VOD film review: Sixteen

Director: Rob Brown Cast: Roger Jean Nsegiyumva, Rachael Stirling, Rosie Day, Deon Williams and Sam Spruell Certificate: 15 Watch Sixteen online in the UK: Sky Cinema / NOW / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / … Read More

Netflix UK film review: William Shatner Presents: Chaos on the Bridge

Director: William Shatner Cast: Maurice Hurley, John Pike Certificate: 15 Watch Chaos on the Bridge online in the UK: Netflix UK / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Apple TV (iTunes) / Google Play

Williams Shatner’s other Star Trek documentary, The Captains, … Read More

Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (2nd August 2015)

Summer is all about going outside, having ice cream and sitting on the beach… isn’t it? Not if you make the mistake of browsing through BBC iPlayer’s current catalogue.

Ripper Street has returned – resurrected by Amazon, where the full … Read More

UK TV Review: Agent Carter Season 1, Episode 4 (The Blitzkrieg Button)

Already seen Episode 4? Read on for spoilers.

“I can trust the actions of men who don’t respect me more than those who do. At least when they ask for something, they mean it.”

Since the coda of Episode 1, … Read More

UK TV review: Hannibal Season 3, Episode 8

Already seen Episode 8? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.

After the event’s of last week’s episode effectively resetting the dramatic arcs of our characters, we can enter a new phase of the Hannibal story – one that actually … Read More

Catch-up TV reviews: Taskmaster, Parks and Recreation, Lookalikes

We catch up with some of the TV shows and films currently available on free VOD services in the UK. (For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best on BBC iPlayer column.)

Parks and Recreation Season 4 – … Read More

VOD film review: Sex and the City 2

This shallow sequel is nothing more than a two-hour gimmick.Read More

Netflix UK film review: The Grandmaster

Despite some invigorating fight sequences, Wong Kar Wai’s Ip Man film is sluggish, compromised and unfocussed.Read More

VOD film review: Wild Card

Jason Statham deals an entertaining hand in this fun Las Vegas-set actioner.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Beyond the Reach

Director: Jean-Baptiste Léonetti Cast: Michael Douglas, Jeremy Irvine Certificate: 12A Watch Beyond the Reach online in the UK: Netflix UK / Curzon Home Cinema / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV / Google Play

Adapted from Robb White’s novel, Deathwatch, Beyond … Read More