Netflix UK TV review: Scream Season 2, Episode 4 (Happy Birthday to Me)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Scream the TV series has so far been a writer’s affair, knowingly playing with the cliches of the genre and unknowingly doing so with ultra-cheesy dialogue. Episode 4 of Season 2, though, proves that it can … Read More

Netflix UK film review: The Fundamentals of Caring

Director: Rob Burnett Cast: Paul Rudd, Craig Roberts Watch The Fundamentals of Caring online in the UK: Netflix UK

The Fundamentals of Caring, a new Netflix original about a man caring for a teenager with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), is … Read More

VOD film review: Remainder

This mystery of memory and madness is one to watch over and over again.Read More

UK TV review: Preacher Season 1, Episode 4 (Monster Swamp)

“You know the rules, I don’t talk about how my meat gets made and you don’t talk about your magic man in the sky.”

Odin Quincannon’s words to Jesse might sound tough in Episode 4 of Preacher, but it seems … Read More

UK TV review: Game of Thrones Season 6, Episode 9 (Battle of the Bastards)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Was this it? Was this the moment television finally overtook cinema as the pre-eminent popular art form of our age? Given the mediocrity on display at the summer box office, versus what’s being served up to … Read More

UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 11 (Vengeance Is Mine)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

It’s not easy being the head of the Jacobite Rebellion. Firstly, your nickname is Bonnie. Secondly, you look and sound like a petulant schoolboy. And thirdly, nobody in your war cabinet can agree on what the … Read More

UK TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 3, Episode 7 (Ebb Tide)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Who’s the better boyfriend: Dr. Frankenstein or Dracula? Any TV show based around that question deserves to win all the awards. As Penny Dreadful Season 3 nears its conclusion, that dilemma has never been more keenly … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Scream Season 2, Episode 3

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Will she or won’t she? That’s the question we’re left with by the end of Episode 3 of Scream’s second season. It’s a significantly more exciting question than the previous one: Did she or didn’t she? … Read More

Why The Living and the Dead should be your next box set

More than your average ghost story, this creepy, character-driven drama is a pastoral horror show to savour.Read More

Catch up TV reviews: Eurotrash, Gogglesprogs, Interview with a Murderer

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.  

(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our … Read More