Netflix UK film review: Looper

Director: Rian Johnson Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt Certificate: 15 Watch Looper online in the UK: Netflix UK / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Google Play

Hello?

Holy crap, it worked.

… Read More

Bridge of Spies: A riveting, thrillingly simple two-hander

Spielberg’s underplayed war flick boils down to a riveting, thrillingly simple two-hander. Read More

VOD film review: Carol

Gorgeous and heartbreaking, Carol is an elegant portrait of desire and restraint.Read More

UK TV review: The Walking Dead Season 6, Episode 15 (East)

This is a spoiler-free review – read on at the bottom for additional, spoiler-filled analysis.

In some ways, Episode 15 of The Walking Dead is very much like the one that came before it. Slow, patient build until it signs … Read More

Amazon Prime Video TV review: Vikings Season 4, Episodes 4 and 5

Warning: This contains spoilers.

“Death intrigues me. Death of children. Death of friends. Yet my own death continues to elude me.”

Death is a huge part of all cultures around the world and one of the things that marks Michael … Read More

VOD film review: Speed Sisters

Director: Amber Fares Certificate: PG Watch Speed Sisters online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

Gears crunch. Tyres screech. Engines roar. But behind the wheel? Not Vin Diesel or one of his angry, … Read More

VOD film review: Mojave

Garrett Hedlund and Oscar Isaac can’t redeem this overly wordy thriller.Read More

UK TV review: Daredevil Season 2 (Episodes 9, 10, 11)

Warning: This contains spoilers – if you haven’t seen episodes one to four, read our spoiler-free review of Daredevil Season 2.

As Daredevil moves into the last third of its season, the central plot continues along two separate lines, which … Read More

UK TV recap: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 1, Episode 4 (White Knights)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

After spending the first three episodes in 1975, the Legends of Tomorrow gang (hereafter known as the Legends) finally fire up the Waverider’s time-travel circuits and head to Soviet Russia in 1986, for the first instalment … Read More

Catch up TV reviews: Travel Man, Exposed: Saudi Arabia, The Food Chain, Heston’s Dinners in Space

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