UK TV review: Agent Carter: Season 2, Episode 6 (Life of the Party)

This is a spoiler-free review. Read on at the bottom for additional, spoilery analysis.

“I have a terrible idea.” This season has been subverting expectations from the off, with Peggy’s adversary-at-large Dottie Underwood being apprehended in the space of a … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Fuller House

Inspired by a particularly egregious joke in the Ace Ventura franchise, “Mr. Monopoly Man Humour” refers to empty pop cultural references that elicit laughs on recognition alone. With little risk and small gains, it’s a lazy crutch for writers, and … Read More

Louis C.K.’s Horace and Pete review: Episode 5

Warning: This contains spoilers.

In my review of Episode 4 of Louis C.K.’s Horace and Pete, I suggested that, based upon the ominous way in which that episode ended, perhaps Uncle Pete (Alan Alda) would die, having been shot. Uncle … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: House of Cards Season 4, Episode 1 (spoiler-free)

Opening with a foreboding scene displaying the grey area between degradation and survival, the sombre tone and dim lighting may be trademark House of Cards fare, but the tension feels higher than ever in the fourth season of Netflix’s … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Season 2, Episode 3

“You and I both know you can do this job, but you have to do it right.”

Better Call Saul continues to put the relationship between Kim (Rhea Seehorn) and Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) at the heart of Season 2 … Read More

Last Week Tonight’s takedown of Donald Trump proves John Oliver is king of satire

Donald Trump is a joke. Everyone in the UK knows this. But today, Tuesday 1st March (aka. Super Tuesday), he goes into the wave of US Republican primaries as the frontrunner – a victory that would effectively see him become … Read More

VOD film review: The Lesson

It’s not hard to imagine copies of this compelling, low-budget horror being passed around the staff room.Read More

Son of Saul available to watch online in UK the same day as cinemas

Last night, Son of Saul became the second Hungarian film to win the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. The directorial debut of filmmaker László Nemes, it’s an unflinching depiction of the Holocaust that is like nothing you’ve ever seen.

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VOD film review: Brooklyn

A gloriously old-fashioned tale of identity, belonging and starting over.Read More

UK TV review: The Walking Dead Season 6, Episode 11 (Knots Untie)

Already seen Episode 11? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.

Continuing with the theme of relationships in the dying world, Knots Untie looks at both ends of the connection spectrum: love and newly formed bonds. Abraham (Michael Cudlitz) is … Read More