VOD TV review: Broadchurch Season 2, Episode 4 (spoiler-free)

Warning: If you haven’t seen Season 1, this will contain spoilers.

“Abby, these are people’s lives we’re talking about!” scalds Sharon (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), as the defence team for Joe Miller stroll the coastline and discuss who to pin Danny’s … Read More

VOD film review: In Order of Disappearance

Fargo meets Taken? You wonder why Norway hasn’t made it sooner.Read More

UK TV VOD review: American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 13 (Finale)

Aside from The Walking Dead (which will outlive us all), all good things must come to an end. It’s with a heavy heart that we must say farewell to the carnival, as Episode 13 marks the final chapter in our … Read More

UK TV review: Constantine Season 1, Episode 10 (Quid Pro Quo)

Constantine continues its strong run with Quid Pro Quo, an episode that ticks off yet another box on the to-do list for an excellent TV series.

We’ve written at length before about Matt Ryan’s perfect performance, the show’s understanding … Read More

VOD film review: Gone Girl

A gleefully dark satire on marriage, media and the stories that are told in each.Read More

Amazon UK TV review: Black Sails Season 2, Episode 1

“There is simply no way of stealing that gold.”

The strength of Black Sails has always been its complexity. Rather than settle for being a Pirates of the Caribbean knock-off, it strives to plunder waters with more depth. And so, … Read More

Amazon kids’ TV pilot review: Table 58, Niko and the Sword of Light, Just Add Magic

We’ve written before on why kids are important to VOD companies and how Netflix and Amazon are vying to win them over, but while Netflix continues to focus on spin-off series from DreamWorks Animation, it’s to Amazon’s credit that they … Read More

VOD film review: Life Itself (2015)

Director: Steve James Cast: Roger Ebert, Chaz Ebert, Marlene Iglitzen, Gene Siskel Certificate: 15 Watch Life Itself online in the UK: Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Curzon Home Cinema / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Google Play

The story … Read More

UK TV review: Wolf Hall Episode 1 (Three Card Trick)

You’ve either read it or you haven’t. Or, perhaps more likely, you’ve started to read it and never quite managed to finish. But now that Wolf Hall has arrived on the BBC, the question isn’t “Have you read it?” but … Read More

Netflix UK review: The Eichmann Show (BBC)

If you told someone now that less than 80 years ago, a group of humans systemically murdered millions of people because of their race, would you believe them? For years after the end of World War II, even those in … Read More