VOD film review: Kingsman: The Secret Service

Matthew Vaughn’s violent, light-hearted answer to 007 is undone by its own macho humour.Read More

Netflix TV binge review: Sense8 (Episodes 7, 8, 9)

Already seen Episodes 7, 8 and 9? Read on at the bottom for additional, spoiler-filled comments.

The first three episodes of Sense8 introduced the idea. The second three brought the characters to life. Episodes 7 to 9 are designed almost … Read More

TV review: Penny Dreadful Season 2, Episode 6 (Glorious Horrors)

Already seen Episode 6? Read on at the bottom for additional, spoiler-filled comments.

What a tangled web our Penny Dreadfulites lead, as they wake up the morning after the night before. Now that creator has slept with creature and hunter … Read More

UK VOD TV review: Game of Thrones Season 5, Episode 10

This review is spoiler-free. Already seen the Season 5 finale? Read on at the bottom for additional, spoiler-filled comments.

“I think we’re done here,” says Ramsay Bolton in the middle of Game of Thrones Season 5’s final episode.

It’s the … Read More

VOD film review: Jupiter Ascending

The Wachowskis’ eye-popping fantasy adventure is, for its flaws, a great hover boots movie.Read More

Channel 4 TV review: Humans Episode 1

This contains mild spoilers.

“What if she isn’t pretty? Can we change her for another one?”

That’s the daughter of Laura (Katherine Parkinson), whose husband, Joe (Tom Goodman Hill), buys a new Synth to help around the house. They’re the … Read More

Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (14th June 2015)

A wave of new dramas arrive on BBC iPlayer this week, as The Game finishes and another game begins. But the Beeb’s TV line-up remains as diverse as ever, with the debut of a new documentary series about Napoleon.

That … Read More

VOD film review: Despicable Me

Steve Carell and a bunch of slapstick sidekicks bring real charm to these villainous comedy.Read More

Netflix UK film review: Queen and Country

Director: John Boorman Cast: Callum Turner, Caleb Landry Jones, David Thewlis, Richard E Grant, Sinead Cusack Certificate: 15 Watch Queen and Country online in the UK: Netflix UK / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Curzon Home Cinema … Read More

UK TV review: Hannibal Season 3, Episode 1

And so, like the lethal yet beautiful predator that he is, Hannibal has slunk back onto our TV screens. Or more precisely, building on the dramatic, yet measured, exit he made at the end of last season’s devastating finale, he … Read More