening, Episode 2 provides a welcome respite from fear and tension, a calmer affair – … Read More

UK TV review: Cowboy Bebop

One of the biggest cult sci-fi classics of the 90s, Cowboy Bebop is a breathtaking, distinctive and visceral anime.Read More

VOD film review: The Neon Demon

Beguiling and intoxicating, Nicolas Winding Refn’s satire of the modelling world is a masterpiece of mood.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Scream Halloween Special

This diverting but disappointing Halloween special only serves as a reminder of what you like about the Scream TV series.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Skylanders Academy

Eruptor. Stealth Elf. Jet-Vac. If those names mean anything to you, you’re either a 9-year-old boy or a parent who’s been losing to their child at Skylanders every weekend for several years. Yes, the video game that your kids are … Read More