Review: Top Gear – and why it could learn a thing or two from BBC Three’s Extra Gear

Top Gear without Clarkson, Hammond and May? The BBC reboot was always damned if it did and damned if it didn’t. And, sure enough, the first episode aired with Twitter in full backlash mode. Some were angry it was too … Read More

Catch up TV reviews: Secret Life of the Human Pups, How to Get a Council House, Magnifica 70

What’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.  

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UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 8 (The Fox’s Lair)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

“They say insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result,” opines Claire in Episode 8 of Outlander Season 2. Which is partly why she and Jamie fled France to head … Read More

VOD film review: Spotlight

This retelling of the Boston Globe’s 2011 investigation into abuse in the Catholic Church is urgent, gripping filmmaking.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Chef’s Table: Season 2

“When we’re born, we have a limited ability to perceive flavour,” says chef Grant Achatz in the second season of Netflix’s Chef’s Table. “As you get older, you become able to discern more, but you’re young enough not to remember … Read More

NFK film review: Ella Enchanted

Netflix for Kids, VODzilla.co’s Geneva Conventions-defying monthly column, where an adult with no children works his way through the kids’ catalogue on Netflix UK. A poll was taken, the people spoke and so this month, our intrepid viewer takes on … Read More

Why Scream the TV series should be your next box set

Enjoyably familiar but surprisingly new, this spooky spin-off is undemanding fun.Read More

UK TV recap: Legends of Tomorrow, Episode 13

Warning: This contains spoilers.

After the terrific triple episode run of Marooned, Night of the Hawk and Left Behind, Legends of Tomorrow dropped the ball somewhat for the next three, with Progeny, The Magnificent Eight and Last Refuge all failing … Read More

UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 22 (Lost in the Flood)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

It may have its fair share of problems – two, in particular, spring to mind – but generally speaking, Lost in the Flood is an excellent episode of Arrow that could almost stand as the season’s … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Bloodline Season 2 (Episodes 1 to 3)

Warning: This contains mild spoilers for the basic setup of Bloodline’s second season.

“We’re not bad people,” said John Rayburn (Kyle Chandler) in the first season of Bloodline. “But we did a bad thing.” That was the hook for Netflix’s … Read More